PDF files are very useful if you want your documents to look perfect in any situation, but PDF editing solutions do not exactly come cheap. PDF Studio from Qoppa Software provides some of the tools needed when dealing with PDFs and tryies to be a cost efficient solution.
Sharing data using the PDF format is quite efficient since it is able to preserve its appearance regardless of the operating system or application used when opening the file. Still, revising such a document without the proper tools is exhausting.
PDF Studio is a Java based application that allows you to add comments, text and graphic annotations, stickies, notes, text boxes and more, in order to make your opinions crystal clear when working with your colleagues on a project or in any other situation that you might think of.
On the other hand, PDF Studio also allows you to add headers and footers, bookmarks, digital signatures, stamps, watermarks, import and export pages as images, crop pages, attach files, modify pages and split the document, while providing batch processing capabilities.
The best part is that PDF Studio is also able to make sharing the files easier by integrating with Google Docs, Acrobat Share and SharePoint.
The Looks
Since PDF Studio is using Java as a running environment, looks are left aside, and the application is mostly focused on functionality. The main window is very well organized and is centered on the document content, while on the left you can see the pages, bookmarks, layers, attachments and signatures.
When active, the Comments tab will be displayed on the bottom, while the top of the window will provide buttons for the most basic features.
Still, some capabilities are only available through the application menus, and need to be customized through various panels. The good part though is that each and every one is clean and organized, hence easy to get around.
The Works
First of all, PDF Studio is a document viewer providing basic browsing capabilities, fitting options (actual size and fit to width or page), zooming and rotate functions, and allowing the user to change the page layout (single or facing, simple or continuous).
Further the application allows you to search for a certain text string, select text that you can copy or annotate, or take a snapshot. As a viewer though PDF Studio is missing at least one function: full screen.
But PDF Studio also allows you to create a new blank document or scan one to PDF. When creating a new document you can use the text box or the typewriter button to input text, although it will not automatically fit in the page.
The box can be moved or resized later on, while its properties can be accessed through the contextual menu revealed by a right click: the user can change the author, subject, appearance and content. Each elements remains editable even between sessions, until it is flattened.
Taking all this into consideration, PDF Studio could be successfully used as a PDF editor with some limitations of course (e.g. you cannot create forms). PDF Studio gives you the possibility to open PDF files containing form fields but, as the its developers specify in the user guide, the app may not be able to perform some of the attached actions.
On the other hand, if you are editing a document, you should think twice before deleting or flattening an element of any kind or using the cropping feature: PDF Studio does not provide an Undo function.
If the deletion of a certain element can be fixed relatively simple, a flattened element becomes imprinted in the page, loosing all its editing features, so if you want to change anything you must start all over again.
Speaking of irreversible actions, make sure you save everithing before trying to Read More the Review at Softpedia
Sharing data using the PDF format is quite efficient since it is able to preserve its appearance regardless of the operating system or application used when opening the file. Still, revising such a document without the proper tools is exhausting.
PDF Studio is a Java based application that allows you to add comments, text and graphic annotations, stickies, notes, text boxes and more, in order to make your opinions crystal clear when working with your colleagues on a project or in any other situation that you might think of.
On the other hand, PDF Studio also allows you to add headers and footers, bookmarks, digital signatures, stamps, watermarks, import and export pages as images, crop pages, attach files, modify pages and split the document, while providing batch processing capabilities.
The best part is that PDF Studio is also able to make sharing the files easier by integrating with Google Docs, Acrobat Share and SharePoint.
The Looks
Since PDF Studio is using Java as a running environment, looks are left aside, and the application is mostly focused on functionality. The main window is very well organized and is centered on the document content, while on the left you can see the pages, bookmarks, layers, attachments and signatures.
When active, the Comments tab will be displayed on the bottom, while the top of the window will provide buttons for the most basic features.
Still, some capabilities are only available through the application menus, and need to be customized through various panels. The good part though is that each and every one is clean and organized, hence easy to get around.
The Works
First of all, PDF Studio is a document viewer providing basic browsing capabilities, fitting options (actual size and fit to width or page), zooming and rotate functions, and allowing the user to change the page layout (single or facing, simple or continuous).
Further the application allows you to search for a certain text string, select text that you can copy or annotate, or take a snapshot. As a viewer though PDF Studio is missing at least one function: full screen.
But PDF Studio also allows you to create a new blank document or scan one to PDF. When creating a new document you can use the text box or the typewriter button to input text, although it will not automatically fit in the page.
The box can be moved or resized later on, while its properties can be accessed through the contextual menu revealed by a right click: the user can change the author, subject, appearance and content. Each elements remains editable even between sessions, until it is flattened.
Taking all this into consideration, PDF Studio could be successfully used as a PDF editor with some limitations of course (e.g. you cannot create forms). PDF Studio gives you the possibility to open PDF files containing form fields but, as the its developers specify in the user guide, the app may not be able to perform some of the attached actions.
On the other hand, if you are editing a document, you should think twice before deleting or flattening an element of any kind or using the cropping feature: PDF Studio does not provide an Undo function.
If the deletion of a certain element can be fixed relatively simple, a flattened element becomes imprinted in the page, loosing all its editing features, so if you want to change anything you must start all over again.
Speaking of irreversible actions, make sure you save everithing before trying to Read More the Review at Softpedia
