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So tired of Adobe. They're part of the problem. (images4.imagebam.com)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until Adobe, and therefore my job, required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn't the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

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[–] 15 points 3 years ago (19 children)

What are people using to edit/sign PDFs. Adobe is a nightmare and I’d rather use anything else

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    I don't get why PDFs are so hard to open. The format has been around for ever. Why does Adobe have such a grasp on it, and why isn't it as common to open as a txt?

    There are free programs that'll open it, but it's few and far between. It's a pain in the ass to find one.

    Edit.
    I looked it up. Adobe created PDF, but:

    Anyone may create applications that can read and write PDF files without having to pay royalties to Adobe Systems; Adobe holds patents to PDF, but licenses them for royalty-free use in developing software complying with its PDF specification.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Foxit Reader has decent PDF editing built in. I use it all the time. I think they call the pen mode "comments", but you can also load your signature as an image file.

    The only time I use (pirated) Adobe Acrobat is when I need to edit existing content in PDFs, like fixing layout or editing text.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Preview on macOS can do it. While it obviously doesn’t help everyone I’m not sure some Mac users realize there’s a built in tool for it

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Happy PDF-XChange user here. Fair pricing for home users / small businesses, great feature set, stable, regular updates that actually improve the product.

    Actually had complaints of less-technical users at work when by some weird accident the Adobe product returned (sneakily bundled installer?) or when a Windows decided that PDFs are to be opened with Edge now, because the users wanted PDF-XChange back. Normally users either don't notice or don't care.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Apparently Word is a good PDF editor. Or Inkscape for single page documents.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Inkscape now supports multi-page documents! The PDF importer was also recently overhauled.

    Inkscape at this point is the “hold my beer” of PDF editors, able to edit absolutely anything on the page.

    Only problem is Inkscape can't import or embed PDF fonts. It can convert text to paths during import, but that's it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    On all my Macs, Preview is set as the default app for handling PDFs, and I use it for signing, adding text, rearranging and deleting pages; works flawlessly. Fuck Acrobat Reader / Pro.

    If I need to do something more complicated, I'll open it in Illustrator.

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