{"id":10436,"date":"2010-01-28T16:45:54","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T15:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/create-and-edit-pdfs-for-free\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:16:38","slug":"create-and-edit-pdfs-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/create-and-edit-pdfs-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Create and edit PDFs for free!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re looking for PDF utilities, you’ve got plenty of choice if you want to open and view without paying a fortune. What’s not<\/em> so easy is creating and editing them, a problem that leads lots of users to avoid this handy file format altogether.<\/p>\n

Just remember: creating PDFs may not be as easy as creating other types of document, but there are still lots of tools that will help you get the job done!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Creating PDFs is most easily achieved by using a PDF ‘printer’ like PDFCreator<\/a><\/strong>. Once installed, this program appears like another printer on your printer list. You create the document in your usual Windows application and once you are ready to turn it into a PDF, send it to the PDFCreator printer. This tool will convert your document into a portable, professional PDF, while PdfFactory Pro<\/a><\/strong> and Bullzip PDF Printer<\/a><\/strong> will do the same job.<\/p>\n

What if you have a PDF that you’d like to edit or a form you need to fill in? This one’s a bit harder, as there are very few free apps that do the job well. Obviously there are master programs designed specifically for the purpose, but unless you have a spare $500, you can kiss that option goodbye.<\/p>\n

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If you have just one document that you want to modify, the trial versions of programs like PDFill PDF Editor<\/a><\/strong> and PDF Suite<\/a><\/strong> will do the job. If you need a less limiting – and free – option, PDF-XChange Viewer<\/a><\/strong> will give you plenty of editing powers. Also bear in mind that some office suites, such as OpenOffice<\/a><\/strong>, have PDF functionality built in.<\/p>\n

As a final option, you could give online editors like PDF Hammer<\/a> and PDFescape<\/a> a try. Just remember that these tools get mixed reviews and only offer basic editing tools, especially in the case of PDF Hammer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re looking for PDF utilities, you’ve got plenty of choice if you want to open and view without paying a fortune. What’s not so easy is creating and editing them, a problem that leads lots of users to avoid this handy file format altogether. Just remember: creating PDFs may not be as easy as … Continue reading “Create and edit PDFs for free!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-10436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335147,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436\/revisions\/335147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10436"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=10436"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=10436"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=10436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}