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Edit PDFs easily with PDFpen! Add text, images and signatures. Make corrections. Fill out PDF forms. Merge, delete and reorder pages.

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"Its abilities compare well with Acrobat Pro, and yet PDFpen comes in at roughly a tenth of the cost." - Macworld, 4 mice

 

  PDFpen 
5		 PDFpenPro 
5		 Acrobat 
Pro 9		 Preview 
4
Price $59.95 $99.95 $449 Incl. w/
OS X
System requirements 10.6 10.6 10.4,10.5  

Text and Images

        
Add text Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Correct text in original PDF with editable text blocks Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Optical character recognition (OCR) Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Add images, including scanned signatures Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Redact, erase and replace text Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Move, resize, copy, and delete images in original PDF Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Make image background transparent Checkmark Checkmark - -
Deskew pages and images Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Selectively resample images to reduce file size Checkmark Checkmark partial -
Draw ellipses and rectangles Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Draw freeform scribbles, polygons, and rounded rectangles Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Create & edit dashed borders, lines, and arrowheads Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Library to store frequently-used text, images, scribbles, and signatures Checkmark Checkmark - -

Forms

        
Create cross-platform PDF forms - Checkmark Checkmark -
Insert advanced form features: pop-up menus, buttons - Checkmark Checkmark -
Submit form data Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -

Mark-up

        
Add notes, comments, and highlighting Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark*
Add underscore and strikethrough Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Add and edit hyperlinks Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Built-in proofreading marks library Checkmark Checkmark - -

Document Editing, Printing, Security
Insert, remove, and reorder pages Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Save PDFs directly to Evernote Checkmark Checkmark    
Table of contents creation - Checkmark Checkmark -
Selective printing of comments Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Print form fields only for printing on preprinted forms Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Comment modification history - - Checkmark -
Document identity services - - Checkmark -
Import Microsoft Word documents Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
Import HTML website - Checkmark Checkmark -
PDF document compression - - Checkmark -
Multimedia preview: video, audio, 3D - - Checkmark -
Scripting live calculation, document actions - - Checkmark -
AppleScriptable Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark -
* Preview can create notes, but not comments.
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System Requirements:
PDFpen 5.x and PDFpenPro 5.x require Mac OS X 10.6, and are compatible with 10.7 (Lion).
For 10.4 and 10.5, please download PDFpen 4.7.2 or PDFpenPro 4.7.2.