PDF Software

"Snuze: Needs another Swede" (markg) 03/10/2015 at 21:25 • Filed to: None

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Can anyone recommend free software to edit PDF files? We use Revu Bluebeam at work, but I don't really want to pay $46 for a copy. I don't need anything that fancy, but something to fill out files, maybe draw some lines, etc.

McLaren M8D for your time.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/10/2015 at 21:28

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Download the free Adobe Acrobat Pro trial.

Clay Smith's Revenge > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/10/2015 at 21:37

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Wow, did you pick the right day to ask. PDF editing software is free until midnight on Giveaway of the Day .

Just click the link and it's a 100% free download, not a limited demo version.

lonestranger > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/10/2015 at 21:39

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I've never edited nor created a PDF, but how about Libre Office or Open Office?

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Clay Smith's Revenge 03/10/2015 at 21:43

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Wow, thanks! That's just what I was looking for!

JGrabowMSt > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/10/2015 at 21:49

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How do you like Revu? My job is looking to begin using it soon, and somehow (it's a small world) one of my old bosses/managers is a support rep there.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > JGrabowMSt 03/10/2015 at 22:24

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I absolutely love it. I'm a marine engineer, but my company has a full design department which does most of our CAD work and modeling. What I usually use it for is developing 1-line diagrams and drawing notes. For that sort of thing it's perfect. I also like that you can scale it to drawings for more technical things - usually for that kind of thing I'd rather use AutoCAD, but sometimes it's more convenient if I don't have a source file or only have 1 or 2 quick measurements to make. I also occasionally work with drawings for older platforms that CAD files don't exist for, so it comes in handy.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > lonestranger 03/10/2015 at 22:26

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I'm not sure if Libre or Open can create or edit PDFs, never tried, and I used to use it on my Mac.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/10/2015 at 22:29

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If you feel like being a masochist, you could use LaTeX...

JGrabowMSt > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/10/2015 at 22:45

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Our plans are to have field techs use it to do markups and verify plans (or note changes) when wiring buildings or installing hardware. We haven't implemented it yet, but I've heard it's on the to-do list, so we aren't printing copies of plans quite so often.

Good to know you like it, positive reviews come in handy! For my previous full time job (now it's just per diem) I never worked with diagrams or plans in any sort of capacity that required schematic level drawings (though it would certainly have helped a time or two), but our use wouldn't be any different from yours really.

And for a business, it's not some outlandish price.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > JGrabowMSt 03/10/2015 at 22:56

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It sounds like it will be perfect for what you all are going to use it for. It actually has a ton of features beyond what I've mentioned. It also gives you a virtual "printer" so you can make PDFs.

'Wägen, EPA LOL > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/11/2015 at 15:25

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CutePDF - it's free. Legit free.