Adobe decided to charge a bundle for the PDF creation software (Adobe Acrobat) and give away the software to read, but not edit, the files (Acrobat Reader).

The first decision was made in the mid-to-late 1990s, at the start of the internet boom. The primary reason for PDF’s ubiquity in our lives comes from two business decisions Adobe, PDF’s creator, made 15-25 years ago.

Even in our personal lives, PDFs are ubiquitous: appliance instruction manuals, new car brochures, bank statements, etc. The PDF format’s great attraction is that it reproduces electronically exactly what a printed document looks like. And it does so across any device – smartphone, iPad, computer, TV, etc. Let’s take a look at some of the best free PDF editors that don’t add watermark all over your files.By Jeffrey Schoenberger, Affinity ConsultingĪs a legal professional, you have encountered your fair share of PDF files and assumably created more than a few. The PDF market is riddled with too many products, with each product offering multiple licenses and features. Not a good solution for someone who needs to do some quick editing, only once in a blue moon. Why? Because they want you to upgrade to a paid plan that will remove the watermark, bundle some additional features, and remove restrictions for a fee. In such situations, it is better to go for a free PDF editor, however, most of them will add a watermark on every page in the file.

Not all of us work with PDF files day in and day out. Not to forget the multiple licensing and subscription plans, further complicate the decision making process. But these PDF editors are expensive and come with way too many unnecesarry features for regular users. As noted in a previous post, there are quite a few paid PDF editors available in the market.

While creating PDF files are easy, editing them can be difficult and at times, frustrating. Not only are they easy to create, share, and access, they are also secure and consume little space. PDF format is a popular way to share important documents and files across the web.

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