Free alternatives to Adobe ACrobat

William F · 25-06-2014 12:32pm #1

I downloaded adobe acrobat's trial version but it has now expired.

It's a very good program for editing pdf files. However I cant afford to subscribe as its too expensive. Are there any free alternatives to it?

I tried converting pdf files to word but it looks manky when I edit them.

Thanks

solomafioso · 25-06-2014 12:35pm

I always use the "alternativeto" site for checking alternate software(s).

http://alternativeto.net/software/adobe-reader/

Foxit is quite good.

Dally · 25-06-2014 12:37pm

OpenOffice is free and allows documents to be exported in PDF format. Not sure if this is the sort of thing you're looking for though.

solomafioso · 25-06-2014 1:08pm

Dally wrote: »

OpenOffice is free and allows documents to be exported in PDF format. Not sure if this is the sort of thing you're looking for though.

I think OP is looking to edit pdf's directly.

A workaround would be to upload the file to google drive and ensure that the "convert uploaded image / pdf docs" is checked.

This isn't perfect as if the pdf is set up with embedded images/content, it will just export a page with the image instead of the text. If the document is just pure text it might convert it (the wonders of OCR!).

Xterminator · 25-06-2014 1:11pm

foxit pdf offering is less than 1/2 the price of acrobat writer.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

if your willing to pay something, but dont want to pay adobe's price it may be worth investigating. at the very least you can use their 30 day trial.

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