PdfEdit995 for Windows

User Reviews

• It does what is advertised, documentation is too spare

  Gary47a2/24/2014

  Pros

  This product is not for the faint of heart. What it is intended to do is not intuitively clear, but it does it well. Think of Mail Merge in the product from Redmond. It works, if you know what you are doing. pdfedit is a swiss-army knife of features. Every time I needed to use one, there was the same learning curve I face for complex features (like my MS example above). It puts watermarks / letterhead backgrounds when I want to convert a letter to a letterhead document. It splits and combines PDF documents when you can't have everything you want in a single source file (such as merging spreadsheet, graphic and word processing source content into a single PDF - yes DDE / embedded objects sort-of-works, but it's a heavy overhead feature from Redmond that I hate to use.) You usually have to do the tool 2 or 3 times to understand how it works. But you get what you want.

  Cons

  Miserable user doc, no examples showing how to do it. The links, bookmark and extract (split PDF into multiple files) features are extremely hard to use. The combine feature works extremely well, and it almost intuitive. The UI is poor - there are 3 rows of tabs, and the dialog box doesn't resize. Most features depend on a couple of setup files which are hidden under an obscure location in c:\users\{my profile folder}, and how to use them is undocumented. The links feature only works for external URLs, not internal bookmarked locations in your document, but this may be a limitation in how the Adobe PDF file layout works.

  Summary

  Good tool if you know how to use it, and have time to experiment.

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• Installation Fails - requires previous version

  RecklessRon112/19/2013

  Pros

  None. I'll try another piece of software.

  Cons

  They give you an installation that will fail unless you already have the previous version installed. Then they give you the installation successful web page. No option to install the previous version is offered - at least none that you can find easily. I'm not hunting for it I'll just use a different piece of software, eh!

  Summary

  IMHO: If they can't get the installation right... don't waste your time - pick something else.

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• Needed to run PDF995

  dunnd34/16/2013

  Pros

  Works perfectly in conjunction with PDF995, even when Adobe PDF fails.

  Cons

  A minor con is a 1-page ad is shown.

  Summary

  Works perfectly.

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• BEWARE ADWARE

  Wulfwynne4/12/2013

  Pros

  didn't get that far, busy uninstalling all the adware.

  Cons

  yeah. It comes with loads of adware and it doesn't use the traditional bullet options with "yes in stall extras" or "no thanks." The adware options look as if you're just accepting the agreement for the main software.

  Summary

  Stay away from this. You'll send up with tool bars, pop up ads, and 5 new programs you didn't sign up for to uninstall.

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• Simply a great app that I've used for years

  dbcliffe12/14/2011

  Pros

  The free version does everything you want with minimal advertising and the upgrade is inexpensive if you want it.

  Cons

  None for me except that couple of seconds to click continue with free version

  Summary

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• I have not had to use it yet

  jbob7710/11/2011

  Pros

  It installs easy

  Cons

  I have no comment yet

  Summary

  It will work well I am sure

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• A little much

  octagongroup3/31/2011

  Pros

  Everything and the kitchen sink

  Cons

  Too many modules, too much to install, doesn't permit editing on free version

  Summary

  Should allow editing for free version - make the money on the upgrade to more features. Not worth the download.

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  Eslam_Fouad3/12/2011

  Pros

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  Cons

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  Summary

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• Great multi purpose PDF tool

  Gary47a2/12/2011

  Pros

  Very effective to combine multiple PDFs, add water mark/ stationery etc. Has more features than I have learned

  Cons

  Can't resize window; poor documentation, so you have to experiment. No preview

  Summary

  This is one of my must have utilities

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• Very dissapointing considering the time involved.

  DJMixtrix2/11/2011

  Pros

  Can't find any yet. Never could get the software to do what I needed.

  Cons

  Have to download module after module, and even then, the software is very confusing.

  Summary

  I just want to edit a business card that is in PDF format, this product failed at that. The constant need to go back to their website and download module after module to allow you to even install the PdfEdit is a crock. Seems like a scam type of company who just wants your money. Granted you get what you pay for and Free is Free, but, in their case the software is Free and if you don't value wasting your time, this may be for you. I will never get back the hour I wasted trying to get it to work, to me, that is a cost.

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