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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 98
- Date added: August 06, 2009
- Total Downloads: 200,227
- Downloads last week: 5,911
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 62 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on May 05, 2009
PDF files are a common format for most businesses today. However, altering and creating fresh PDFs remains a mystery for many people. PDFill PDF Tools hopes to make this process simpler with a number of options, but the busy interface may overwhelm less experienced users.
This freeware program has a cluttered interface that will take some studying and experimentation to master. However, all the elements serve a purpose, and many will look familiar to those who have used a word-processing program. The screen looks very much like Microsoft Word's display, with a ruler running down the side and familiar buttons for saving, creating, printing, and fonts along the top. Along the left side are a string of icons with tools for creating PDF-specific tools like check boxes, drop-down menus, radio buttons, and more. The right side of the screen features icons that help give PDFs a professional sheen, by sizing and balancing the page with various tools. Along the bottom are still more buttons; these allow users to do everything from drawing text boxes, highlighting text, or even adding videos.
PDFill allows users to alter existing PDFs or create documents from scratch. One of its most unique aspects is the helpful hints. When our test PDF opened, it contained no fillable fields and offered to show us how to create them. Boxes pop up regularly throughout and offer other helpful hints.
The only negative is PDFill's crowded interface. With all four sides covered in buttons, it can get overwhelming. However, with a little practice we think that anyone can create and alter PDFs using this excellent download.
Publisher's description
From PlotSoft :Free PDF Tools to Merge, Split, Reorder, Encrypt, Decrypt, Rotate, Crop, Reformat, Header, Footer, Watermark, Images to PDF, PDF to Images, Form Fields Delete/Flatten/List, PostScript to PDF, PDF Information, Scan to PDF, and Create Transparent Image.
Merge two or more PDF files into a single PDF file; Extract or Reorder pages from a PDF file into a new file; Encrypt or Decrypt PDF documents with 40 or 128 bit Encryption; Rotate pages by 90, 180, and 270 degree; Crop a page to modify its layout of Print or View by specifying its margins; Put multiple pages into one page to save paper and inks when printing hard copies with note lines for handout; Add Headers and Footers to present information, such as date, time, page numbers, or the title of the document, in the top or bottom margins of a document; Add stamp using a formatted text in your international language; Add Stamp using image file (bmp, jpg, gif, png, tiff, and wmf); Convert images (bmp, jpg, gif, png, tiff, and wmf) into a PDF file with layout options; Save PDF pages into images (png, jpg, bmp and tiff) with DPI options; Delete, Flatten or List the PDF Form Fields inside a PDF file; Convert Postscript file into PDF; Add information (Title, Author, Subject, Keywords, Created, Creator, Producer and Version) to the PDF document; Scan your Paper Form or Photo into images (PNG, JPG, BMP, TIF and GIF) or PDF; Create a transparent image with options to adjust one Color and the left Colors' transparency. Version 7.0 adds Windows 7 support, PDF Information, Scan to PDF, and Create Transparent image for PDF.What's new in this version:
Version 7.0 adds Windows 7 support, PDF Information, Scan to PDF, and Create Transparent image for PDF.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 62 votes
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Version: PDFill PDF Tools Free 7.0
"Do what it is necessary in the digital archive at home"
Pros: Simplicity and very good management of images from files and scanners
Cons: Not to be allow the paste from the clipboard
All the bookmarks loose the sense if we insert a new page
When we merge two files it should be possible to give to the resulting file the name of the first one -
Version: PDFill PDF Tools Free 7.0
Pros: It so easy to work with - No hitches and very comfortable.
Very useful for people who are not too computer literate.Cons: can't think of any
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Version: PDFill PDF Tools Free 7.0
"Output Watermarked - Wasted my time"
Pros: Works good
Cons: Output Watermarked
Summary: Would be fine if they just stated the output is watermarked. Trial version only.
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Version: PDFill PDF Tools Free 7.0
"Good editing features but some glitches"
Pros: Now you can edit pdf for free
Cons: You still need to pay 19.99 if you don't want PDFill 's watermark on every page when you need to save your work.
Summary: Couple glitches:
1. When converting a IE8 page of chat by printing using PDFill PDF& Image Writer, it skips the lines on the bottom and the top at times. So, you may think you got the the whole page printed out, you better look more closel... read more >> -
Version: PDFill PDF Tools Free 7.0
Pros: I downloaded this program a few weeks ago and I had no problem finding what I needed, or how to use it. I only use a few of them for my important documents. But, It is fun to test all these free PDF functions!
Cons: English version only. Need a version to support other languages.
Summary: Very impressed by these free stuff.
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