best low cost acrobat 5 replacement?

[gs]

pardon me, this may of off topic but I hope someone has the experience to
point me to the right direction.

I am looking for a low cost replacement for acrobat version 5. Acrobat v 9
is too expensive and got too
much feature.

I do realise Google will give quite a few but way too many and I don't know
which one to trust as well

 

[Dan V]

Check out Jaws PDF Creator

http://www.jawspdf.com/

works just as good as acrobat

 

[LVTravel]

pardon me, this may of off topic but I hope someone has the experience to
point me to the right direction.

I am looking for a low cost replacement for acrobat version 5. Acrobat v 9
is too expensive and got too
much feature.

I do realise Google will give quite a few but way too many and I don't
know which one to trust as well

Had good luck with free PrimoPDF and can download latest version here:

http://www.download.com/PrimoPDF/3000-10743_4-10264577.html?tag=lst-0-1

This site is safe to download from.

Of course this creates a "Printer" on your printer list and you print to it
just like you would from Adobe's product to create the PDF. If you want to
edit a PDF or combine them this product won't do what you want. The Nitro
Pro version for $99.00 will do most of what Adobe's product will do. See
http://www.primopdf.com/primopdf_free_idx.htm for comparison.

 

[jimbo571]

pardon me, this may of off topic but I hope someone has the experience to
point me to the right direction.

I am looking for a low cost replacement for acrobat version 5. Acrobat v 9
is too expensive and got too
much feature.

I do realise Google will give quite a few but way too many and I don't know
which one to trust as well

If you just want a viewer :
Foxitsoftware , Pdf-xchange . ( both free )

 

[smlunatick]

If you just want a viewer :
Foxitsoftware , Pdf-xchange . ( both free )

Acrobat Reader is also free. The OP was posting a question on the
full Acrobat "creation" suite.

 

[gs]

thank you for your valuable input.

I just find out from the boss anything $100 or less is cheap enough compared
to the adobe acrobat v9 at $300 each. the price at $100 must meet all the
mandatory requirements and may some extra convenient features

I am looking at matrix now hoping to find a suitable candidate among
suggested choices and nuance pdf converter pro

for those curious what am I looking for, here is the matrix
Requirements Mandatory

CREATE
Ability to create pdf using Windows Print Y
Retain original layout Y
Creation Speed (as compared to Adobe Acrobat)
Created pdf file size (as compared to Adobe Acrobat)

DOCUMENT
Insert Page after a specific page Y
Insert Page before a specific page Y
Extract Page (s) Y
Replace Page (s) Y
Delete 1 page Y
Delete multiple pages Y
Crop Page - single page Y
Crop Pages - all pages Y
Move 1 Page
Move mutlipe pages
Find text Y
ROTATE
90 degreee Y
180 degree Y

FORM
Creation
TOOLS
Text Select Y
Column Select Y
Table/Formatted Text Select Y
Hi-lighting Y
Strikeout tool
Note Tool Y
Free Text Tool Y
Stamp Tool Y
Pencil Tool Y
Square Tool Y
Circle Tool Y
Line Tool Y
Touchup Text Tool Y
Zoom in Y
Zoom out Y
insert Table of contents
watermarks


SECURITY
password Y
40 bit Y
128 bit
No Printing
No Changing Document Y
No Content Copying or Extraction, Disable Accessibility Y
No Adding or Changing Comment Files Y
Digital Signature

optional:
OTHER
Merge document
form data to form template
page by page
selected parts


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