Tracker Software PDF-XChange Editor

PDF specification conformity and compatibility assured...

Our PDF products fully conform to the PDF specifications as originally defined and extended by Adobe and now maintained and set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) - any PDF file created or manipulated by any of our products is fully compatible with any application that also conforms to the official PDF specification and generates equally compatible files as defined by these standards and vice versa!

In addition, you will find our best selling PDF-XChange, TIFF-XChange, Raster-XChange and Image-XChange software at the heart of 1000's of other software products from other Software Publishers world wide - providing PDF, Imaging and TIFF file generation and output - we license our technology to many 1000's of other software developers, large and small, including ABBYY, Hewlett Packard, Mindjet, Sage and many many more.

We are proud to number amongst our Clients some of the worlds largest companies - but rest assured all of our clients both large and small are equally important to us. Please observe the list of our existing Clients here.

Why you should consider using our software products in preference to any other?

• You need to Create, Modify or Manipulate PDF or Image files
• You need a PDF software application to open/print/annotate a PDF file
• You want to use the same reliable, 'Industrial' strength PDF/Imaging technologies relied upon by 1000's of Software Companies worldwide - not open source products created and/or maintained by non professionals and amateur enthusiasts.
• You need a FREE PDF viewer with advanced functionality and speed - but developed and supported by industry professionals!
• You need prompt and reliable support - free of charge to all users - both paying and users of our free products.
• You are a software developer looking for comprehensive PDF or Imaging solutions without excessive Royalty Fee's and from a supplier who will include you in future development options.

PDF-XChange Editor PRO

Those wishing to View/Edit/Modify and even OCR Image based PDF files on their Windows PC's now have a FREE pdf reader alternative to the Adobe Reader! The PDF-XChange Editor is smaller, faster and more feature rich than any other FREE PDF Reader/ PDF Viewer/ PDF Editor available. This free pdf editor download also allows users to try the extended functionality offered by the PDF-XChange Editor PRO in evaluation mode - for free. No PDF reader or Viewer offers more features than PDF-XChange - or does so without compromising performance and quality, checkout the feature list below and save $100's in unnecessary expenditure on your PDF software today.

The licensed PDF-XChange Editor PRO, is a PDF creator in it's own right, allowing users to create PDF files directly from scanners, image files and can even take a .txt or a .rtf file and convert it to PDF or build your PDF document from scratch.  

• Full Page Text Content Editing (text based PDFs, not scanned PDFs)!
• Extended OCR options - OCR your image based/scanned PDF's to make fully text searchable PDF files.
• Spellchecker
• Expanded XFA forms support.
• Listen/add audio comments
• View embedded Multimedia support
• Add application preferences and Presets options
• Significantly improved rendering and page load speed
• Add Comments and Annotations to any PDF file (subject to security settings) - unlike the Adobe Viewer which requires the PDF creation tool to be 'certified' by Adobe !
• Add & apply Custom Stamps from any Image or PDF File and even your Windows Clip board !
• Measurement Tools incl. perimeter and area
• Mark-up pages with text and objects
• Type directly on any PDF page, not just Adobe enabled forms documents - in Typewriter mode.
• Export PDF pages or entire files to any one of the supported Image formats including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG and many more ...
• Extract text from a PDF page/File
• Make your navigation of large or complex PDF files both simple and enjoyable with the extended functionality of our 'Loupe' and the 'Pan' Window tools
• PDF Security Support including 40/128 bit RC4 and 128/256 bit AES Encryption Password and Permissions Add/Edit
• Data Execution Prevention (DEP) - stops the execution of nefarious scripts from Virus's/trojans etc.
• Fill and Save Adobe Forms to disk, email or 'post' - including XFA and dynamic forms (new in V2.5) ! 
• New Full Java-script engine included
• Store/Restore of last opened files (last session)
• Updated JPEG2000 Compression support - improving speed.
• Plug-Ins for both MS IE or Firefox Browser's included
• Integrate seamlessly with your favorite translation software to translate text on the 'fly' - including :  ABBYY Lingvo 12, Translate It!, Lingoes.
• Auto-Highlights Fillable Form Fields
• Integrated Shell Extensions for PDF thumbnails and document preview in Windows Explorer
• Document Search. Probably the fastest PDF document search engine available today !
• Improved image embedding (supported formats)
• Add/Edit Hyperlinks to pages within same PDF, pages in another PDF and external links to Web based URLs
• Adobe^® Porfolios^® Supported
• Includes comprehensive Help file and PDF Manual - no extra downloads required to add features etc. 
• Support for PDF File Attachments (portfolio)
• Send PDF files via email from viewer
• Undo/Redo functionality for text editor
• Portable version will be available soon - can be run from any suitable device such as a Memory stick/CD/DVD etc - simply unzip and use - no installation required!
• Compatible with Windows XP and later (32/64 bit)
• Simple editing options - see latest releases 
• Add/Edit/Move Bookmarks

Advanced PRO features:

• Reduce PDF file size by Image compression/downsampling & embed/unembed Font, PDF Optimization
• Direct Content Editing (Paths & Images)
• Combine PDFs open/closed pdfs
• Import Directly from XPS and other support formats
• Header & Footer Support
• Bates Numbering
• Delete Pages
• Move Pages - By Drag&drop in Thumbnails View.
• Insert/Import Pages (from existing PDF files) 
• Extract pages to a new file (PDF or Image format - 15 formats supported)
• Crop Pages/Files  
• Flatten Annotations/Comments
• Insert Blank page
• Summarize Comments
• Export Comments
• Scan Direct to PDF (now with inline OCR option during scanning process)
• Create PDF documents from text and RTF files
• Convert 15 supported image formats to PDF
• New Extended Digital Signature Support (incl. Time Stamps)
• Security Profiles (for adding security to documents conveniently)
• Improved Browser Plug-ins to reduce compatibility issues

and much more !

PDF-XChange Editor supports all Windows (32/64 bit) operating systems from Windows XP** and later.

      
 
Version 5 (2012): Microsoft/Citrix Terminal Server compatible*.
Version 4: Microsoft/Citrix Terminal Server compatible*.
Version 3: Still available for Windows 95/98

* Note: Though many users have virtualized some of our component products such as the PDF-XChange Viewer and PDF-Tools application using XenApp, we do not support this at this time. Particularly the printer drivers are not designed to work in a virtualized environment.

** Limitations to product support for Windows XP

To experience the best performance of our products on all Windows operating systems, the onus is on users to ensure that they have all the latest available Microsoft Windows Service Packs & Updates installed.