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Originally Posted by veole
I need a program to edit already made PDF files, one that works like a text editor. I'd like to be able to create an index / bookmarks, and to copy / paste text and images easily. I use Windows and I don't want to use the Adobe software.
Foxit Editor, Nitro PDF, ...?
Thanks.
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The Adobe software is unquestionably the best for editing PDFs.
*NOTHING* is great for editing text in PDFs. Best is to grab the source document ("native file" in my corner of the doc-processing industry) and edit that, and re-convert.
Second-best, if you need to do more than touchup, is to convert the PDF to Word or HTML, re-create the original formatting, edit that in whatever program it needs to be in, and re-create the PDF.
There is nothing--NOTHING--that will allow you to edit a PDF as if it were a word processing file. PDF is designed to be a fixed, stable format for printing. That it does anything else is a marvel; other features weren't part of the original design plan.
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That said... unfortunately, I don't know which of the 3rd-party programs allows creation of bookmarks. I expect at least one of them does. Get a trial version and test it yourself, because none of the advertising hype will tell you if it does exactly what you want, and most likely even other people who've worked with the programs, will be using them differently.
People who want to do extensive PDF editing usually get Acrobat Pro. (Do you mind saying what your objections to it are? Is it just price? -- I do know that's substantial, but if you're working with PDFs professionally, it really is worth it. And you can possibly get an older version at a discount from vendors who still have them available.)