SmileOnMyMac has released PDFpen 3.5, an update to its award-winning PDF editing and form-filling tool for Mac OS X. The update offers improved ability to open PDFs that have newer or non-standard formats. The Correct Text feature, which allows users to correct text in a PDF, has also been improved.
All the new features of PDFpen 3.5 have also been added to PDFpenPro 3.5, the Pro version that has the ability to create cross-platform fillable PDF forms in addition to all the features of PDFpen.
PDFpen 3.5 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. The Family Pack, for up to 5 computers in one household, is $74.95 for PDFpen and $149.95 for PDFpenPro. 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. Both PDFpen and PDFpenPro are Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) compatible.
What’s new in PDFpen 3.5?
– Improved ability to open PDFs following newer specifications ?
– Improved ability to open non-standard PDF documents ?
– Resolved several cases of disappearing text when using Correct Text
– Resolved several cases of garbled text when using Correct Text ?
– Numerous stability improvements and minor bug fixes
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) ?
– Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag & drop ?
– 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 ?
– 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. Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) compatible.
PDFpen Pricing
$49.95; Family Pack: $74.95 (up to 5 computers in one household) ?
Upgrade from earlier versions of PDFpen: $25
PDFpenPro Pricing
$94.95; Family Pack: $149.95 (up to 5 computers in one household)
Upgrade from earlier versions of PDFpenPro: $25 ?
Upgrade from PDFpen to PDFpen: $45
Site licenses are available at reasonable rates. Contact su*****@****en.com for information and rates.
For more information about PDFpen, please visit: https://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/
This article was last modified on December 17, 2022
This article was first published on July 24, 2008
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