PDF24 Creator
Developer(s) | geek Software GmbH |
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Stable release | 10.0.3[1]
/ November 24, 2020 |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Type | PDF printer/creator |
License | freeware[2] |
Website | en |
PDF24 Creator is an application software by Geek Software GmbH for the creation of PDF files from any application and for converting files to PDF. The application is released under a proprietary freeware license.
The software has been developed in Germany since 2006 and is actively developed. It is available in 32 languages,[3][4] including English and German.
Functions and features
PDF24 Creator is installed as a virtual printer via a device driver in the operating system. This allows PDF files to be created directly from any application that provides a printing function. The commands sent to the supposed printer are used to create a PDF file. PDF24 Creator uses the free PDF interpreter Ghostscript , which is automatically installed as a private instance for the PDF24 Creator.
After printing a document on the PDF printer, a wizard opens automatically, where you can do something with the created PDF file. A special feature of the PDF24 Creator is the ability to merge multiple documents to one PDF file and to extract pages. Other features are:[5][6]
- Merge multiple PDF
- Rotating, extracting inserting pages
- Integrated preview for PDF editing
- PDF encryption, decryption and signing
- Change PDF information (author, title, etc.)
- Compress and shrink PDF files
- Add a watermark or stamp a PDF file
- Combine pages with a digital paper
- Convert to and from PDF
- Multiple PDF printers for different purposes since 7.7.0
- Full featured and lightweight PDF reader since version 8.7.0
- OCR engine since version 8.8.0
Distribution and fields of application
PDF24 Creator is credited with more than 5 million downloads[7] within the top 3 (2017-01-17)[8] in the category "PDF Software" on the German site Chip.de.
See also
References
- ^ "PDF24 Creator Changelog". en.pdf24.org. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ "License" (PDF). en.pdf24.org. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "PDF24 Creator Language File Translation". en.pdf24.org. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ http://www.pdf24.org/products/pdf-creator/getLangPack.php
- ^ "Features of PDF24 PDF Creator". en.pdf24.org. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "PDF24 PDF Creator". Gizmo's Freeware. 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ^ "PDF24 Creator". CHIP Online. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ "PDF Software Top 100 Downloads des Monats - CHIP". www.chip.de. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
External links
- Official website
- Andrea Trinkwalder: "Portable Dokuments. PDF-Creators: Office-Export, Office-Add-ins and universal PDF-Printer" (in German) in: c't. 25/2014, p. 140 ff. Retrieved August 28, 2018.