The PDF format has become a standard, replacing physical paper when sharing any type of document, either between companies, individuals or official bodies. As the years have passed, this format has received new features to make it the perfect digital medium.
Portable Document Format (PDF for its acronym in English) was created by adobe, the same developer of Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator ... In 2008, it became an open standard, thus becoming the most widely used digital format in the world, so it is not necessary to use third-party applications to read its content.
The PDF format it is much more than a format for sharing documents. This format allows you to protect documents with a password, prevent their content from being modified, part of their content being printed or copied, and even create forms to share over the internet or print directly.
As I have mentioned above, to be able to read this type of format, no third-party application is necessary, since all operating systems allow us to read its content. But if we want edit your content, the thing changes a lot, since the number of applications that allows us to do it, we can count them with the fingers of one hand.
You can now say that this is not the case, that there are many applications to edit these types of files…. ok, we accept ship. But if we really want to work with files in this format getting the most out of it without wasting time With apps that never do what they promise, the best option on the market today is PDF element 7.
What is PDFelement 7
PDFelement 7, as its name implies, is an editor for files in PDF format, an editor that allows us not only to create files in this format, but also allows us to edit, convert and even sign them, an increasingly common function in the age in which we live.
PDFelement 7 is designed with a very intuitive user interface, offers us advanced writing tools, allows us to create documents collaboratively, has a user management console, as well as integrating one of the most complete converters to this format.
When converting files to this format, lThe macOS Preview app is fantasticHowever, the compression it performs is not so much and sometimes, the resulting file is much larger than the file from which it was created, the format that we had established has disappeared, the quality of the images has been reduced ...
If we want to convert files to this format, in the most efficient and effective way possible, the best we can do is use a specific application, such as PDFelement 7 or any other. PDFelement 7 is available in two versions: Standard and Pro.
As a good editor for PDF files, PDFelement 7 allows you to edit both the texts and the images included in this type of files, as well as the links, the format (font and font size, align the text, add more formats). It also allows us to add watermarks or eliminate the one that will be found in the document, as long as they are not found in the images, not on the images.
Mark and annotate PDF
When it comes to working collaboratively on a document, there is no better way to do it than adding comments, sticky notes, text calls, stamps, text boxes; underline, cross out or highlight text as well as create your own gallery of personalized stamps to approve a document, send it for review ...
Convert files to PDF
Files in PDF format are like energy: neither created nor destroyed, it transforms (except by destruction). The files are converted (transformed) to PDF format after being created in other applications such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint or any other image format. Being a specific application for this function, the converted file preserves the format, graphics, images, fonts and other elements in their original design, without altering the distribution at any time.
fill out forms
Unlike the applications that allow us to read files in PDF format and fill in forms, with PDFelement 7 we can also keep the data that we have entered in the document, in case we need to reprint a copy, make a modification without having to fill in the document again ...
Manage PDFs
It also allows us to manage the content of a file in PDF format, add or remove pages in addition to rotating them and extract those that do not interest us.
What can we do with PDFelement 7 Pro
In addition to the functions of the standard version, the Pro version goes one step further and it offers us a series of functions that we will not find in any other application of this type, both inside and outside the Mac App Store.
OCR
The character recognition system (OCR for its acronym in English), allows us recognize and convert to editable file the content of a PDF file. This functionality is compatible with 29 languages, and where Spanish is included.
Create and sign forms
PDFelement 7 allows us create fillable PDF files, adding text fields, radio buttons, check boxes, drop-down lists, and list boxes. In addition, it also allows us to add digital signatures to the forms.
Group PDF
Another function that the Pro version offers us is the possibility of group in a single file, different files in PDF format.
Convert PDF to other formats
Within the conversion options to other formats, the Pro version of PDFelement 7 allows us export the files in the format originally created by Adobe to EPUB, HTML, Plain Text and RTF.
Bates numbering
Bates numbering is a method of indexing legal documents which facilitates identification and retrieval, assigning each page a unique Bates number that indicates its relationship with other documents numbered according to this method. PDFelement 7 allows us to use this advanced numbering format.
How much does PDFelement 7 cost
In order to enjoy all the functionalities that PDFelemenet 7 offers us, our team must be managed by macOS 10.12 or higher and a 64-bit processor (also available for Windows 10). This application is completely translated into Spanish, so the language will not be a barrier to get the most out of it.
Although this available via the Mac App Store, PDFelement 7 allows us through its website, download a trial version of the application so that the user can see first-hand all the functions that it offers us. Once the trial period has passed, in order to continue using the application, we must choose which of the two versions (Standard or Pro) we want to keep.
Depending on the use that we are going to make of this application, the guys from PDFelement put at our disposal three pricing plans, for both the Standard and Pro versions:
PDF element Pro
PDFelement Standard
Annual subscription
89 Euros
69 Euros
Quarter subscription
29.95 Euros
Not available
Single payment (lifetime subscription)
119 Euros
79 Euros
These prices are for private users. If it is a company or an educational center, we have a series of advantages that are not available in the version for individuals.
