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* [[ABBYY FineReader]]: Commercial PDF converter which converts PDF into Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), PowerPoint (ppt), and more |
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* [[Bluebeam Q]] Proprietary; Rebuilds PDFs, adds numbers and stamps and converts documents and drawings to PDF. Uses unattended batch processes. Can use watch folders. |
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* [[Docudesk|deskUNPDF]]: PDF converter to convert PDFs to Word (.doc, docx), Excel (.xls), (.csv), (.txt), more |
* [[Docudesk|deskUNPDF]]: PDF converter to convert PDFs to Word (.doc, docx), Excel (.xls), (.csv), (.txt), more |
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* [[GSview]]: File/Convert menu item converts any sequence of PDF pages to a sequence of images in many formats from bit to tiffpack with resolutions from 72 to 204x98 ([[open source]] software) |
* [[GSview]]: File/Convert menu item converts any sequence of PDF pages to a sequence of images in many formats from bit to tiffpack with resolutions from 72 to 204x98 ([[open source]] software) |
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Revision as of 09:45, 19 August 2011
This list of PDF software includes links to articles on computer software used to manage Portable Document Format (PDF) documents.
Multi-platform
Converters
| Name | License | Platforms | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| deskUNPDF | Proprietary | Mac, Windows | Converts PDFs to Word, Excel, Text, HTML |
| GIMP | GNU GPL | Linux, Mac, Windows | Converts PDF to raster images |
| LibreOffice | GNU LGPL | BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows (Java based) | Export as PDF, and import from PDF; extension included by default |
| LuaTeX | GNU GPL | ? | TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents |
| OpenOffice.org | GNU GPL | Linux, Mac, Windows | Export as PDF, and import (with restrictions) after installing an extension[1] |
| pdfTeX | GNU GPL | ? | TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents |
| Prince | Proprietary | ? | PDF formatter using XML or HTML with CSS and SVG as input |
| pstoedit | GNU GPL | ? | PostScript to (other) vector file format converter |
| XeTeX | MIT | ? | TeX typesetting system that creates PDF documents |
| SWFTools | GNU GPL | ? | Tools including one to convert PDF to SWF |
| QPDF | Artistic License 2.0 | ? | Structural, content-preserving transformations from PDF to PDF |
| pdf-parser | Public Domain | ? | Extraction and analysis tool, handles corrupt and malicious PDF documents |
| XEP | Proprietary | BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows (Java based) | Converts XML and XSL-FO to PDF |
| Solid Converter PDF | Proprietary | Windows, Mac OS X | PDF to Word, Excel, HTML and Text; supports passwords, text editing, and batch conversion |
Editors
| Name | License | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OpenOffice.org Draw | GNU GPL | PDF import via LibreOffice OpenOffice.org software, or extensions[1] |
| Inkscape | GNU GPL | Open, edit and export documents, but only one page at a time (pages can be later combined using PDF printer); free open source software |
| PDFedit | GNU GPL | Software to view or edit the internal structures of PDF documents, and merge them |
| Pdftk | GNU GPL | command-line tools to edit and convert documents; supports filling of PDF forms with FDF/XFDF data |
Development libraries
| Name | License | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Formatting Objects Processor | Apache License | open-source print formatter driven by XSL Formatting Objects and an output independent formatter; main output target is PDF |
| GNU PDF | GNU GPL | open-source C library in development; when done, will provide functions to implement all features of PDF 1.7 specification |
| MuPDF | GNU GPL | open-source C PDF rendering library (and viewer) from Artifex Software; from web page, "MuPDF is ... small, fast, and yet complete. It supports PDF 1.7 with transparency, encryption, hyperlinks, annotations, searching and more. It also reads OpenXPS documents." |
| iText | AGPL[2] | open-source library to create and manipulate PDF, RTF, HTML files in Java, C#, and other .NET languages |
| JasperReports | GNU LGPL | open-source Java reporting tool that can write to screen, printer, or into PDF, HTML, Microsoft Excel, RTF, ODT, comma-separated values and XML files |
| libHaru | ZLIB/LIBPNG[3] | open-source, cross-platform C library to generate PDF files |
| Poppler | GNU GPL[4] | open-source multi-backend C++ library derived from Xpdf; no bundled viewer |
| ReportLab | BSD license | open-source, Python-based PDF creation library |
| TCPDF | GNU LGPL | open-source PHP library to create PDF files |
| XEP | Proprietary | XSL-FO layout engine written in Java; output formats: PDF |
| Qoppa PDF Libraries | Proprietary, shareware | portable Java libraries to view, print, manipulate PDF files |
| JPedal | Proprietary, GNU LGPL | Java developer library for view, extract, print PDF files |
Creators
| Name | License | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat X Standard or | Proprietary | desktop PDF authoring suite |
| OpenOffice.org | GNU GPL | all OpenOffice.org applications allow PDF export; supports also PDF/A-1a; since many import formats are supported (e.g., doc, docx, rtf, xls, ppt) conversion is also possible |
| Ghostscript | GNU GPL | viewer, creator, converter; supports also PDF/X-3; used by PdfCreator, WinPdf, BullzipPdf, CutePDF freeware version and others |
| LaTeX/TeX | LaTeX Project Public License/Permissive | Mark-up language and tools to write technical reports, books, magazines, almost any publication type |
| PageStream | Proprietary | cross-platform desktop publishing application to open, edit, export |
| Scribus | GNU GPL | cross-platform desktop publishing (DTP) application; supports also PDF/X-3 |
| FineReader | Proprietary | OCR tool; can save as PDF, and recognize text from PDF |
Viewers
| Name | License | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Reader | Proprietary, freeware | Adobe's PDF reader |
| DigiSigner | Proprietary, freeware | PDF viewer with added function to digitally sign PDF documents |
| Evince | GNU GPL | Universal viewer for GNOME. |
| Foxit Reader | Proprietary, freeware (Version 4 is adware; installs ASK toolbar by default: careful installation necessary) | PDF viewer, text conversion limited to easily extracted postscript text, does no optical character recognition |
| Google Chrome | Proprietary, freeware | View, search PDF files |
| GSview | GNU GPL | Legacy, a graphical interface for Ghostscript |
| Okular | GNU GPL | Universal viewer for KDE; replaces KPDF, available on versions of KDE from 4.1 |
| Xpdf | Free and proprietary versions | Legacy, a multi-platform viewer; based on Xpdf codebase |
AmigaOS
Converters
- Antiword a free Microsoft Word reader for various operating systems; converts binary files from Word 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 to plain text or PostScript; available for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS x86
- dvipdfm a DVI to PDF translator with zlib support
Creators
- ClibPDF PDF Writer Linker-Lib for StormC (68k, PPC)
Viewers
- gv a file viewer program included with the multi-platform Ghostscript package
- Xpdf a multi-platform viewer for PDF files, Amiga version uses X11 engine Cygnix
Atari TOS
- Porthos - commercial PDF editor, converter, viewer
Viewers
- gv a file viewer program included with the multi-platform Ghostscript package
Unix / Linux
Annotation functionality
- Okular supports a range of annotation types. Annotations are stored separately from the unmodified PDF file.
- Xournal allows for complex and customizable annotations by freehand drawing, a shape recognition tool, multiple colours and text fonts. In addition, there is a rule tool for straight lines, highlighting and underlining. Annotations may be copied, pasted and easily moved. Annotations may also be in complex scripts such as Tibetan through SCIM input. Annotations are stored separately from the unmodified PDF file.
Converters
- CUPS (Common Unix Printing System): supports exporting to PDF formats
- Pdftk (the PDF Toolkit): can merge, split, en-/decrypt, watermark/stamp and manipulate PDF files
- Inkscape: Vector drawing Import and export PDFs
Creators
- OpenOffice.org: an open source office suite with built-in PDF creation.
- Xournal: an open source program creates PDFs.
- Inkscape Vector drawing Import and export PDFs
Development libraries
- Xpdf: an open source multi-backend library for viewing and manipulating PDF files. Bundled with a viewer with the same name
- Qoppa PDF Libraries: portable Java libraries for viewing, printing and manipulating PDF files.
Editors
- PDFedit an open source program for viewing or editing the internal structures of PDF documents
- Qoppa PDF Studio proprietary software for viewing and editing PDF documents
Viewers
- Adobe Reader: Adobe Reader also has a freeware version for Linux
- Evince: the default PDF and file viewer for GNOME; replaces GPdf
- gv: a file viewer program included with the multi-platform Ghostscript package
- GPdf: a PDFviewer for GNOME; replaced by Evince
- Okular: the document viewer for KDE's desktop environment; replaces KPDF.
- Xpdf: a PDF viewer for the X Window System
- Foxit Reader: a PDF viewer from Foxit Software
- MuPDF: a lightweigt PDF viewer
- xournal: a GTK2 PDF viewer and annotator using Poppler
Mac OS X
Converters
- deskUNPDF for Mac: proprietary application from Docudesk to convert PDF files to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, image, and data file formats
Editors
- Adobe Acrobat Professional, proprietary Adobe Systems desktop PDF authoring suite
- PDF Studio, proprietary software to view and edit PDF documents
- PDF Signer, proprietary; fills forms and embeds image signatures in PDF documents.
Creators
- Mac OS X, creates PDF documents natively via print dialog
Viewers
- Adobe Reader, Adobe Systems reader is also available for Macintosh; Safari plug-in available
- Preview, Mac OS X's default PDF viewer (in v10.5 it also can annotate, rearrange pages, and merge PDF files)
- Skim, an open source (BSD licence) PDF reader and note-taker for Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows
Converters
- ABBYY FineReader: Commercial PDF converter which converts PDF into Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), PowerPoint (ppt), and more
- Bluebeam Q Proprietary; Rebuilds PDFs, adds numbers and stamps and converts documents and drawings to PDF. Uses unattended batch processes. Can use watch folders.
- deskUNPDF: PDF converter to convert PDFs to Word (.doc, docx), Excel (.xls), (.csv), (.txt), more
- GSview: File/Convert menu item converts any sequence of PDF pages to a sequence of images in many formats from bit to tiffpack with resolutions from 72 to 204x98 (open source software)
- Global Graphics gDoc Fusion, proprietary, shareware; PDF views, edits, converts documents into PDF, XPS or Word; after 30 days a watermark is placed on documents in shareware version
- Nuance, proprietary; view, edit, convert PDFs
- SaveasPDFandXPS, freeware 2007 Microsoft Office add-in; create PDF from any Office 2007 suite document by "Save as" to PDF
- Software602 Print2PDF: proprietary PDF converter
Creators
- Bluebeam PDF Revu or Bluebeam Q Proprietary PDF authoring suite for desktops (Revu) and server (Q).
- deskPDF Standalone PDF creator available for both client and terminal servers
- PrimoPDF Standalone freeware PDF creator
- Bullzip PDF Printer: freeware PDF creator application
- CC PDF Converter - create a PDF with embedded Creative Commons license from any software
- CutePDF Freeware and Professional versions, also has proprietary PDF editor
- doPDF: freeware standalone PDF creator that doesn't use Ghostscript
- eCopy PaperWorks: proprietary PDF Creator
- Global Graphics gDoc Creator - proprietary/shareware enterprise-level creator to create, review, edit, share or archive PDF and XPS documents. After 30 days shareware version places a watermark on documents.
- NovaPDF: commercial virtual PDF printer for Windows
- Microsoft Office System 2007 SP2 - a proprietary productivity suite. Service Pack 2 allows users to natively export PDF files.
- PagePlus X2: proprietary desktop publishing suite with PDF viewing, editing and creation features
- PaperPort Scansoft: proprietary desktop publishing suite with PDF viewing, editing and creation features
- PDFCreator: Virtual printer for Windows licenced under GPL. Uses Ghostscript includes adware.
Development libraries
- Qoppa PDF Libraries: portable Java libraries for viewing, printing and manipulating PDF files.
Editors
- Adobe Acrobat Standard or Adobe Acrobat Professional: Adobe Systems proprietary desktop PDF authoring suite.
- Bluebeam PDF Revu: Bluebeam proprietary desktop PDF authoring suite for office documents and technical drawings. Good markup summary and quantity surveying features.
- Global Graphics gDoc Fusion: proprietary/shareware desktop product to create, review, edit, share or archive PDF and XPS documents. After 30 days a watermark is placed on documents in shareware version.
- Infix PDF Editor: a proprietary PDF editor with word processor features
- PDFill PDR Editor: free/buy. Free mode leaves watermark on edited pages
- PDF Studio proprietary software for viewing and editing PDF documents
- pdftk: free (GPL) command-line tools to manipulate, edit and convert documents; supports filling of PDF forms with FDF/XFDF data
Viewers
- Adobe Reader – Adobe's freeware PDF reader.
- DigiSigner - freeware PDF viewer with additional function to digitally sign PDF documents.
- Evince - a free (GPL), open source PDF reader. Part of the GNOME desktop environment. Windows port available since version 2.28.
- Foxit Reader – freeware reader, supports FDF import/export, saving filled forms; other extended functionality available via purchasable plugins.
- Global Graphics gDoc Fusion- proprietary/shareware to view PDF, XPS, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or image files, included in the evaluation version of the product. Shareware version places a watermark on documents after 30 day eval.
- GSview – Open source software Ghostscript's viewer for Windows.
- MuPDF – Open source software is a lightweight PDF viewer.
- Nitro PDF Reader - free, proprietary PDF reader and creator. Supports PDF creation, saving filled forms (AcroForms), text typewriter, markup/collaboration, and stamp signature.
- Nuance PDF Reader - freeware PDF reader, supports saving filled forms, partial support for XFA forms; enables the capability to convert PDF files to MS Word or Excel files through Nuance website.
- PDF-XChange Viewer – freeware viewer, supports FDF/XFDF import/export, saving filled forms, extended markup and export to image capabilities.
- Qiqqa – freeware PDF reader, indexer, tagger and annotator. Supports OCR and export of PDF text and images.
- Sumatra PDF – a free (GPL), open source PDF reader. Supports automatic reloading of PDF files.
- STDU Viewer - a freeware for non-commercial usage PDF reader. It also supports DjVu, Comic Book Archive (CBR or CBZ), XPS, TIFF, TXT and image file formats.
Mobile
- Adobe Reader: a free PDF viewer from Adobe Systems for platforms Palm OS,[5] Symbian[6] and Android.[7] As of 2011, Pocket PC mobile devices are unsupported.
- Adobe Reader LE - PDF viewer from Quickoffice for S60 3rd edition devices. It is shareware.[8]
- Foxit Reader: supports Symbian UIQ 3,[9] Windows CE 4.2 and 5.0.[10]
- Evince: ported to Maemo platform
Web-based
Converters
- Cometdocs: online PDF conversion
- Software602 Print2PDF 9.0: interactive web conversion from IIS or XML-SOAP web service
- Zamzar: online file converter
Editors
- PDFescape: a free web service to view, create forms, fill out forms, and edit PDF documents from a web browser (requires JavaScript to be enabled)
- PDFVue: a free web application that allows the user to view PDF's, comment and fill PDF forms from a web browser. Generates a watermark.
- Qoppa PDF Libraries: Java beans for viewing and annotating PDF files to be integrated in an applet.
Viewers
- A.nnotate - a web service which views PDF documents as HTML in the browser, with annotation features.
- Crocodoc - a free web service which allows annotating PDFs and saving them
- DigiSigner - free online PDF viewer java applet with additional function to digitally sign PDF documents.
- Docstoc - a web service which allows viewing PDF documents online
- Google Docs: a web service which views PDF documents as JPEG images in the browser
- Scribd: a web service which renders PDF documents as HTML5 in the browser
- vuzit: a web service which views PDF documents (and 40 others) as HTML in the browser via AJAX.
References
- ^ a b Oracle PDF Import Extension, OpenOffice.org repository for Extensions
- ^ iText: licenses, iText Software Corp.
- ^ http://libharu.org/wiki/FAQ#Licensing
- ^ http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/README
- ^ Adobe - Reader: Adobe Reader for Palm OS
- ^ Symbian Corner: More on Abobe PDF Reader applications for Symbian S60 and UIQ
- ^ Introducing Adobe Reader for Android, Adobe Reader Blog
- ^ Adobe - Reader: Adobe Reader for Symbian OS
- ^ Foxit Software - Foxit Reader for Symbian UIQ 3.X
- ^ Foxit Software - Foxit Reader for Windows CE
