DeskPDF Studio X

Although Adobe PDF Reader does not offer much in terms of document manipulation, you can find numerous tools on the Internet, which enable you to convert PDF documents, split or merge them, edit their contents and more. DeskPDF Studio X incorporates features from numerous PDF editing and conversion applications. It provides a familiar user interface, on which you can perform various actions on your PDF documents, from simple text corrections to conversions or OCR scans.

DeskPDF Studio X's trial version is fully functional, so you can properly evaluate the program's capabilities. The software comes in an 86 MB setup package and it takes about a minute to install its components. It is available for Windows and Mac OS X and it does not ask for too many resources.

The user interface resembles a program from the MS Office suite. You can load several documents on separate tabs, on the same window and select various options, located in different ribbon menus, to carry out all sorts of operations. You can select and edit text or insert new text boxes, images and other objects. The software places a series of reviewing tools at your disposal. You can mark specific fragments with a pencil tool or by highlighting text, insert sticky notes, stamps and more.

The available conversion options can be used to transform the loaded PDF documents to other formats, like MS Word or Excel, HTML, XML, JPEG and others. You can also create PDF files from images or miscellaneous files. Compacting the loaded PDF or extracting one or more pages are other possibilities.

PDF documents can be secured against certain actions, like accessing, copying or extracting their contents. Furthermore, you can sign your documents with digital certificates and assign trusted IDs, if your documents are intended for someone in particular. The software comes with a shredding feature as well. If a document's contents are too sensitive, you can use the built-in shredder to erase and overwrite the file, which makes it impossible to recover.