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PDFpen 4.5.2

Macworld Rating

4.0 out of 5 Mice, Dec 4, 2009

Pros

  • Perform optical character recognition on scanned PDFs
  • Edit text in PDFs
  • Use a library to store often-used text and graphics
  • Insert images into PDFs
  • Make placed images' backgrounds transparent

Cons

  • Editing text in certain PDFs may cause a crash
  • Color changing issue in inserted notes
  • Fuzzy text when using highlighter
  • Library window can't be resized and lacks a preview mode

Software Details

  • Smile
  • 10.5 or later
  • Universal
  • $50

Macworld's PDFpen 4.5.2 Coverage

  • PDFpen 4.5 PDFpen allows you to edit text in PDFs, insert images and make their backgrounds transparent, choose to print or not print notes and comments, highlight in multiple colors, and even do OCR on scanned PDFs.
  • SmileOnMyMac unveils new name, broader focus The maker of Mac productivity utilities has changed its name to Smile to reflect the fact that it makes software for both the Mac and iOS devices now.
  • PDFPen can now save your PDFs to Evernote A free update to SmileOnMyMac's powerful PDF editor lets you save your PDFs up to the Evernote file organization and syncing service.
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