Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-08 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Hi Peter, Indeed, I have been trying to use Word for Mac with no success and Preview, although at first promising, could not do what I need. My only course of action is one of the dedicated software like PDF Pen or PDFelement, the latter of which I have downloaded and will be experimenting w

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-07 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
Hi Philippe, You mention in your message on May 6 that you have hear that MS Word will pen PDF files. Unfortunately, this is true only of the Windows version, and the results are acceptable but not excellent. Word on the Mac will also “open” PDFs, but the results are displayed in native PDF co

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-07 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Hi Ronni, Your email came in time as I was finding it difficult or near impossible to do what I wanted using Preview. I have just downloaded the trial version to see how I go and at the price of $59.95 (US?) it is much cheaper than I expected. If it works I will purchase it and hope to have s

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Philippe, Another one worth checking out is ‘PDFelement 6 for Mac’ it has a discount price at the moment... save 20% “Can't edit PDF on Mac? Looking for a cost-efficient PDF Editor to edit PDF on Mac? Do you think that Adobe Acrobat DC or Adobe Acrobat X Pro for Mac are too expensive for use

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-07 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Hi John, Thanks for the suggestion John, indeed reading on it I is a powerful application which will do what I need and much, much more, and this is reflected by its price. Unfortunately it would not be worth me spending the $190.00 for a one-off use, and sadly its PDFpen 10 it also quite exp

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-06 Thread John Thompson
Hi Phillipe, I find PDFpenPro does a very good job with editing PDF files. Works well with on-line files and the like. Rgards John Thompson > On 6 May 2018, at 5:45 pm, Philippe Chaperon wrote: > > Great help Brian, many thanks again. > > P.S. Indeed Peter H. has shown us many useful tr

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-06 Thread Graeme Winters
Yes Brian and Philippe, Peter H has over the years shown us many useful hints and he and others in the group are continuing to do so. In recent meetings at Willetton we heard about invaluable tips on scanning, on the use of a wireless Connect drive to gain access while interstat

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-06 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Great help Brian, many thanks again. P.S. Indeed Peter H. has shown us many useful tricks throughout the years, which I did notice when I used to attend the WAMUG meetings in the past. At one of the meeting years and years ago Peter gave us a demo of Graphic Converter and so convinced and ‘con

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-06 Thread Brian Risbey
sent before finished. Peter H showed us how to do a ‘Save As', the whole room gasped O! Go to File menu, and press Option and 'Save As' appears! Magic! Brian On 6 May 2018, at 16:16, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Brian, Thank you for that suggestion and will try using Review first. I

Fwd: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-06 Thread Brian Risbey
Thank you Philippe Yes, Word can work! Just be aware that sometimes a pdf is just an image/ photo and can’t be copied and pasted use the text select tool from the menu… and, Peter h showed us how to use Brian On 6 May 2018, at 16:16, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Brian, Thank you for tha

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-06 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Hi Brian, Thank you for that suggestion and will try using Review first. I just leaned that Word will open the PDF file, allow editing and addition of some graphics and then new file can be ‘printed to PDF’ or my choosing the ‘Print’ command then choose the save as .pdf. I will fall back on t

Re: Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-05 Thread Brian Risbey
Hello Philippe Doesn’t Review do it? On some pdfs you can make adjustments. Brian On 6 May 2018, at 11:26, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Good morning dear WAMUG’ers, Can someone please recommend a ‘cheapish’ applications to allow me to edit a PDF file? As I need to edit pdf files very rarel

Software to edit PDF files

2018-05-05 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Good morning dear WAMUG’ers, Can someone please recommend a ‘cheapish’ applications to allow me to edit a PDF file? As I need to edit pdf files very rarely I am trying not to have to go with Adobe which I suspect have all their applications on a subscription basis and would be fairly expensiv