An easy to use, full-featured PDF editing software that is a reliable alternative to Adobe® Acrobat® and provides all PDF functions needed at a fraction of the cost. PDF Studio maintains full compatibility with the PDF Standard.
PDF Editing Features
Below is a brief list of features available in PDF Studio.
Reviewing and Annotating
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Anonymize annotations
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Highlight, cross-out, underline text
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Add sticky notes, text boxes, and freehand (pencil) annotations
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Add hyperlinks (web url, file, or email)
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Add graphical annotations: circles, rectangles, lines, arrows, polygons, clouds
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Add sound annotations and record audio right into the PDF document
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Add rubber stamps, choose from predefined stamps or build your own
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Attach files to a PDF document
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Precision measuring tools for distances, areas and perimeters (Pro)
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Annotation review status
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Import and export annotations in FDF/ XFDF / XDP formats (Pro)
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Flatten annotations
Working with PDF Forms
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Interactive form designer (Pro)
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Fill in and save interactive PDF forms
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Support for JavaScript
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Also fill in non-interactive forms using the typewriter tool
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Import and export form data in FDF / XFDF / XDP formats (Pro)
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Flatten interactive form fields
Creating and Assembling Documents
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Scan papers directly to PDF
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OCR to create searchable documents on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (Pro)
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Convert Microsoft Word, images and text files to PDF
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Extract, insert, move, rotate and delete pages
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Create documents by merging multiple files into a single PDF (Pro)
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Split by bookmarks, page range, text search (Pro)
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Sophisticated bookmark / document outline creation
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Apply headers, footers, watermarks or custom actions
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Set document properties and initial view
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Create Imposition layouts
Editing Content (Pro)
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Edit text content and properties (Pro)
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Edit shapes and path objects (Pro)
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Move, resize images (Pro)
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Redact text, images and shapes (Pro)
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Optimize PDFs to reduce file size (Pro)
Adding Security to PDF Documents
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Secure documents with passwords
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Encrypt with highest level of encryption
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Set user permissions on PDF documents
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Fast sign PDFs (type, draw, import signature)
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Digitally sign PDF documents (Pro)
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Manage digital ids and trusted certificates (Pro)
Batch Functions (Pro)
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Work on multiple documents at once (Pro): Print, Set security, Convert, Extract text, Crop, Merge, Split, Apply Headers & Footers / Watermarks, Preflight, OCR, Rasterize, Set Initial View, and many more batch functions….
Advanced User Interface
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Advanced text search
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Quick navigation through thumbnails, bookmarks, signatures and comments panes
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Powerful tool chest to store recent and favorite markups
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Drag & drop pages to move them across documents
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Compare 2 PDFs side by side (Pro)
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Compare 2 PDFs using overlay (Pro)
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Loupe tool
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Rulers and grid views
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Touch mode for tablets and touch screens
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Open documents in frames or tabs
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Search box to find tools
Conversion and PDF Sub-Formats
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Convert PDF to text, images (JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG)
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Convert images (JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG) to PDFs
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Convert Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Text files to PDF
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Convert PDF to HTML5 / SVG (Pro)
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Convert to Fast Web View (Linearize PDFs) (Pro)
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Convert to PDF/A (Pro)
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Preflight for PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/UA (Pro)
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Create accessible tagged PDF
Third Party Integrations
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Integration with Docusign
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Integration with Document Services: Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive
PDF Studio 2020 Professional (Perpetual License)
Installation requirements
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300 MB free hard disk space (OCR language packs will require additional space)
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Internet connection recommended (for product activation, OCR languages, and product updates) but not required
Minimum Hardware requirements
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1024 MB free RAM (system memory)
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2.5 GHz processor or higher
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Screen resolution of 1024 х 768 or higher is highly recommended
Operating systems
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Windows: Windows 10, Windows 8 & 8.1, Windows 7, Vista, XP, Server, NT, etc…
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macOS: 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7
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Linux: All Linux & Unix distros including Ubuntu, Elementary, Mint, Debian, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX...