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PDF creation and management

Last updated: June 2024

PDFCreator Reviews

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4.6

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413

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.73/10

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Pros and cons

The ease of this has been a lifesaver for me personally, it is super quick and super easy and did exactly what I needed.
What i like the most is that it is simple , easy to use all of the features are easy to find plus the customer support is very helpful.
With secure password, you can encrypt your file. The integration into my business is great with generation of PDF files from documents from Office through PDF Creator.
It is notoriously bundled with bad adware and in this day and age there are other options that don't put your personal privacy and security at risk.
Some of the default settings of PDF creator can be a little annoying and it can be hard at first to find out how to change these settings.
I have some concerns with this software. First of all, the website has a plethora of English grammar mistakes.
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Ryan W.

Marketing Director

Telecommunications, 501-1,000 employees

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PDFCreator is no substitution for the real thing

Reviewed 3 years ago

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Ryan: Hi, I'm Ryan, a marketing director. I give PDFCreator four out of five. For more reviews like this click below. In late Q2 of 2020 during kind of the height of the pandemic my department was tasked with cutting 33% of our overall budget going line item by line item. I finally came to software licenses and found that my department was spending way too much on software. Every single member of my team had a Creative Suite license and Adobe Creative Suite license. Those are quite expensive. My marketing manager, my administrative assistant, my web manager, everyone had a license filled with software that they didn't necessarily need. So when I was tasked with trying to find some savings, Creative Suite was kind of the sore thumb that stuck out from the group. After doing a bit of research on the options, I decided to give PDFCreator a try. I downloaded the software and gave it a go myself. I wouldn't ask anyone on my team to use a piece of software that I wouldn't use, or I an unfamiliar with. So after a couple of days of using the software, I realized that it would allow my team to continue to perform the functions of their jobs in a way that they needed to do as we all worked remotely during the pandemic. Anyone familiar with Acrobat or any of Adobe's Creative Suite applications will have a very easy time picking up PDFCreator. The options while not as robust as their Adobe counterpart are relatively easy to get a grasp on, the UI and UX it's very good for the software and the value for the money is great. For anyone considering switching from an Adobe product to PDFCreator, I would urge you to take a look at your needs. What exactly do you do with your PDF creation and editing software? Be sure to try the trial, there's a trial for the software and before you jump into the pool, make sure that whatever options you require are going to be there and available for you.

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Mariah S.

Transaction Coordinator

Real Estate, 1-10 employees

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HUGE Resource for Our Team!

Reviewed 4 years ago

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Mariah: My name is Mariah. I'm a Transaction Coordinator in real estate, and I give PDFCreator a five out of five. Prior to finding a system that actually works to create easy PDF forms that are fillable, my team members would come to me and I would have to get creative. I tried PowerPoint to generate a document, I tried Word Documents to enter text fields. I even took screenshots of the documents and then would upload them to a photo app and then add text boxes with text and that sort of thing. So it's really nice to have one central place to go for PDF fillable forms and not have to try different avenues to be creative and get the work done. PDFCreator is really user-friendly, I didn't have to look at any guides or get instructions from anywhere. I just went into the website and started filling out forms and they're easy to download, save to my computer, everything's really quick. So now, I'm the go-to gal for PDF forms for my team. As far as integration and onboarding for a PDFCreator, it was very seamless to just implement it into our current systems. Super easy to use, like I said. And the other team members on my team also have just had nothing but glowing reviews of the program. I would say if you're considering this specific PDF program, definitely do it. Just get in there, try it out, super easy, and you won't regret it and you won't go to any other software.

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Juan Ignacio C.

Consumer Goods, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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PDF Creator: the best and most useful tool for creating PDF files

Reviewed 6 years ago

My experience in general has been very good. I think that this program has given me what I was looking for in PDF lecotres. It's like having a digital printer installed on my machine thanks to which my PDF documents are more secure.

Pros

PDF Creator offers very useful functions with regard to security. With this program I can restrict access to my files in PDF format in order to save them. It is compatible with other versions of PDF readers. I can add text watermarks as well as image. Of equal it seems very good to be able to make fast editions and to merge several files in a single PDF file

Cons

It must improve the service of technical service. On some occasions they have lasted up to three days to answer me.

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Halimatun Z.

Accounting, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Light and easy to use

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

PDFCreator can support any type of document extension and convert it to PDF, or convert it from PDF to other document type. The merging and separating tools work well and i also can password protecting my PDF to prevent the files from third party user editing and printing it without my permission.

Cons

The software is free to download and to be use, but are filled with many advertising and third party software that will automatically installed into my computer without my permission. It is better for them to offer a premium account for user, and get rid of the advertisement and bundled software.

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Political Organization, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Not bad, not the best

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

It's a very easy platform for printing files to pdf or other types of files, like jpg. There are also some tools that allow the user to easily change resolution or alter pdf options. For example, the user can add some security password protection or decide whether to compress images to create a smaller document. Functionally the software is fairly easy to use and interact with from other software platforms, like Microsoft products or anything that communicates with print drivers.

Cons

There are not enough options for pdf creation. I would like to not only create, but also edit pdf files once they're created. My biggest problem is really with the process of creating a pdf. First I select print document using pdf creator, then a window pops up for me to create the pdf, along with options, and then the pdf opens. I wish we could skip some of the intermediate windows and just have the document print to pdf assuming all of the pre-programmed options

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Ricardo M.

Used daily for 1-2 years

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It's very good, easy to use and with additional powerful features; No complications about the format

Reviewed 7 years ago

"PDF Creator" not only allows to create PDF files but also to protect them, and limit the file only to the visualization; This is fantastic if you send documents that can be plagiarized, so with PDF Creator you can be calmer when sending a PDF.

Pros

The virtual printer PDFCREATOR integrates very well with the other software, allows to improve the configuration of the output file. It works for more than 20 different extensions. The action of clicking the file and dragging, and automatically edit it is very good. In the profile system it can be copied in Flash Memory to be used in another PC. You can select the security level of the encryption (low, medium and high) according to the need and edit the permissions on the document (printing, copying, editing). Convincing two PDF files is extremely easy, just select right click and open them with PDFCREATOR, then join lessons, and that's it!

Cons

If you want to create a single PDF document with several non-PDF files, it does not work as well, since you must first open all the files in your default programs, this can take a long time and is complicated. Junfo is installed with PDF Architect, this is not optional.

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Rafael B.

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Indispensable to send files that require a certain degree of protection of information.

Reviewed 7 years ago

The biggest gain I've had and still have with this program is the level of security and the relatively little space I need to work with files in this format, both for those I send and for those I receive or download from the Internet, which , combined with the PDF converter, allow me to generate text files from the original pdf format.

Pros

Indispensable to send files that require a certain degree of protection of information.   Creating documents with this format (PDF) is extremely easy and fast. In addition, in many cases the security of the information you want to send is vital and this format offers several options and levels of security such as the ability to add a watermark, encrypt data and use passwords and, on the other hand, and not least is the fact that it has a great capacity to compress the size of files.

Cons

In many cases it can be very difficult to work with information received in a PDF document, since this format, in principle, is not made so that the editable document, in other words, it is practically impossible to edit a PDF for the simple fact that it is it's about an image of a document. Fortunately, there are already tools such as the Aiseesoft PDF Converter Ultimate that allows converting PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other editable text formats.

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Yenser Jose D.

Used daily for 1-2 years

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It is the best digital printer that I have tried, simple and effective!

Reviewed 7 years ago

If in your organization they need to generate PDF documents this is the best option; This is fast, easy and effective.

Pros

The ease to configure the PDFCreator is the best, it is very effective and you just have to configure a couple of things. It has many options "watermark", many conversion formats (PDF, PDF / A, PDF / X, TIF, and others), you can choose the folder where you keep the file, permission of the document; In addition, it allows you to merge several PDF documents into one by selecting them.

Cons

If you install it for free you can install other unwanted programs, or modify the search engine of your browser. If you install it for free you can install other unwanted programs, or modify the search engine of your browser. Also, it is only available for Windows, if there is another OS in the company, this is a problem.

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Gabriela S.

Used daily for 2+ years

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It is a very useful tool that allows to convert and unify files or images into pdf format

Reviewed 6 years ago

This converter really helps me in my work. I convert excel files into pdf daily. Also, I combine images files into one file by this tool. It is easy to use.

Pros

It has become an indispensable software in my work. I am a bionalist. I ussually apply this tool to convert images into one file, or to convert word and excel files into pdf files. PDF files are versatile formats that I prefer to send by e-mail. I send my patient`s results by mail in this format all the time. It is easy to use, very intuitive.

Cons

I do not like that this version in uncompatible with old microsoft office versions. I have a very old computer and I can not install this software on it.

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Ines F.

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Convert your files in PDF for free

Reviewed 7 years ago

This app has help for everything, because I can easily save and share my files with PDF extension, and that is for me one of the most secure ways to do it.

Pros

PDF Creator it is the tool that everyone needs in their computer, with a very easy installation you can easily save your files in a PDF. This app is wonderful and very useful, I am a constant user, every time a need a file in PDF I select this tool, I use daily for my payments, billings, accounting and regular issues.

Cons

This tool have everything what I need, I have nothing bad to say about it. Some people does not like because it looks cheap and public, but if you try you will have not regrets.

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Brenda Z.

Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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read with style

Reviewed 6 years ago

Excellent software for those who want to better understand what they read and highlight the main ideas.

Pros

All the researches that I read are in PDF Creator, and I love it because it gives me multiple options so that my reading is dynamic: 1) Underline different colors. 2) Add notes. 3) Be able to save them in the cloud 4) To be able to sign and fill out questionnaires. I am a person who learns better by underlining the main ideas in different colors and PDF Creator gives me that option and I love it.

Cons

I get blocked often. Sometimes the software stops working, I do not know if it's my laptop or the program

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Paola Carolina B.

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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PDF Creator is one of the best software to create and edit digital documents

Reviewed 6 years ago

In general terms, I think that PDF Creator is one of the best alternatives for any person, company or institution that wishes to have software that can create and edit PDF files. Personally, it has worked very well for me and has become one of my favorite work tools.

Pros

PDF Creator is a robust program that has several advantages among which stand out the possibility that gives the user to scan files, add signatures to PDF documents and create access passwords to safeguard our information. In addition to this the aspect of its interface makes it easy to see and easy to operate.

Cons

PDF Creator when installed for free in the same way other softwares are installed in the search engine of the browser which is somewhat embarrassing. Having to be disabling unwanted applications seems to me something negative...

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Biotechnology, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Convert all your files in PDFs

Reviewed 3 years ago

Because of the small price (compared to other products that allow the creation of PDFs) and its nice and easy to use interface PDFCreator is a must have for every office environment that wants to become paperless.

Pros

This software can be easily installed in any Windows machine and provides an efficient and reliable way to cnvert any type of document in the standard PDF format.

Cons

This product does its job so well that I can't say any downside about using this software. maybe the user interface can find further space for inprovement.

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Design, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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PDFCreator

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

PDFCreator is perfect for being able to convert a plethora of document types to PDFs. I am able to convert emails, word documents, excel spreadsheets, etc. to PDFs at a rapid pace. The ability to digitally sign documents and highlight important text helps when needing to bring attention to these parts of the document. I also enjoy being able to add notes to PDFs that others are able to update when sending files back and forth.

Cons

My main complaint about PDFCreator is that it is bundled with OpenCandy installer. I'm less inclined to use software that is bundled with others. This does not effect my usage since PDFCreator is essential to my company, but I do tend to steer clear of any bundled software.

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Law Practice, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Very useful application

Reviewed a year ago

Overall a very good product I use most days.

Pros

I use this application for creating binders for court and also for merging documents. I also redact information on this app.

Cons

It crashes a lot when there are lots of documents merging. It is a shame because the features are all brilliant but it gets slow or crashes occasionally.

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Alessandra Nicoll T.

Food & Beverages, self-employed

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Excellent tool for your documents

Reviewed 3 years ago

Pdf Creator is a great program, great tool and easy to use.

Pros

Pdf creator is an excellent tool which allows you to develop your documents in a totally different and professional format, it is equipped with many features such as, allowing you to develop different formats within the same Pdf format, the security is very good as you can save your documents with password and all the information is encrypted. Pdf Creator gives you great facilities for the use of each tool allowing you to have an excellent work in a short time. You can connect on any device and it is modified in a friendly way.

Cons

The feature that could be improved is the simultaneous use of Pdf Creator because in the program you can only convert or edit one file at a time and this becomes a disadvantage in terms of the amount of work you have to do.

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Binod B.

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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All I have to say is wow

Reviewed 5 years ago

PDFCreator is my favorite tool for creating PDFs and I highly recommend it.

Pros

I was thrilled when I started using this software. A one stop solution to all my pdf needs. The best feature I like is Print to Pdf feature of the software. I can convert almost anything to pdf with it and that too in desired formating and quality.

Cons

Updating process creates problems at times. The previous version doesn't get removed completely and sometimes interferes with newer version. However you can fix it manually if it occurs.

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Isabela S.

Hospitality, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Quick and perfect way of submitting information

Reviewed 6 years ago

Submission of almost all office materials, information and documentation, archieving of data, official business correspondence, etc.

Pros

Very easy to use, even the particular functions and advanced settings. Quickest way of submitting official and non-editable information within very few mouse clicks.

Cons

Limited functionality of selecting and editing tools, limited compatibility with conversion software, for editing purposes, some weak points in auto settings and recognition

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Suzanne S.

Graphic Design, self-employed

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Great for quick and basic tasks

Reviewed 5 years ago

This is a great program so long as your needs are pretty basic.

Pros

It is super quick and simple to use, very user friendly. I've mainly used the print-to-pdf feature and the combine existing pdfs feature.

Cons

When using print to pdf, I wish that there was some way to customize aspects like where to break between pages. It'd also be nice to be able to only turn parts of the page into a pdf. If you are Control over how the final pdf looks is pretty limited to just factors like paper size and margins, which can sometimes end up looking awkward or waste a lot of space. Since this program only creates and doesn't edit pdfs, there is no way to fix such issues with this software. However adding options for where to trim or make page breaks during the initial dialogue boxes would fix this problem without needing to turn it into a full fledged editing program. Also, when combining pdfs, there should be a way to scale pages to be the same size. Even if both pages you are trying to combine have the same dimensions (like 8.5" x 11"), if they have different resolutions (like one is 150 dpi and the other 300 dpi), the new file will show one page twice the size of the other.

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Eduardo H.

1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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The best option to generate PDF quickly

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

PDFCreator allows the generation of PDF files from an existing document or image quickly and easily in Microsoft Windows It is free software under the GPL license It allows to protect the PDFs generated by a key and even allows the use of digital signatures in the generated files

Cons

It takes a while to open at the moment of being executed There is no version for platforms based on free software (GNU / linux)

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Machinery, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Great free software

Reviewed 6 years ago

Because theres a server install version, you can install your printers on the server and you dont need to install them for every users. Its easy to use, even for a novice user.

Pros

Standalone install and server install both available. Free software with digital signin. Encryption capabilities and smart file naming. You can easily send the converted files by email.

Cons

All versions are bundled with OpenCandy installer. Watermark abilities are limited.

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Ángel Enrique M.

Research, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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All the features you need to create a good PDF document for a great price

Reviewed 5 years ago

I've used it for basic documents.

Pros

It is really affordable for all the features it has

Cons

It isn't the best PDF design tool. more features would make it a must have tool instead of the cheaper version of the leader program

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Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Great substitute for Acrobat

Reviewed 5 years ago

i use both pdfCreator and Adobe Acrobat Pro. pdfCreator is my default for creating PDF's, but i still use Acrobat for certain things, like creating forms. i basically use pdfCreator to create PDF output from applications.

Pros

it's fast, it's small, and it creates 100% compatible PDF's. it's also not a subscription based product.

Cons

it is getting a little bigger and a little slower with the newer versions.

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Amanda R.

Graphic Design, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Very Nice!

Reviewed 5 years ago

It’s been great these last few years that I’ve used it! I got it because I could convert any of my designs, such as business cards and event invitations into a pdf file to email to clients! I’ve never had a complaint or any issues!

Pros

That I am able to turn any of my designs into a print ready PDF!

Cons

Not many of the features are free BUT it’s worth the money go buy the ones that aren’t!

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wava S.

Financial Services, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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pdf copies

Reviewed a year ago

Helps to convert large files to PDF.

Pros

Pdf create helps to convert documents from word to pdf copies which easily edited and has good conversation tool

Cons

To my surprise I have never meet a challenge with this software as regards to the time of usage.

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EMILIO I.

Used daily for 1-2 years

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You can hang jobs on the network if the reader can modify it

Reviewed 7 years ago

facilitates the sending of work done in word, excel, power point, autocad. through the mail for the clients to visualize them

Pros

It is not necessary to have a lot of experience to use it and to transform the documents to this format and to lower the weight of the documents so that they can be sent by mail.

Cons

very cocas thing prodria considers that or wipes me of the program parese great only that I would edit some document that resivo in this format. that it would return to its original form and could edit

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Shawn W.

Accounting, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Use this every day

Reviewed 4 years ago
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WE receive documents in format all day that need to be converted to PDF and edited. I use this all day everyday and it works perfect. I've used it for years and it hasn't gotten so much better than it was.

Cons

The creating fillable forms is more difficult that it should be.