{"id":101918,"date":"2018-06-19T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=101918"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:24:35","slug":"work-with-pdfs-its-time-you-got-this-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/work-with-pdfs-its-time-you-got-this-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Work with PDFs? It&#8217;s time you got this software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The PDF file system is one of the simplest way to manage digital documents. Created in 1993 by the code ninjas over at Adobe, the PDF has made it super easy for everyone to view and edit documents, whether you\u2019re a Mac or PC user.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, the PDF is one of the most versatile file formats. Not only is it happy with text and images, but it supports links, multimedia, forms, and even 3D models \u2013 not bad for a file system that\u2019s over 25 years old. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But to work with PDFs, you need a PDF program, and sadly, not all are created equal. We\u2019ve been playing around with the best of them to find one that truly outshines the others, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nd we think we\u2019ve found it in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ashampoo\u2019s PDF Pro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PDF Pro is an all-in-one program to view, create, edit, and convert PDF files. Let\u2019s take a look at what it can do for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/box_ashampoo_pdf_pro_800x800.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Ashampoo PDF Pro - $29,99<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Buy it NOW<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<h2>1. Full editorial control<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101960\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Pdfcreator_image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Pdfcreator_image1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Pdfcreator_image1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PDF Pro lets you edit PDFs as easily as if they were MS Word documents. Is that a big deal? Absolutely, because most PDF programs don&#8217;t offer such flexibility without conversion or exporting to another program. This makes copyediting an article, story, magazine, or academic paper a piece of cake, and saves hours of messing around with different formats. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PDF has all the tools you&#8217;d expect of a document editor, including a spell checker, a built-in change log so you can keep track of your changes, and a find and replace tool which also has the option of changing content across multiple documents. These tools let you work on your PDF natively, without ever leaving the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/box_ashampoo_pdf_pro_800x800.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Ashampoo PDF Pro - $29,99<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Buy it NOW<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If want to collaborate with others on your PDFs, either at work or school, PDF Pro supports annotations and comments, so you can share your opinions within the PDF rather than in a separate file. And if you\u2019re working on a bunch of PDFs at once, PDF Pro will merge them together for you, and give you full control over page ordering and orientation. For big projects like dissertations, legal documents, or academic papers, this feature is a real time-saver.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>2. Super easy file conversion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While PDFs are great, sometimes you need different output formats for specific tasks \u2013 if you\u2019re writing an ebook, for example, or want to code a webpage. PDF Pro makes it quick and easy to convert your source PDF into different formats, including EPUB, HTML, JPEG, and RTF, without losing detail or structure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This works the other way round, too. PDF Pro\u2019s powerful OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine means you can scan just about anything for fast, flexible editing using PDF Pro or your favourite office tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3. Security against fraud and intellectual property theft<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101959 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Pdfcreator_image2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Pdfcreator_image2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Pdfcreator_image2-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With so much of our work done online, it\u2019s even more tempting for cybercriminals to steal our data. PDF Pro secures your documents with 128-bit AES encryption, the same level of security used by the US National Security Agency (NSA). You decide what your recipients see, which helps protect you against fraud, theft, and data tampering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ashampoo\u2019s PDF Pro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> combines everything you need to read, edit, and manage PDFs in one tidy package. For a limited time, you can enjoy the program for just <strong>$29.99<\/strong> \u2013 over a 60% discount on the retail price. With that much PDF power at your fingertips, we think it\u2019s a steal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/box_ashampoo_pdf_pro_800x800.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Ashampoo PDF Pro - $29,99<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Buy it NOW<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashampoo.com\/10\/cookie?affiliate=47995&amp;expiry=60&amp;redirectto=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashampoo.com%2Fp%2F0274&amp;redirecthash=C30FA302D0627F40A74B9D5D6F47FF0F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PDF file system is one of the simplest way to manage digital documents. 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