Apple's Preview is easy to operate and it's free. If you just want to annotate documents and have a Mac, then you don't need to stray any further than the Preview app already built into macOS.
In our ranking of the best free PDF editors, PDF Candy checks in at No. Its text-editing tools are a bit limited, but it excels at converting and creating files. If you prefer free software, give PDF Candy a try. We also like Acrobat Pro's OCR capabilities, including how easy it is to edit scanned text.
That's all great if you've got a Mac, but what if you don't? Windows users (or Mac users considering an alternative) should turn to Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, which also boasts an impressive tool set. The app also lets you create PDFs, forms, and tables of contents if you need creation tools on top of editing and annotation capabilities. Easily sort your documents by name, size, page number, etc.If you need to edit documents, the best PDF editor - at least on the Mac - is SmileOnMyMac's PDFpenPro 11, thanks to its host of features and outstanding capabilities in optical character recognition (OCR).Set Favorite locations for easy access to your docs.Print the document via any network and cloud printers.MANAGE AND SHARE PDFS WITH JUST A TAP – easily share your PDFs. for the entire document or for a single page Ability to set custom document properties such as resolution, margins, formats, etc.Extract a page from your document and save it as a separate image.Custom PDF creation – copy, move, add or delete pages from your documents.Set a page thumbnail as a cover page for your document.Ability to set page size, such as A4, letter and more.Keep your data safe with automatic backup and restore from cloud accounts such as Google Drive.Spell checking and text correction of OCR results.Enhanced document digitization by using top of the line Optical Character Recognition(OCR).Intelligent integration with DropBox, Google Drive and other cloud storage options ĭOCUMENT EXPORT AND PDF CUSTOMIZATION – Use the powerful image processing features of this app to get the best PDF scan.
Easily import images from internal and external device storage and convert them to PDF format.Support for all popular image formats – JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIFF and WEBP.Ability to save all shots as image files.Seamless integration with File Commander for easy and fast file import and export.IMPORT OF IMAGES FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES – easily add external images and import them into scanned PDFs. Intelligently detects and preserves the pictures while enhancing the text areas with Smart Doc Scanner’s top of the line Magic mode filter.Advanced scene and focusing technologies for clearer images.Ability to capture images in both landscape and portrait modes.Cropping and zooming features to better set scanned pages.Batch-scanning mode for multi-page documents.Intelligent detection of your documents’ frame in real time.Modern and user friendly interface that allows the user to do rapid scanning.
TOP-NOTCH SCANNING FEATURES – turn your phone into a mobile scanner with a variety of features for the best scanning and image processing. Smart Zoom feature for fast and convenient viewing of processed documents.Support for Optical Character Recognition(OCR) to convert from image to text in more than 40 languages.