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PDF Nomad
PDF Nomad 1.3.1
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PDF editor built for Mac.   Demo ($39.99)
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PDF Nomad is a modern, carefully styled PDF editor, built from the ground up for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and later (it is Gatekeeper ready for Mountain Lion). It features a multitude of ways to take your PDF documents from one place to the next, through an easy to use interface. It provides often used operations like merging multiple documents, as well as more exotic ones like exporting the document's text as a spoken sound file.

Tutorial videos are available on the SintraWorks website.

Easily resize whole documents to a different page size with a single command, or
What's New
Version 1.3.1:
  • New: Added menu item under Help menu that links to online tutorial clips.
  • Fixed: Crash that could occur when dropping a contiguous selection of pages in the page list back onto itself.
  • Fixed: Crash that could occur under certain circumstances related to the page number text field in the toolbar.
  • Fixed: Crash upon plain text export of highlighted annotations (broken in version 1.3).
  • Fixed: Issues could arise after splitting pages that contain internal document links.
  • Fixed: Adding a password to open the file now enforces also entering a master password.
  • Fixed: Importing/pasting TIFF images containing thumbnails could cause low resolution rendering.
  • Fixed: Importing multiple files at once into an open document could cause a crash.
  • Fixed: Saving selected pages now also works with the thumbnail view.
  • Fixed: Minor bugs and annoyances.
Version 1.3.1:
  • New: Added menu item under Help menu that links to online tutorial clips.
  • Fixed: Crash that could occur when dropping a contiguous selection of pages in the page list back onto itself.
  • Fixed: Crash that could occur under certain circumstances related to the page number text field in the toolbar.
  • Fixed: Crash upon plain text more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.7 or later



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PDF Nomad User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 1.x:
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+277

Donperreault reviewed on 15 May 2012
I am very impressed with PDF Nomad. It provides all the features I need to edit, annotate and read all my pdf files. You can even watermark pages with PDF Nomad. It is very feature rich for editing and is even nice just for reading pdf files.

I actually switched PDF Nomad to open as my primary PDF application instead of Preview. With PDF Nomad I no longer have to install the bloated Adobe Acrobat anymore.

The developer is quick to answer questions and with so many developers giving poor customer service these days it is great to have a developer who actually responds to your questions in a timely manner.

Give PDF Nomad a try, I believe you will be very happy.
[Version 1.3]


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Flawwwless reviewed on 09 May 2012
I'm building a digital archive of all my personal and business administration in Evernote. That means scanning a lot of documents. I do this by scanning large paper stacks into PDF's and cutting them into smaller bits. I tested PDF Nomad for cutting the documents up and found it to work well.

What would really make this a killer app for me personally is the ability to send a selection of pages as one document to Evernote directly.

It's pretty stable up until now, so I don't recognize it's buggy as others have mentioned. I made it my default PDF viewer on my Mac.
[Version 1.3]


burypromote

+3

Prince_Isaac reviewed on 08 May 2012
I took advantage of the MU Promo and would like to share my very positive experiences with this app and its developer.

I had a couple of questions regarding a function that I needed and Antonio responded within an hour - and that was evening his time! We exchanged several emails to pin down my needs and it turned out that PDF Nomad was just the thing for my work.

I'm currently putting together a book comprised of three sections; each section is a separate Pages doc. When finished I can export to PDF, then assemble everything in Nomad, do the ToC, set up the page numbering, and then export it as a booklet-sized document ready for a physical print shop to print.

Nomad has an outstanding feature set and has within one day become an indispensable tool for me. This is highly recommended if you create small editions, directories, catalogs, whatever. Developer support is top-notch. I couldn't be happier.
[Version 1.3]


burypromote

+34
Odysseus commented on 07 May 2012
How does this compare to PDFPen, which has been around a very long time?
[Version 1.3]

1 Reply

burypromote

+30
Sintraworks replied on 07 May 2012
Have a look at the comments on today's MuPromo where PDF Nomad is featured at a 50% discount. It contains a thread with some answers and links to a forum thread with more answers.
Or simply follow this link: http://sintraworks.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/293/
burypromote
+1

+4

Tatami reviewed on 27 Feb 2012
I've been experimenting with PDF Nomad since early this year. During that time I've been in regular contact with the developer, highlighting shortcomings and suggesting ideas. I've found hi to be courteous, helpful and responsive. I've now bought the application and made it my default .pdf viewer. I recommend it.
[Version 1.2.1]

1 Reply

burypromote

+19
Forn replied on 12 Apr 2012
Can PDF Nomad compress, optimize or shrink PDFs?
burypromote

+22
Istra commented on 20 Feb 2012
does this app. allow importing from the scanner?
[Version 1.2]

1 Reply

burypromote
+2

+30
Sintraworks replied on 27 Feb 2012
Currently there is no such option. You can use Preview to import from the scanner and process the PDF produced by Preview in PDF Nomad.
burypromote


chowza reviewed on 20 Jan 2012
Functions well and provides the capabilities I need.
Oddly, nowhere within the app (inc. under About, Prefs., Help, etc.) have I been able to find a payment/registration link, or for that matter, even a link to the owner's site. I had to search for the product on MacUpDate, then click on the developer's link there to get to it. Guess you folks aren't too eager for us to buy your product, huh?? ;-)
[Version 1.1]

1 Reply

burypromote
+1

+30
Sintraworks replied on 02 Feb 2012
That has was remedied in 1.1. We are actually quite keen on people buying our products. :-)

Thanks for the heads-up.
burypromote
+1

+5

ScienceGuy reviewed on 19 Jan 2012
Tried it and found it very, very buggy. Crashed several times in a few minutes on pretty innocuous operations on a small PDF. I found the program limited - customization of the toolbar, ability to fill annotations, the inability to add individual pages from an external file without adding the whole file, etc.

I was unimpressed.
[Version 1.1]

1 Reply

burypromote
+1

+30
Sintraworks replied on 19 Jan 2012
There are indeed some teething problems, which we apologize for. Hard work is being done to squash them.

As regards the annotations: they can be filled. The color menu on the annotation toolbar has a "Fill Color…" menu item, which brings up the color panel so that you can choose a fill color.

To add individual pages from another PDF document, open the other document in PDF Nomad and then drag the desired pages from its page list to the page list in the target document.
burypromote

+9

Phylo reviewed on 13 Jan 2012
Tried it, does what it says, efficient .
Bought it to fill my subscriptions.
[Version 1.0.1]


burypromote
+1

+61
Lumac52 commented on 12 Jan 2012
Looks excellent. I tried loading a 5000+ page PDF and I am delighted to report that it loaded and handled briskly (much faster than other PDF software I've tried). Saving changes to the document also suprisingly quick. My only criticism so far is that the demo version adds an obtrusive watermark upon save without any warning (that I could discern). Luckily I edited a backup copy. But no matter --- this looks like good, solid software that would probably be worth buying.
[Version 1.0]

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+30
Sintraworks replied on 12 Jan 2012
Indeed, that was an unfortunate oversight on our part. We will shortly release an update that addresses this issue.
burypromote

+30
Sintraworks replied on 13 Jan 2012
To clarify: In demo mode direct saving is actually disabled. Only Save As is available. In version 1.0.1 we will change Save As to issue a warning and append the string "(Demo)" automatically to the filename to minimize the possibility of mistakenly overwriting the original file while running in demo mode.
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+1

+61
Lumac52 replied on 13 Jan 2012
Thanks for the clarification. While you're correct that saving directly from the file menu is disabled in demo mode, there is a loophole: after making changes to a document, if I close it, a dialog window comes up asking whether I want to save the changes. If I select "OK", then the original file gets saved with the watermark.
burypromote
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Sintraworks replied on 13 Jan 2012
Version 1.0.1 is now available: among other things, it fixes the Save As issue, as well as the behavior when closing a modified file.
There are currently no troubleshooting comments. If you are experiencing a problem with this app, please post a comment.



frank.lorenz rated on 07 May 2012

[Version 1.3]



+45

taja rated on 16 Jan 2012

[Version 1.1]



+45

taja rated on 13 Jan 2012

[Version 1.0]


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Version Downloads:143
Type:Multimedia & Design : Author Tools
License:Demo
Date:22 May 2012
Platform:Intel
Price: $39.99
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PDF Nomad is a modern, carefully styled PDF editor, built from the ground up for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and later (it is Gatekeeper ready for Mountain Lion). It features a multitude of ways to take your PDF documents from one place to the next, through an easy to use interface. It provides often used operations like merging multiple documents, as well as more exotic ones like exporting the document's text as a spoken sound file.

Tutorial videos are available on the SintraWorks website.

Easily resize whole documents to a different page size with a single command, or resize individual pages with drag and drop, shifting page contents as needed.

Export individual pages as bitmaps (jpg, png etc.) or create spoken audio files from the document's text. Split documents into even/odd pages, or explode documents into single page PDFs or even into individual chapters.

Merge pages side by side or on top of each other. Split pages in half or tile them to print them onto multiple pages to be assembled into posters.

Merge documents, interleave documents and even overlay documents on top of each other.

Create and fill out PDF forms.

Markup text and annotate pages with rectangles, ovals, arrows, lines and more.

Add watermarks.

Create books and magazines ready for printing. Add finishing/proofing marks if needed. Ever wanted to print a manual into a small booklet for easy reference, or need to prepare your novel or essay for your publisher? With PDF Nomad you'll have your document ready within a matter of minutes.

Partial Feature List
  • Resize, merge, delete, reorder, split and tile pages.
  • Merge, interleave and overlay PDF documents.
  • Split and explode documents.
  • Export pages as bitmap files or text as an audio file.
  • Create and fill out PDF forms.
  • Markup text and annotate pages.
  • Create books and magazines.
  • Create and edit outlines (including batch edits and automatic creation from table of contents.
  • Stamp page labels onto pages.
  • Shift page contents.
  • Add finishing and proofing marks.
  • Link index table and cross-document references to their corresponding pages.
Speed

PDF Nomad is blindingly fast, even documents with thousands of pages are laid out in less than a second. Play with margin settings, or any other layout options: PDF Nomad's instant previews make it cheap to experiment.
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