This may seem like a silly question, but PDFs are indispensable to the practice of law so this is an important consideration. As I wrote in my for Law.com, PDF has become the lingua franca of legal documents – it is the standard for electronic filing, scanned documents, digital signatures, form distribution and much more. This means lawyers and legal professionals have to open and read a LOT of PDF files every day. Opening & reading a PDF About 90% of the time, all we need to do is open and read a PDF – we don’t need to highlight or annotate anything, create bookmarks, or do anything else except just read the content. So 90% of the time, I’m opening PDFs in, the excellent image viewer that’s built into Mac OS X. Preview is truly a hidden gem that’s built into Mac OS X. It’s fast, functional and free, and it was designed by Apple to work within the Mac OS.
It’s the default viewer for image files such as JPG or TIFF, as well as PDFs. That means out of the box, your Mac will open Preview when you double-click a PDF file. I choose to leave Preview as my default PDF viewer, even though I have both and on my system. I leave Preview as my default PDF viewer because it’s fast and performs admirably when I simply need to open and read a PDF. When you need to do more with a PDF Preview is “free” since it’s built into the Mac OS – you get it with any Mac you buy.
In OS X, Apple's Preview is the default application for opening a number of file types, including PDF's. While versatile, Preview will NOT allow you to make. About: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on PDF documents. And now, it's connected to the Adobe Document Cloud − making it easier than ever to work across computers and mobile devices.
In additional to simply opening and reading a PDF file, Preview is also excellent for sorting pages in an PDF, extracting certain pages out of a PDF, and dragging & dropping pages from one PDF file to another. Preview does have some basic annotation tools which are nice, but they don’t quite rise to the “professional” level. That’s when I turn to PDFpen from, or Acrobat Professional from.
PDFpen from Smile Software PDFpen offers a nice, intuitive interface that allows you to easily add a graphical signature, highlight text, annotate with a circle, place a stamp, and a myriad of other features. The standard version of PDFpen is only $59.95, and the Pro version is only $99.95. That’s a terrific bargain compared to Adobe Acrobat Standard at $299 and Acrobat Professional at $449. But while I’m a big fan of PDFpen, I usually turn to Acrobat Professional when I need more features to interact with my PDF files.
Adobe Acrobat Professional Acrobat is the original author of the portable document format , and even though they have freely and graciously licensed it over the years, they developed the original so they know PDF the best. That’s not to say that others can’t compete, but I tend to trust Acrobat when I need to do some heavy lifting on my PDFs. For example:. Security settings: you can set security on PDF files in Preview and PDFpen, but Acrobat gives you more options (e.g. Refuse printing, restrict modification, prohibit combining files or extracting pages, etc.). Bates numbering: you can do this is PDFpen, but Acrobat offers several more options to tweak the look and settings of the Bates numbers.
Redactions: Adobe has really improved their redaction feature since introducing it with Acrobat 8. This is “true” redaction and NOT just simply covering over the text with a black box (see some scary stories in ““).
Split PDF files: with Acrobat 9, you can by number of pages, file size, and bookmarks. Forms: other applications (such as the Pro version of PDFpen) can handle form creation, but Acrobat just does it better. OCR: Acrobat has been doing this longer than many of the other applications, and I tend to see better results from Acrobat when compared to other PDF applications (although separate, devoted OCR applications still probably do a better job). Signatures: PDFpen does an excellent job of giving you the basic tools necessary for inserting a scanned image of your handwritten signature. In fact, PDFpen offers to create a transparent background on your signature. You have to jump through to do the same in Adobe Acrobat. The big difference, however, is that Acrobat allows you to make that signature a little more sophisticated and trustworthy.
You can customize the “appearance” of the signature in Acrobat which could include text such as the date to accompany the scanned image of your signature. Acrobat also “validates” the signature meaning that if the PDF is altered in any way after you apply that electronic signature, a warning box tells you that the “signature is invalid.” I don’t suggest that this is the ultimate is authenticity, but it is enough to raise the question if you need to investigate if someone altered the PDF after it was “signed.” It’s still a long way from a true, encryption-based, but it’s an excellent step forward.
Document compare: this is an excellent feature baked into Acrobat that I don’t see a lot of people using, which is unfortunate. Both documents used in the comparison obviously need to be in PDF, but Acrobat provides an excellent comparison report on the differences found in the two files which is all most folks need when comparing two documents. What should I buy? I always recommend that lawyers and legal professionals purchase a full version of Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Yes, there are less expensive options, but PDFs are integral to our profession and we therefore need professional-grade software. I do NOT, however, suggest that you use Adobe Acrobat to the exclusion of any other PDF software. In fact, I recommend that you leave the default PDF viewer as Preview since it is faster in opening PDF files. And it doesn’t hurt to have PDFpen on your system as well since there are occasions when a certain feature may be easier to implement when compared to a more convoluted process in Acrobat. When to use which PDF application Leave Preview as your default PDF application.
When you double-click a PDF file, it will open in Preivew. When you need to open a PDF file in another application such as PDFpen or Acrobat, simply right-click (Ctrl+click) the file, go to “Open With” and then select PDFpen or Acrobat from the list. I know that involves a few extra steps, but for the majority of time when you just need to view a PDF, you’ll be happier with the speed and performance of Preview.
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(Adobe offers the for Mac, but I still recommend Preview over Reader because Preview is built into the Mac OS. The only time I would recommend Reader is when you might need to complete a form that someone created in Adobe Acrobat. But in that case you should have Acrobat Professional on your machine and will use that instead.) The price is definitely right The biggest barrier to Acrobat Professional is the price. Many folks understandably balk at the $449 price for a piece of software, so here is the best piece of advice if you’ve lasted this far in the post: Don’t buy Adobe Acrobat Professional by itself. Get a full copy of Adobe Acrobat Professional bundled with a scanner for a little over $400. I know it sounds too good to be true, but you get one of the best desktop scanners on the market with a full copy of Adobe Acrobat Professional thrown in! The only caveat is that the copy of Acrobat Professional is version 8, which is now two versions back (Acrobat X is just getting released now).
I suspect that Fujitsu will update the version to 9 soon which will be more than adequate for most law practices. Actually, version 8 only lacks a small handful of features found in 9 and above. Most people using version 8 will never miss those features so I have no qualms about recommending the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M with Acrobat Professional 8 right now. Post navigation. Re: “What to Use to Open A PDF On a Mac?” Based on review purchased Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M with Adobe 8 professional.
Installed only to find out that Adobe 8 Pro doe NOT work with OS 10.6.6! Adobe advised they NO LONGER Support Adobe 8 and should have bought Adobe 10; Fujitsu advises they are aware that Adobe 8 does NOT work on latest OS vesion but have no solution. What gives here? Note Fujitsu does NOT have any noticein in packing or on it web site advising that Adobe 8 will NOT work on Mac 10.6.6 and they are providing NO resolution. Now stuck with ScanSnap with NO Adobe opearting Pro software which was what you so highly recommended product. Correct your article please. Fred, I can certainly understand your frustration.
However, I just tested this installing my copy of Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional that came bundled with my Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M on an iMac that is running 10.6.7 (I note that you were running 10.6.6) and it worked absolutely fine. Everything installed just fine (including the Safari plug-in) and I was able to open and use Adobe Acrobat just fine. May I recommend that you update Mac OS X to the current version of 10.6.7 and then attempt to install Adobe Acrobat 8 again?
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC was PCWorld Editor's Choice in 2017 and has been the choice app for reading and editing PDF since 2 decades ago. Acrobat DC allows users to do quite a variety of editing functions, both on the desktop and mobile devices. These are some of the functions available: Create and Export PDF files, store files through Adobe Document Cloud (DC) and collect electronic signatures; the Acrobat Reader DC allows users to read, print and sign PDFs as well. Acrobat Pro has an easy navigation with clear tabbed interface layout whilst the Home Tab allows for quick access to recent opened or edited files. However, the application can cost quite a bomb.
Acrobat Pro DC, on the Adobe South East Asia site would demand from SGD20 per month on the subscription plan, both for MAC or PC versions. In a year you would have paid SGD240. Not a lot if you are a corporate and using Acrobat Pro for all the admins stuff in the company. Adobe Reader is free to download though. If you can afford it, then Acrobat Pro is the choice application.
On my Mac which is currently running Mojave, Acrobat Pro (trial) is running pretty slowly. It took a long time to fire up and connect to the internet. Seeing the colour wheel for a minute or two before I could start using the app is hilariously annoying. So I decided to switch and find something more affordable and fast, and as all the functions of Acrobat Pro.
There is many alternatives to Acrobat Pro in the market. One of which is PDFelement 6. You will find 2 versions on their: PDFelement and PDFelement Pro. They are all available for both Windows and Mac and have a Free Trial version each.
The trial version would allow you to save all edits and files with a watermark. Both have the same functions except that the Pro version will have OCR. Currently I am testing out the trial and I am finding it pretty easy to learn and use, and it is fast. For more review on the product - So far I have tested: 1) Conversion of files (including images) into PDFs. 2) Combining Multiple Files into a PDF.
3) Editing a PDF by adding Texts, and Image into an existing document. 4) Creating my Signature to be included in a PDF for electronic transfer later. 4) Annotating with handwritten notes. So far there was no glitches and the app ran smoothly.
Once proven to be robust and reliable, I will purchase the registered version. Here are the full list of features provided by FinancesOnline. Combining multiple files to a single PDF Here's how I used PDFelement to create a PDF document from multiple files.
But first let's explore the its UI. Once opened, you will see the available functions clearly laid out. On the right, you will see a list of recent files. To open a file you may use the Open File. Button on the bottom left of the platform, or simple drag a file and drop it into the app.
Select Combine PDF and click it with your mouse pointer. You will see a different interface this time. As you can see, you may just drag and drop the required files into the blank space indicated.
Or Click the 'Add Files' on the top left corner to find the files from your specific folders. You may also choose to click on the + sign in the center that will open a Tab menu where you can navigate to your folders. I tried the drag and drop which to me is the quickest way. Have your files ready on an opened folder and simply drag them over.
Once the files are in, Click on the blue button 'COMBINE'. For the Trial version, a pop up box will appear. Click CONTINUE or if you wish, select BUY NOW so you can save your file without the watermark. Then indicate the location in which you want to save the Combined PDF Document.
If your individual file size is huge, it may take sometime to complete the process. It will indicate FINISH when the process is completed.
Now let's try opening up the combined PDF. The orange bar on the top right hand side of the document is the watermark. If that doesn't bother you, then it is ok to carry on using the trial version. On the left hand side, you may click on VIEW button to see the thumbnails of the individual pages and image. Let's Add some Text on the combined file. Click EDIT on the blue menu bar on the top. You will see more functions.
Choose ADD TEXT and place your mouse cursor over the position where you want to add additional text on the doc. You are able to edit your text from additional editing functions that appear on the right hand side. To reposition the TEXT BOX, position your mouse cursor over the boundary box of your text until you see a CROSS HAIR. Click and hold your mouse left button and move the text box around. In my case, I have changed the text to bold and size 30, centralised on the document. To deselect, simply click outside the text box boundary and switch to Hand.
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To add your signature, Click on COMMENT, and then. You will see a Callout box appearing. Select and click on SIGNATURE. Click on the + to add your customised signature.
You may create your signature with different methods. I chose to use ' Create with Mouse Draw'. It's a lot more easier to do this if you have a stylus. Click done when finish.
To use, click on your signature and then move your mouse over to the document and place your signature anywhere you want. Deselect or choose the Hand tool when done. You may resize with the handle control points around your signature box. Click save and your PDF document is ready to be transmitted. Change the Default Open With to PDFelement on your MAC. On your PDF document, right click and select Get Info.
Under the OPEN With option, find PDFelement 6 on the list of available apps and select it. Finally click on ' CHANGE ALL' and the select CONTINUE. Now whenever you double click on any PDF document on your computer, it will be opened with PDFelement, instead of Preview or Acrobat Pro. Here's a Designer Meme to cool your day off.