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"Its abilities compare well with Acrobat Pro, and yet PDFpen comes in at roughly a tenth of the cost." - Macworld, 4 mice, Dec. 4, 2009
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Acrobat Pro 9 |
PDFClerk Pro 3 |
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| Add images, including scanned signatures | |
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| Draw freeform scribbles, polygons, and rounded rectangles | |
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| Create & edit dashed borders, lines, and arrowheads | |
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| Library to store frequently-used text, images, scribbles, and signatures | |
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| Save filled-out PDF forms | |
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| Add notes, comments, and highlighting | |
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| Add and edit hyperlinks | |
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Document Editing, Printing, Security |
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| Insert, remove, and reorder pages | |
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| Selective printing of comments | |
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"At only $50, it goes well beyond Preview’s PDF processing power, yet it offers some of the same features you’ll find in the much more costly Acrobat Pro."
- Rob Griffiths, Macworld
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"PDFpen is one of the cherries on the cake of things Mac."
- John Walker, UK Mac Wizards
"I want to let you know how great PDFpen is. I build homes for a living, and end up having to fill in quite a few PDF files and faxing them. Your product has already made me more productive by giving me the ability to keep all of those files on my computer and faxing them electronically.
The last thing I needed to do was get my signature into the files. I originally used my Wacom tablet for this task...but then I received one of your tip e-mails explaining how to make a transparent copy of your signature."
- Bryan Leonard, Atentex Homes, Houston, TX