PDF-XChange (Pro-Editon) 3.601081

3.4 out of 5 stars 3.4 (10 votes)

(October 27, 2006)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Commercial Demo; $69.50 / 1,244 downloads

PDF-XChange (Pro-Edition) installs a printer to your Windows system and allows you to output from any Windows application directly to an Adobe compatible PDF file. You can add watermarks, adjust compression, embed fonts - anything and more that you can do with alternative products.

Reviews of PDF-XChange (Pro-Editon)

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    Second Shadow

    Reviewing 3.601081 (Apr 20, 2008)

    I agree 100% with the previous reviewer, lhdal

    In my case, I tried the following programs:

    doPDF (free) / Nova PDF (the same company's shareware version)
    Jaws PDF
    PDF Creator
    pdfFactory

    I put them all to a test of two documents, a complex Word file with different fonts, tables and watermarks, and a Visio diagram with comments.
    None produced good enough results for me.

    Finally, and fortunately, I tried PDF XChange. It produces files of the same size and equal quality to Adobe's original Acrobat. Plus, it allows you to fine tune the output with a lot of options.
    Highly recommended for the price.

  2. 1 out of 5 stars
    iamanon

    Reviewing 3.60107 (Oct 12, 2006)

    PDFCreator is much better and free.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    lhdal

    Reviewing 3.60105 (Updated) (Sep 15, 2006)

    Surely the best PDF creator im my opinion.

    I've tried

    PDF Creator
    PDF Creator Pro
    Jaws PDF
    NicePDF
    PDFTypeWriter

    All had their defects.

    I was disappointed till this.

    This program can produce small size PDF's with frontend security settings. (128 bit)
    It can empoly Table Of Contents and Bookmarks (live bookmark) correctly. This is not even implemented in some programs. (Especially those that work only as printer driver - This scans the entire file for headers and links)

    It supports 1.6 (very new)

    File creation is not the fastest but it is not crawling. (Also lower speed is not rare in programs with Bookmark support)

    It's not expensive compared to others. I've seen worse for much higher prices.

    The screenshot is probably a very old one. Should be updated

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    lhdal

    Reviewing 3.60105 (Sep 13, 2006)

    The best.

    Supports live bookmarking.

    Produces small files.

    Good encrypting.

  5. 1 out of 5 stars
    zridling

    Reviewing 3.4083 (Jun 16, 2005)

    The worst!

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