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Re: Software for creating and editing PDFs

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On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:54:42 -0500, Rick wrote :


>>> I have a similar but different issue.� I have used a paid version of 
>>> the nearly 20-year old Adobe Acrobat Standard 8 for years which does 
>>> everything I need, but only runs on Windows 7.� If there is a way to 
>>> get it to work on Windows 11, I haven't found it.
>>>
>>> Is there a free product anyone knows of which replicates the functions 
>>> of this product?
>> You could always install something like VMware and make a virtual 
>> machine of Windows 7. For file editing it would work.
>> 
> 
> That's an interesting option I might consider if my one remaining 
> Windows 7 laptop decides to go to pasture.  In the meantime, I was 
> looking for a low-effort, free alternative product that would run under 
> Win 11 with similar functionality.

Hi Rick,

Somewhere I have the Adobe Acrobat (the payware) version 7, but I've been
using version 6 payware on my Windows 10 computers for many (many) years.

All you need are three things, all of which are saved in a zip file:
a. A copy of the original installation files
b. A copy of the original registered company name
c. A copy of the original registered key

The only reason I didn't like version 7 was they asked for the Internet and
I hated that when it happened (now many progs won't work without the net).

So I've been using version 6 ever since on my Windows 10 desktop, but the
Adobe Acrobat 6 payware works "ok" on the Windows 11 laptop too.

The main difference is that somehow I can't set the default PDF extension
file association in Windows 11 to be the Adobe Acrobat 6 installation.

Dunno why. But other than the Adobe Acrobat 6 payware not capable of being
the default PDF file association in Windows 11, otherwise it works for me.

Note that the payware, nowadays, doesn't do anything that you can't get
with freeware, but that's a topic for another day...

We need to update this chart... 
[?] Print book format PDF (FinePrint payware)
[x] Add or concatonate pages (pdftk, acrobat payware)
[x] Add signature (Adobe Reader Fill-and-sign sign-yourself tool)
[x] Archive sites (wkhtmltopdf, Acrobat payware,fastone scroll capture)
[x] Convert PDF to MSWord or any epub format & vice versa (Calibre)
[x] Create PDF new text (Irfanview or Paint.NET plugins + Ghostscript)
[x] Edit PDF existing text (Adobe Reader commenting, Acrobat payware)
[x] Extract images (PDF Exchange Viewer, PDF Shaper)
[x] Fast PDF reader: (Sumatra or Foxit)
[x] Globally search & replace PDF text (Libre Office)
[x] Merge PDFs (pdfsam, pdftk) 
[x] OCR, PDF-Xchange, freeOCR (paperfile.net), GOCR (jocr.sourceforge.net)
[x] Online shrink PDF https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/compress-pdf.html
[x] PDF text to audio file (Balabolka)
[x] Print sans username in the properties (Libre Office Writer)
[x] Remove pages (pdfsam, pdftk)
[x] Remove restrictions (Ghostscript & Ghostview with ps2edit & pdfwrite or pdf2djvu)
[x] Renumber pages (Acrobat Reader)
[x] Reorder pages (mutool)
[x] Rotate pages (Acrobat Reader)
[x] Shrink PDFs (ImageMagick or Acrobat payware or rlvision shareware)
[x] Tile PDFs (i.e., to print large posters) (Posterazor)

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