![]() ![]() ![]() If I need people to fill out forms and gather information, I use web based solutions like Google Forms, MailChimp, or SquareSpace Forms. It can open most PDFs, allow you to mark them up, and even fill some of them out. The things I’ve heard here and elsewhere seem to beĪpple’s Preview software does what 97% of their users need. I suppose things are open to constant change with each app update, contributing to making such hard-and-fast determinations difficult anyway, along with each user’s individual needs & usage. So it seems there is basically no clear answer here on best app usage. ![]() Super broken and really problematic as it was a form I REALLY needed to have filled out properly and usable by recipient. I recently experienced the issue of form filled out in Preview simply did not stay filled when shared. I’ve tried 3 times now to submit a ticket on their support page I was attempting to edit a form originally created in Acrobat Pro by adding a new form field and found myself unable to edit the field’s border (or for that matter, any of the previously created form fields’ borders). PDFpenPro since their acquisition from Nitro was less than satisfactory. I have to admit my first interaction with support re. Unfortunately, it is dependent on PDFKit, so do not use it for editing and sharing important forms (that should always be done in Acrobat Reader or Pro). Skim started in the scientific/education/research area but is very useful for daily PDF wrangling. It is free, open source, fast, lightweight and has many customizable features. That being said, my PDF viewer/notator of choice on macOS is Skim. Howard Oakley has a series of posts about PDF without Adobe. Fortunately, I only work with basic PDFs. And seemingly they know it, as the price they continue to charge for using Acrobat remains excessively high years later… even Standard DC is $13/mth, while Pro DC is just 2 bucks more at $15/mth (both provided you take an annual commitment), so even if you only need the Standard tools it’s $156 (making $180 for Pro little more!) – but that’s PER YEAR, so pretty expensive for average users.Īdobe Reader no longer has a good interface, but from what I hear for many uses it’s the only option. While Adobe giveth in open-sourcing PDF format years ago, they then taketh-away, as ultimately they have (reliable!) control of PDF editing software compared to every other app out there. ![]() It seems to me users are caught in a bit of a trap here. I think my biggest issue is that copying the selected text doesn’t always work well. I know the story above is from some time ago, but still in 2022 I have editing issues in all my PDF applications where markup gets screwed-up, with even Preview being continually unreliable for marking-up documents that need to be accessed and used days/weeks/years after their creation.įor me, at least, Preview works fine these days, in that the previously discussed bugs, form saving, and progressive rendering weirdness have been fixed. Just wondered if Preview (and other PDF apps for that matter) are considered “stable” at the moment? ![]()
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