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Adobe Acrobat Pro alternative?
So, I have a few financially-sensitive PDF files I need to combine into one file to upload to my bank. Their portal only allows for one uploaded file and I have 7 files. I need to combine PDFs.
I thought about getting Adobe's Acrobat Pro, but it seems to only offer subscriptions. I don't like subscribing and paying them monthly even after I no longer use the app. I'm wary of those online free apps as I must upload the documents before they combine them online. Are they safe? Do they ever mine the data within the documents I upload? The contents of these files have sensitive financial info on me and the employees. Any suggestions for an inexpensive Adobe Acrobat Pro-like app I can buy once and not subscribe until I stop? Visions of being on hold on the phone for 45 minutes to cancel a subscription is dancing in my mind.
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You can still purchase a perpetual license for Acrobat, they don't make it easy to find: https://www.adobe.com/products/catal...l#category=pdf
Scroll all the way down and pick Acrobat Standard 2020 or Acrobat Pro 2020. Few Alternatives: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-editor/ https://www.gonitro.com/individual You can still subscribe to Adobe and cancel online after the first month, as long as you choose the month to month option, they have made it fairly painless. You answered your own question about the free online apps. |
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PDFSam Basic - free and works great. I have been using it for years without any issues. You can upgrade for a fee to get more functionality.
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I wouldn't use any Adobe software if you have an alternative. Adobe might have even crappier software than microshaft. One of their failed installs effed up the flash on my computer that can't be fixed, short of reformatting. |
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...and openoffice.
I can't remember which one I used to use to piss off the courts, but the downloaded versions of the same forms didn't have the barcodes they desperately wanted me to fill out with a flipping pen, or pencil... Ef-THAT, COPY-PASTE COPY-PASTE COPY-PASTE BEE-CHEESE... and I STILL got custody AND Child Support... Last edited by the86d; 04-09-2021 at 8:36 PM.. |
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I am late to reply.
If one is to actually pay to do to this very basic task, even more advanced than Adobe Acrobat would be Foxit Phantom Business Edition. A simplified version, more aesthetic, less convoluted would be Nitro PDF Enterprise or Business edition. Keep in mind this is a very simple task that normally doesn't cost anything to 'merge, split, extract, combine' documents. However, in your case, given that these files are sensitive, uploading it to a free service would not be advisable. The answer to your question is PDFsam. It is both free and open-source. PDFsam Basic or PDF Split and Merge is a free and open-source cross-platform desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF documents. |
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As I recall, if you have Acrobat pro, you could print to a PDF to combine multiple in older version... not sure about current versions, or 3rd party others...
Not sure about cost, but PDF Factory will combine also... Maybe M$ Windows/Office combo "print to PDF" would allow combining, but I don't feel like trying. Last edited by the86d; 04-09-2021 at 10:36 PM.. |
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Modern Windows comes with Microsoft Print to PDF but I think the problem OP is facing is that the files originate as PDFs. The dilemma he is facing is merging multiple PDFs, not converting to PDFs. |
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Op, if you want to get crazy and do this in 30 seconds do this:
Open PowerShell, copy and past line by line change what I have in bold to match your paths.
Done. Sleep. |
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In the olden days (AKA: BACK IN MY HAY-DAY) a simple CLI of:
"copy file1.ext+file2.ext+file3.ext file4.ext" was MY happy place.... N-E body try it? In Linux ("cp file1+file2+file3 file4")? Error-body obsessed with a GUI/APP... Last edited by the86d; 04-10-2021 at 12:07 AM.. |
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On the Mac, assuming a folder called PDF on the desktop contains the sources:
From Terminal: $ python “/System/Library/Automator\ /Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents\ /Resources/join.py” -o \ ~/Desktop/joined.pdf ~/Desktop/PDF/*.[Pp][Dd][Ff] |
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Linux or Linux VM:
https://net2.com/how-to-merge-or-spl...iles-on-linux/ |
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Thank you, all. OP here. I downloaded Nitro on free trial basis and so far it has worked beautifully. Might end up buying it after all.
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OP.. how many pdf files and/or pages are you planning to combine? there are many free ones out there.
myself, i've been using adolix for > 5-7 yrs. there is a limit on max pages for free version. i rarely encounter it though. this is on windows platform. |
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Thanks to all who helped, especially HecklerNKoch!
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