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May 27, 2019

One of the best PDF editing softwares out there

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Team Lead in Professional Services

Civil Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 10 out of 10

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor is our main default PDF program throughout our team and company. It's extremely easy to make edits and add headers and text boxes when marking up a PDF. For my team that does a lot of assessments, scheduling, and coordination, using an intuitive program like PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor makes marking and making notes on a PDF a breeze. It addresses the issue of not everyone having Acrobat DC on their computer, and it makes even the least technical people able to use it.

Pros and Cons

Easy to edit PDFs.
Easy to add headers and text boxes.
Fast, no lags.

Have the ability to add a little more customization (like font sizes in Typewriter tool, etc).
Have the ability to export individual pages into separate PDFs.
Have the ability to easily resize.

Likelihood to Recommend

PDF Xchange is easy to learn and use. It's well-suited when documents have lots of visual information and require headings and comment boxes throughout the page. We mainly use PDF Xchange for PDF editing and making up notes. It would be useful to use it to edit text documents, but I find it better suited for marking up documents with lots of visual information.

Return on Investment

Positive: Efficient because it's easy to learn, saving training time.
Positive: Adding comments and editing is a breeze, saving peer review hours.
Negative: We still have to rely on Acrobat DC to export individual pages into separate PDFs.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat DC

A license and an Adobe Account are needed for Adobe Acrobat DC. PDF Xchange is easy to get it up and running without any of the login information. It saves the hassle of having to be bogged down by Cloud features and other features. PDF Xchange is simple, free of promotional distracts, and easy to use.

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat DC, Okta Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Workday Human Capital Management

Performance

Performance wise, PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor is flawless. It runs fast, and I haven't experienced any immediately crashing. The reports save quickly, and the document size is never an issue. It saves into a regular PDF, and we're able to open it on any other program or computer. All text boxes, features, and headers show up flawlessly on other programs.

Usability

It's easy to use, making it very efficient for us as we do not have to train additional people on how to use this software. It opens up documents quickly and saves quickly as well. Overall the usability is not an issue for us at all. It is also extremely easy to integrate it with other PDF programs.

Ease of Integration

One strong point of PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor is the ability to add text boxes, headers, and other relevant features. When I first started using it, I was worried these graphics/text features were not going to integrate well with other PDF viewer programs that I was already using. However, it saves flawlessly and I'm able to open up the same document on other programs and found that these graphics integrate seamlessly.

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