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PDFpen allows users to easily edit PDF's.
Add text, images and signatures. Fill out PDF forms. Merge or split PDF documents. Reorder and delete pages. Even correct text and edit graphics!
Features:
Add text, images and signatures. Fill out PDF forms. Merge or split PDF documents. Reorder and delete pages. Even correct text and edit graphics!
Features:
- Replace text in original PDF with editable text blocks
- Move, resize, copy, and delete images in original PDF
- Overlay text and images onto PDF (for example, sign purchase orders by applying signature image)
- Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents
- Insert and
What's New
Version 6.2:
- Exports plain text and rich text
- Select language(s) for Word export to improve accuracy
- Drag from the Thumbnail view to the Finder and other apps
- Drop multiple pages from Preview's Thumbnails into PDFpen's Thumbnails
- Drop Word documents directly into the Thumbnail view
- Adds page count field to the document inspector
- Adds support for removing the owner password
- Supports Automator workflows in the scripts menu (OS X 10.8 and later)
- Numerous fixes and improvements
Version 6.2:
- Exports plain text and rich text
- Select language(s) for Word export to improve accuracy
- Drag from the Thumbnail view to the Finder and other apps
- Drop multiple pages from Preview's Thumbnails into PDFpen's Thumbnails
- Drop Word documents directly into the Thumbnail view
- Adds page count field to the document inspector
- Adds more...
Requirements
- Intel, 64-bit processor
- OS X 10.7 or later
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| Downloads:105,796 |
| Version Downloads:612 |
| Type:Business : Word Processing |
| License:Demo |
| Date:16 Apr 2014 |
| Platform:Intel 64 / OS X |
| Price: $59.95 |
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PDFpen allows users to easily edit PDF's.
Add text, images and signatures. Fill out PDF forms. Merge or split PDF documents. Reorder and delete pages. Even correct text and edit graphics!
Features:
Add text, images and signatures. Fill out PDF forms. Merge or split PDF documents. Reorder and delete pages. Even correct text and edit graphics!
Features:
- Replace text in original PDF with editable text blocks
- Move, resize, copy, and delete images in original PDF
- Overlay text and images onto PDF (for example, sign purchase orders by applying signature image)
- Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents
- Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag-and-drop
- Copy and paste rich text; retain fonts and formatting when copying from PDF's
- Select and copy text across multiple columns
- Fill out and save PDF forms
- Add (and print) notes and comments
- Markup documents with highlighting, underscoring and strike-through
- Save frequently used images, signatures, objects, and text in the Library
- Use with PageSender for a complete fax turn-around solution
- Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript
- Available in English, Japanese, and German, with French and Italian coming soon!
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GianMarco-Tavazzani reviewed on 07 Apr 2014
This should give you back the full control on a page as it was edited by the author say with Pages.
But unfortunately it's still not ever the case and the developer should give an easy possibility to send him badly converted documents as feedback to enhance this very liked skill, beside some systematic badly character recognise (of absolutely standard and perfectly readable characters!).
Bt the way, I can't wait for some more intelligent OCR which could make a kind of contextual evaluation of the probability that a character is inside a word, a word inside a sentence, which needs for sure an integration with a spell control and even a translator, all apps which have own smartness, but this is an issue of any OCR programs I've tested till now.
For now I must consider 'still a bit' overpriced this app, being it 'still a bit' disappointing and needing a faster update
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EarlaFern reviewed on 02 Jan 2014
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streblov reviewed on 12 Dec 2013
But: 5.9.9 still contains a bug I reported in March 2013:
- Open a document
- Set the toolbar to icons only
- Draw a line, rectangle etc.
- Click on a toolbar icon
- Toolbar icons disappear :-(
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streblov reviewed on 09 Nov 2013
Now I switched to Skim (free) https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24590/skim and PDF Signer ($9.99) https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37970/pdf-signer. The two programs make me much happier than PDFPen does. Skim is much faster than PDFPen and has a lot more to offer regarding annotations although it can't fill forms. That's what I use PDF Signer for.
One thing the Skim an PDF Signer can't do: OCR. But I rarely need that. And If, then I use Prizmo https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/31157/prizmo
So I replaced PDFPen with three programs which are in each particular task way ahead of PDFPen. They cost the same an they fill half the space on my hard drive. No need for PDFPen anymore.
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There are tons of pdf editors out there now.
Yet, I haven’t found a pdf editor that really feels like a tool I can use on a regular basis & that has a well designed interface that stays out of your way. PDFPen is about par, but I’m not sure the new interface in 6x is an improvement over 5x.
iAnnotate on the iPad is interesting, though I cant make use of it there & is not available for the desktop, so far as I know.
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If the OCR is far better (important feature-wise?) then there’s some sense in it, but it would be hard to drop $50 on the one feature rarely used!
Trying to work with pdf files makes me grumpy.
VitoLT3403 reviewed on 31 Oct 2013
Michael_3de902df reviewed on 15 Oct 2013
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MikeHush7506 reviewed on 04 May 2013
Two supports went unaddressed
6.0.1 Open the library and even when not using took over 1.72 GB on my machine [librariand] was the app. for the library]
No Response
Scroll Tool was removed in 6.0.2 [my main tool]
Support quickly replied that it was still there. [But it's not]
Made them aware again that it's gone with no reply.
Went back to 6.0.1 for scroll and kept the library closed
Makes it one of my best programs despite terrible support.
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Big77 reviewed on 24 Mar 2013
The UI changed quite a bit in PDFpen 6. I found that quite confusing but I suppose I'll get used to it.
So far I see no compelling reason to upgrade though the price is good while on special in case you want to stay current. Also note you'll have to buy the Mac Apple Store version if you want to save documents via iCloud (due to Apple restrictions).
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Can you see uploading a legal document to be converted?
The cloud is not where I want my important or proprietary papers.
Just me.
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Bill Clinton reviewed on 19 Mar 2013
Would not open a simple, three-page PDF which opened normally in Skim, Preview, etc.
i opened a much longer PDF but the program pinwheeled a lot, and used 100% of CPU while doing noihing obvious other than consuming 160 MB of RAM.
Not able to test the Microsoft Word export in the demo version. This functionality requires an internet connection so presuambly it uploads the PDF and you download the Word file.
Trying to scroll the found-text list is mostly unresponsive (with a long list) and results in pinwheeling.
Making the program the front app takes about eight seconds before it receives focus, after which it uses 100% CPU for a while. After it does start accepting input, scrolling is sluggish and jerky. Similarly, after switching to another app, it hold focus for about 13 seconds.
It pinwheels when trying to highlight text. It did an unsolicited Save while I was experimenting on a document. This Save locked the program up for four minutes during which the app was unresponsive and expanded RAM to 303 MB and of course taking 100% CPU.
I tried to close the file and after four mintes of pinwheeling and 100% CPU use, I force quit the program.
I really can't comment on whatever it is that this program is supposed to do because it is effectively unusable.
I next did the only logical thing and put the program where it belongs, in the Trash.
I don't know what other disasters this program contains but I'm done wasting my time on it.
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After upgrading from version 5.9.5 (which works just fine), I also found the new app unresponsive - importing my signature library locked the app up and it, the window then flashed between the import prompt and the open file prompt.
After a few force quits and sending crash reports to the developer, I waited and waited for the app to run through it's lag, it then ran fine.
It also moved the 5.9.5 version to the trash, not the applications folder as stated in the upgrade not.
I think it might be safer to just download version 6 from the website and avoid the upgrade installer - at least until the x.x.1 refresh.
I'm now looking to see where the $29.99 value is, then make a decision about upgrading.
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"PDFpen 6 is a paid upgrade and requires OS X 10.7 Lion or later.
It costs $30 to upgrade to PDFpen 6. If purchased on or after October 15, 2012, your upgrade is free and should be automatic.
Note: There is no risk to try PDFpen 6. When you choose Install Update, PDFpen 5 will be saved in Applications. If you decide not to upgrade to PDFpen 6, you may continue to use PDFpen 5."
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Buy a new license of PDFpen $29.99 or upgrade $30.00
Buy a new license of PDFpenPRO $39.99 or upgrade from a previous PRO for $30.00
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As per "So until 2400 20th March." - at the beginning of my comment.
I would guess that the offer expired.
Narsul rated on 31 Jan 2014
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