Many people consider all PDF files as unbreakable documents set in stone. They couldn’t be more wrong.
PDF Tools is a free piece of software that can make all kinds of modifications to a PDF file. My top 10 favourite key features include the ability to:
- Merge two or more PDF files into a single PDF file.
- Extract, split, from a PDF file into a new file
- Reorder pages in a PDF file
- Encrypt or Decrypt PDF documents to prevent PDF files from being printed, copied, or changed.
- Rotate a PDF page by 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees
- Put multiple pages into one page to save paper and inks when printing hard copies, and add note lines for handouts
- Add Headers and Footers to the PDF file, such as date, time, page numbers, or the title of the document, in the top or bottom margins of a document
- Add image or text watermarks
- Convert Images and Text to PDF
- Save PDF pages into images
PDF Tools is free, and also comes with PDF Editor – a shareware tool used for more advanced PDF editing.
[tags] pdf, adobe, pdf editor, pdf converter [/tags]
September 24th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
This what i need. All in one package. Thanx
September 25th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
If the document is protected, can we still make modifications on it? Is there any good PDF writer to recommend?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:27 am
@Wayne: You can only modify normal PDF files – protected PDFs are…. well… protected :)
You could however try screencapping the protected PDF file then making the modifications on the picture, then reconverting back to PDF.
@Phyzone: Thanks for the feedback – I love this set of tools too
September 26th, 2007 at 5:40 am
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September 27th, 2007 at 6:38 am
I use PrimoPDF as an ad hoc personal print queue. Our printer at work is far away. So, using the PrimoPDF print driver, I simply append anything I want to print to a single PDF file. Then, when I’m going near the printer, I print that one file which now consists of everything I’ve wanted to print all day. Very handy.
September 27th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
looks like the ultimate pdf tool to me. must try it later. thanks for the pointers!
September 28th, 2007 at 11:44 am
2 questions. Firstly, is it Vista compatible? Secondly, will it work with a encrypted pdf?
September 28th, 2007 at 11:44 am
sorry.. should have read some of the prevoius comments. The second question has already been answered ;)
October 29th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
There is actually an easier way to print print-protected PDF. Copistar automatically captures all on-screen pages of a document and outputs them into a printable pdf file.
It works for me anyway.
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:14 am
I use a lot of pdf files for my crafts. One of the sites has begun including advertising in the pdf files, I don’t need that. How can I remove those pages?
January 4th, 2008 at 1:02 am
I use Infix PDF Editor from Iceni to edit PDF files. Works very well & has way more functionality than you would expect from a PDF Editor – just like using a design/layout/word processor program.
January 4th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Whoops forgot to say can get Infix from http://www.iceni.com/pdf_editor_infix.htm
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:06 am
I tried converting word document into pdf..but this allows only images..where is the best download for word-to-pdf conversion available? thanks
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
@Krishnan
Pretty sure it works for Word files, but if you’re having trouble doing it, try this other software…
http://www.friedbeef.com/2006/03/20/open-source-goodness-for-office-use-pdf-creator-filezilla/
April 17th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Would you guys like try this website out:
http://www.touchpdf.com
April 18th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Is there any free utilitiy to split a big PDF file into multiple pages, giving a seperator or no. of pages. Like split every 5 page into a new PDF file.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Just try “FreePdfXP” from : http://freepdfxp.de/
It’s much more than another Virtual Printer.
Has several languages and a simple interface with all the options needed.
Integrates with Windows like an ordinary printer.
Has direct integration with email clients, sending directly the outputs in PDF format to mail.
Simple, Objective, Works and it´s completly Free.
Does not edit the PDF but is a must have in any windows OS.