PDF-XChange Product Range Version 4
'Quick' Feature Comparison Chart

 
 
Product Name & Features Included in Bundle
       
 
PDF-XChange
Viewer PRO
PDF-XChange
Standard
PDF-XChange
Pro
Bundled Items Included
Includes Viewer (FREE Version)
Includes Viewer (PRO Version)
Includes PDF-Tools
Includes MS Office Addin
Includes OFFice2PDF
Includes PDF-XChange Lite Print Driver for PDF Creation
Includes PDF-XChange Standard Print Driver for PDF Creation
Includes PDF-XChange PRO (everything !)
Volume discounted license packs available
3 Users -> Global
3-25 User License
3 Users -> Global
Headline Functionality
Windows OS/Support - Windows 2000 XP Vista (32/64 bit)
PDF Specification Support (assumes latest is Acrobat 8 - PDF spec 1.7)
ALL
ALL
ALL
ISO PDF/A 1b Specification Support
Viewing only
Terminal Server/Citrix Compatible
Multi Language UI support
Output Documents from any Windows application & create new PDF file
View PDF Pages/Files (Requires PDF-XChange Free Viewer installation)
MS Office Toolbar Addin and integrate enhanced MS -> PDF functionality
Complete control over PDF creation properties
Batched & 'Watched' Folder Conversion to PDF of MS Office documents
Create Interactive Adobe PDF Forms
Scan direct to PDF
Convert Images/Text direct to PDF (without using a 3rd party application)
Manipulate/Modify Existing PDF files
Add only
Mark-Up, add Commenting Type etc on PDF Files
Extract Content from PDF to Text/Image/PDF formats
Encryption/Security options
Optimisation/Compression control
Font Embedding options
Paper/Custom Forms options
Control Resolution/Scaling
Developers API available (subject to licensing)
 
Partial Feature List
Resolution - Max DPI output
N/A
2400
2400
Scaling allowed
N/A
nUp, Booklet, Brochure Page printing provided
Mirrored Printing Supported
Include 'Clickable' URL links - literal
Include 'Clickable' URL links - embedded (e.g. 'Click Here') MS Office only
Add Clickable URL links to an existing PDF
Convert MS Office Table of Contents (TOC) 'Clickable Links' to PDF
Convert MS Office Web Forms to interactive Adobe PDF Forms
Add Watermarks (Text & Image)
PDF Overlay Options (overlay one PDF onto another)
Image/Text Compression options when converting to PDF
Auto
(JBIG2,JPEG,JPEG2000 Runlength, ZIP, LZW CCIT3/4)
Auto
Graphics Downsampling options (Linear, Bilinear, Bicubic)
also Colour -> Grayscale -> Mono options
PDF File Optimization for advanced content control
Complete Font Embedding control
PDF Security/Encryption Options (40, 128 and 128AES bit options)
Automated Bookmarks Creation options - Enhanced
Add/Edit/Modify Bookmarks
Add
Automated Headers/Footers Creation options - Enhanced
Add document Information/Metadata/XP Metadata
PDF user defined File naming control via Macro/Javascript rules*
Automated Email send via SMTP/MS MAPI compliant options
Create Job Profiles and save settings for later job specific use
Advanced Memory Management
Scan directly to PDF
Convert Image files to PDF - Raster/Metafile Image Formats
Convert PDF to Image Format (Raster Formats only - BMP, JPEG, TIFF etc)
Convert PDF to .DOC/.RTF (no OCR capability)
Extract PDF Page/File, Image content to an Image File (e.g. BMP, JPEG, TIFF etc)
Extract PDF Page/File, text content to a text file etc (no OCR capability)
Extract PDF Pages to a new PDF file
Merge PDF files
Append/Insert Pages from 1 PDF file into another PDF file
Delete, Rotate, Crop PDF pages
Comprehensive Job Management Features
Append/Insert New pages to an existing PDF
Custom Stamps
Merge PDF files
Append/Insert Pages from 1 PDF file into another PDF file
Delete, Rotate, Crop PDF pages
Highlight/Cross Out/Underline existing PDF page text
Add Shapes & Objects to a PDF Page
Export Adobe Forms Data (to .FDF)
Search PDF file for Text (Advanced and Simple)
Complete and save PDF Forms for later Editing/Email/Posting
Integrates with Translations tools such as ABBYY Lingvo 12, Translate It!, etc
Re-Order Pages (Drag and Drop via Thumbnail View)
Browser Integration (IE, Firefox etc)
Portable Version available - just 4Mb
Navigation Tools such as 'Loupe' and the 'Pan' included
PDF-XChange Viewer PRO - Upcoming Feature list
These features will be provided free to all Version 2 Licensed users
Scan Pages and create new file or add to an Existing file
Add Image/Signature to a PDF Pages/Files (already possible using Stamps)
Re-Number Pages/Files
Resize Pages/Files
Add Hyperlink to a Page/File
Re-Optimize PDF File
Personalise Viewer User Interface
Add Watermarks (Text & Image)
Add Thumbnails
Ruler with Grid lines for Group operations with Annotations
Extract Image content from a page to an Image File
Convert Images/Text directly to PDF
Add Digital Signature
Overlay PDF Pages
Improved Text Functions with CJK Fonts
Group Operations with Annotations
Form Field Editing (Edit Field Properties)
Proof Reading Mark-up options/symbols support
Export Text to .RTF/.DOC Formats (no OCR Capability)

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