PDFSam

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PDFSam

PDFsam is an open source tool to organize and manage PDF pages across macOS, Windows and Linux. PDFsam is mainly designed to split and merge your PDF files but as a metter of fact, PDFsam offers 3 different versions featuring different sets of tools: PDFSam Basic, PDFSam Enhanced, and PDFSam Visual. 

 

PDFsam Basic is a free, open source, multi-platform software designed to split, merge, extract pages, mix and rotate PDF files.

PDFsam Basic key features:
 

• Merge
  Merge is the most used PDFsam Basic module and lets you combine PDF files together. Quickly merge PDF files, select the pages, merge bookmarks and interactive forms.
  
  
• Split
  Split a PDF file at given page numbers, at given bookmarks level or in files of a given size.
  
  
• Extract from PDF
  Extract pages from a PDF file by generating a file that contains only the pages you want, you can extract from a single file or in bulk from multiple files.
  
  
• Rotate
  Permanently rotate the entire document or only the selected pages, you can rotate a single PDF file or perform a bulk rotation on multiple files.
  
  
• Mix
  Merge PDF files together taking pages alternatively from one and the other. The perfect tool if you have a single-sided scanner.
  

PDFsam Basic 4.3.3 changelog:
 

• Upgraded PDF Engine with a number of fixes
  
• Upgraded dependencies
  
• Upgraded bundled JDK
  
• The function used to load a list of input files from a text file now tries few charsets before giving up
  

PDFsam Basic Product Page



 

PDFsam Enhanced is the PDF Editor from the makers of PDFSam Basic (Sober Lemur S.a.s). A complete PDF solution to convert, review, fill forms, OCR, sign, secure and edit PDF files

Try the free View and Create modules to read any PDF file and create PDF from Word, Excel, PowerPoint and many other file formats


New Features
 

• New, completely redesigned user-interface - many features have been moved or renamed in-order to provide a more intuitive experience.
  
• Create and Convert modules are combined and now both available under the Convert module – old convert features are now available from the Export and Advanced sub-menus
  
• Review is renamed to Comment
  
• Secure and Sign is renamed to Secure
  
• Connect module is added to provide access to Evernote and SharePoint
  
• Insert module features were moved to the Edit module
  
• Expandable & collapsible menus are added to some ribbon menus in-order to not overwhelm users with too many visible features at any given time
  
• The order of features in their respective ribbon menus are updated to ensure the most used features are the most visible
  
• Many Edit and Comment features are now available via a dynamic toolbar that appears once an element is selected and provides easier access to related properties. SharePoint and Images also use the toolbar
  
• Compress & Split PDF are moved to the Convert Module
  
• E-Sign interface is completely revamped with streamlined options and a floating panel to quickly place signatures, initials, and forms onto page.
  
• Batch processes are now a module with a new full screen interface and improved workflows
  
• OCR module offers less options in order to simplify the workflow
  
• Options is moved from the File menu and is now access via the gear icon located near the account dropdown
  
• Help is no longer a module and now available from the Help icon located near the account drop-down menu
  
• Zoom and quick-access view features are combined into a drop-down tool available
  
• Quick Search is moved from the bottom of the screen to the top
  
• Search and Search Multiple are amalgamated under a single Search panel and renames its tabs to, Search Document and Search Folder respectively
  
• Attachments, Links, Comments, Signatures & Layers panels are grouped under the Extras Panel available under the Zoom tool
  
• All Panels now provide a + icon in-order to access its context menu options
  
• Add Action is removed form Bookmarks panel
  
• File menu now has less functions with Create, Convert, Options, Send and Batch features all moved to other locals
  
• Send by email is now available from the Quick Access menu on the upper top left of the screen
  
• Grid and Ruler features are moved to the View module.
  
• Add Action window available from Links is re-organized in-order to provide easier access to its most used functions
  
• Properties is completely re-designed to be more intuitive and now provides many more Edit features
  
• Activate/Upgrade buttons are replaced by a cart icon
  

More Info on PDFSam Enhanced HERE






 

PDFsam Visual is a powerful tool to visually combine PDF files, rearrange pages, compress, extract or delete pages, split, merge, rotate, encrypt, decrypt, repair, resize pages, extract text, convert to grayscale, crop PDF files. Try it for free, with no limitations for 14 days. PDFsam Visual, is a sibling application of PDFsam Basic, enables you to complete tasks on PDF files in a "visual" fashion. It’s divided into 4 categories - split tools, merge tools, convert tools and other tools. Each category performs perfectly with the useful and elaborate tools. 

Features at a glance:
 

• Split tools: extract pages, delete pages, 4 split modes
  
• Merge tools: alternate mix, combine & reorder, merge
  
• Convert tools: Extract text, convert to grayscale, convert images to PDF
  
• Other tools: compress, rotate, crop, protect, unlock, repair PDFs
  
• Options are available to customize the processed PDF
  

More Info on PDFSamVisual HERE