Nuance just came out with a brand new competitor to Adobe Acrobat. It is extraordinarily strong. Their earlier PDF Converter was pretty good, but this new one is way better.
It is about time somebody kicked Adobe out of the way. Their stuff, in my opinion, is buggy (even the installation routines) and tries to do updates about every week. And it now has to be rented. Nuance is the answer to this, at 1/3 the cost of Adobe Acrobat, and it is more user friendly.
I have a copy of PDF Converter 6.0. It's kind of ...eh. It works, more or less. The reviews on Amazon for PDF Converter 8.0 suggest that it has been improved. What version are you using?
> Nuance just came out with a brand new competitor to Adobe Acrobat. It is extraordinarily strong. Their earlier PDF Converter was pretty good, but this new one is way better.
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> It is about time somebody kicked Adobe out of the way. Their stuff, in my opinion, is buggy (even the installation routines) and tries to do updates about every week. And it now has to be rented. Nuance is the answer to this, at 1/3 the cost of Adobe Acrobat, and it is more user friendly.
I bought a Lenovo and it came with Nitropdf installed. I think it is at least as good as Adobe.
I use Bluebeam Revu extreme. It does everything i want it to do. Great for adding comments and measuring.
Lieven
> ...... and tries to do updates about every week.
Is that all you get?
I'll between Acrobat Reader and Shockwave I get hit up several times a week.
How bloody annoying!! I'll update stuff when I want!! Leave me alone in the mean time.
Nice to hear there is "proper" competition out there.
The alternatives to Adobe Acrobat I played the most with are Microsoft Word 2010 and LibreOffice. Neither of these will let you digitally sign, encrypt with a digital certificate, or protect with a password, in a way that an Adobe Reader user can accept. The free PrimoPDF will protect with a passsword in a way that an Adobe Reader user can accept, but won't do digital certificates. Has anybody checked these capabilities in any of the programs discussed in this thread?
Nuance's software allows me to digitally sign.
> I use Bluebeam Revu extreme. It does everything i want it to do. Great for adding comments and measuring.
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> www.bluebeam.com
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> Lieven
I have Adobe Pro here at the office, but we just got Bluebeam Revue installed. The live webinar we saw blew anything that I've ever seen away.
I've got Nitro PDF reader at home, and I've been thinking about getting the Nitro Pro upgrade at home, but haven't made up my mind.
Nitro Pro allows for digital signatures as well as certifications. It also is loaded with great import/export and editing routines. I used to have Adobe Pro, but saw no reason to continue since using Nitro Pro.
JBS
> Nitro Pro allows for digital signatures as well as certifications. It also is loaded with great import/export and editing routines. I used to have Adobe Pro, but saw no reason to continue since using Nitro Pro.
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> JBS
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Have been using Pdf Architect (free) for a few years. Just upgraded to Pro for $20.
Has digital signature, certificate and security. Haven't tried those features yet.
Our company has been transitioning to Bluebeam Revu and Stapler, and it allows us to do anything we need. I prefer it to Adobe and everything seems compatible so far. Doing redlines on facilities has been much easier since the change. Haven't tried any other brands though.
I use Foxit Standard edition. I like it.
Nitro Pro & Adobe Pro both seem to have subscription based software. Whereas the Nuance PDF software is stand alone in my research. I did not find any subscription requirements for it. But the others I did.
The features are all pretty similar too. Adobe has a bit better file splitting abilities in the naming conventions department, but the cost and on-going cost is tough. Now that there are so many competitors I would have thought they would be considering altering their pricing to keep from losing market share. That doesn't seem to be the case. I use Adobe Acrobat 10 at work, and would like something similar for home. But the cost is restrictive. The Nuance version is starting to look pretty good to me.
For a no subscription, low cost and yet complete alternative to Acrobat, try our software called PDF Studio:
http://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/
It works on Windows, Mac and Linux and the same key can be used on up to 2 computers.
Thanks for the post as I am very tired of the Adobe gravy train and would like to step off of it. It does look like the advanced version has support for 3D as well as movie and sound embeds, so, it will work for me.
I have the complete Adobe Creative Suite but not the time to use it.
