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Product summary
PDF-Tools is a straightforward, multi-purpose PDF utility designed to add more flexibility to how you create and manage PDF files. It is not as feature-rich as heavyweight suites like Adobe Acrobat or Foxit, but it covers most routine PDF tasks without unnecessary complexity.
Suggested free alternatives
- PDF Tools (Free)
- PDFill (Free)
Main capabilities
PDF-Tools supports a variety of common PDF tasks, for example:
- Extracting images and individual pages from existing PDFs
- Splitting and joining documents
- Converting PDFs to plain text (basic OCR/text extraction)
- Turning images and text files into new PDF documents
Interface and customization
The program uses step-by-step wizards for each operation, guiding you through every action from start to finish, which keeps the learning curve low. There are also configuration options tailored to the chosen task — typical settings include document security, watermarking, and compression controls.
When this is a good choice
If the collection of tools offered matches your workflow, PDF-Tools is a practical, no-frills solution: functional, efficient, and easy to use. If you require advanced editorial or enterprise features, a larger commercial PDF suite may be more appropriate.
Recent fixes and improvements
- Fixed issue where document metadata could not be specified correctly in some scenarios (ID 8945).
- Adjusted handling of system folders (My Documents, Temp, etc.) so they are now stored as unresolved paths (ID 9259).
- Corrected a rare problem that could occur when converting certain Type1 characters to CFF (T#915).
- Resolved problems with simultaneous printing to the PDF‑XChange printer from multiple threads, and fixed saving of the "Reason"/"Location" fields in the Digital Signing dialog (ID 10354).
Technical
- Windows
- Free