PDFBox
The Apache PDFBox® library is an open-source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows the creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox also includes several command-line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published under the Apache License v2.0. Extract Unicode text from PDF files. Split a single PDF into many files or merge multiple PDF files. Extract data from PDF forms or fill a PDF form. Validate PDF files against the PDF/A-1b standard. Print a PDF file using the standard Java printing API. Create a PDF from scratch, with embedded fonts and images. Save PDFs as image files, such as PNG or JPEG and digitally sign PDF files. See also the export control information related to the encryption features included in Apache PDFBox.
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Bullzip
A FREE PDF Printer that allows you to print to a PDF document from any Microsoft Windows application. Supports Microsoft Terminal Server and Citrix Metaframe environments. PDF Studio is a fully functional viewer, merger, splitter for PDF documents. It supports viewing, searching, printing, merging, splitting, and rearranging PDF documents... and it is FREE. Install a virtual printer that creates a Microsoft Word document instead of a piece of paper. Print from your favorite Windows application directly to a .doc file and edit the content. This program can convert your existing PDF documents to Microsoft Word format. This means that you can open and edit the resulting documents in Word. Bring your database online in a moment. Create live reports and searches without programming. Supports Sage, Dynamics, Access, MSSQL, MySQL and other ODBC compliant databases.
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doPDF
PDF stands for Portable Document Format and it was created by Adobe to ease document exchange. doPDF is a free PDF printer that does what the name suggests, creates PDF files. Once installed it will allow you to convert any type of printable documents to PDF files. doPDF installs itself as a virtual PDF printer driver so after a successful installation will appear in your Printers and Faxes list and also in the list of All Programs. Using doPDF you can convert to PDF in two ways: Print to PDF via the virtual printer driver doPDF. You would do this exactly as you print to a regular printer, just the result will be a PDF file, not a printed piece of paper. Using the doPDF Startup window. doPDF has an executable file (accessible from the start program group) that you can run in order to start a conversion wizard.
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Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat Studio is a leading enterprise document platform built to scale for global teams — delivering AI-powered document intelligence, trusted PDF tools, and on-brand content creation in one secure solution.
Core capabilities include PDF creation, editing, conversion, annotation, redaction, e-signatures, and fillable forms. AI Assistant enables conversational document intelligence across PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, and more — surfacing summaries, key insights, and source-linked citations for verified, audit-ready answers. PDF Spaces organizes files, collaboration, and context into centralized knowledge hubs. The Generate Presentation feature transforms any document into a polished, branded deck using AI and Adobe Express templates.
Enterprise-grade encryption, admin controls, and compliance workflows support secure document sharing and high-volume document processing at scale — across Legal, Finance, HR, Sales, and more. Available on desktop, web, and mobile.
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