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PDFpen 3.3.1 Released With Leopard Fixes, Improved PDF Handling

SmileOnMyMac has released PDFpen 3.3.1, its PDF editing and form-filling tool for Mac OS X. The update adds two Leopard-specific fixes, better element positioning, and improved handling of off-spec PDFs.
All the new features of PDFpen 3.3.1 have also been added to PDFpenPro 3.3.1, the Pro version that has the ability create fillable PDF forms in addition to all the features of PDFpen.
PDFpen 3.3.1 can be downloaded at https://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/download.html. The update is free for registered users of PDFpen 3.x.
PDFpen costs $49.95. PDFpenPro costs $94.95. Upgrades from earlier versions of either application are $25.00. Upgrades from PDFpen to PDFpenPro are $45.00. Mac OS X 10.4 or later is required.
What’s new in PDFpen 3.3.1?

  • Fixed "Combine PDF" script under Leopard
  • Fixed "Open with PDFpen" workflow item under Leopard
  • Fixed positioning of markup when page is cropped
  • Fixed positioning of comments when page is rotated
  • Improved compatibility with off-spec documents

PDFpen features:

  • Replace text in original PDF with editable text blocks
  • Move, resize, copy and delete images in original PDF
  • Overlay text and images onto PDF (for example, sign purchase orders by applying signature image)
  • Copy and paste rich text; retain fonts and formatting when copying from PDFs
  • Select and copy text across multiple columns
  • Show PDFs in single, facing-page, multi-page and multiple facing-page views
  • Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag & drop
  • Fill out and save PDF forms
  • Create cross-platform fillable PDF forms (requires PDFpenPro)
  • Use with PageSender for a complete fax turn-around solution
  • Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript
  • Available in English, Japanese, German, Italian, and French

Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and later
    PDFpen Pricing:
    $49.95 (1-4 copies), $44.95 (5-9 copies), $39.95 (10-99 copies)
    Upgrade from earlier versions of PDFpen: $25
    PDFpenPro Pricing:
    $94.95 (1-4 copies), $84.95 (5-9 copies), $74.95 (10-99 copies)
    Upgrade from earlier versions of PDFpenPro: $25
    Upgrade from PDFpen: $45
    Site licenses are available at reasonable rates. Contact [email protected] for information and rates.
    For more information about PDFpen, please visit: https://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/
    ABOUT SMILEONMYMAC
    SmileOnMyMac makes creative productivity software, such as DiscLabel, the Macworld Eddy award-winning CD label design program; PageSender, feature-rich fax software that also received an Eddy; PDFpen, the PDF editing tool that garnered 4 mice from Macworld; TextExpander, the popular typing shortcut utility; and BrowseBack, the visual web history tool that won Best of Show at Macworld 2006. All SmileOnMyMac products are available to download free at https://www.smileonmymac.com.

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