Power PDF Standard 2.0 (Old Version)

I used to have the Adobe product that could create forms, sign, redact, etc., on my work computer but I retired recently and knew I couldn't live without that ability. I was not 100% optimistic on using anything but Adobe, however, Power PDF Standard 2.0 has met every one of my expectations and then some. I'm unsure why folks were confused with some of the controls; I must have found them intuitive because I have no complaints on that part (but recall reading about issues). I'm SUPER impressed with the capabilities of this program. It does everything my old Adobe did and more (don't recall Adobe being able to break up or merge pages for me). My stupid scanner (guess I need a new one!?) only scans one page at a time so I ended up recently with 6 files for one document. I tried to merge feature with Power PDF and OMGosh, how simple it was to use and it worked PERFECTLY. Yes, very impressed and for the price compared to Adobe, this is a steal!! Buy it, you won't regret it!

This is a powerful, reasonably easy to use , attractively priced program that I have found very useful. Unfortunately, this product uses the same customer unfriendly activation scheme as was used by the earlier product, PDF Professional 7. Part of the cost of this product, therefore, is a requirement for proactive management of some activation issues.The EULA specifies a limited number of activations, and that is fine. What is not so fine, is that activation is tied very tightly to the "fingerprint" of your PC. In other words, if you change any of the hardware for any reason, you have changed the fingerprint used to validate your installation and you will be charged an activation when you next run the program UNLESS, you first UNINSTALL the program prior to making the changes to your hardware. After you have completed the changes to your hardware and reinstalled the program, you will be prompted to activate the program the next time you try to execute, but the activation will not count against your lifetime maximum. If your machine crashes before you have a chance to uninstall the program, and, in the process or recovering you swap out some hardware, you will be prompted for activation when you next run the program and that activation will cost you against your lifetime maximum.There's more. Some windows 10 updates alter, from Nuance's point of view, the fingerprint of your machine and you will be prompted to activate this program when you next try to execute this program. This activation will cost you against your lifetime maximum. These changes to your fingerprint and the ensuing activation requirement are beyond your control. If you are a casual user, you should consider uninstalling the program after each use to protect against unplanned changes to your fingerprint inspired by a Window 10 upgrade or a hardware failure. If you are a regular user, understand you may need to buy additional copies of the program from time to time, which makes this product less competitive with the alternative.

Very impressed with Power PDF.I'm a longtime Acrobat user. When Pro XI went out of service I was reluctant to jump to DC.So I tried this. I've been able to do everything I did in Acrobat.I like the ribbon interface. Consistent with Office 365.Scanner setup was easy. Scans quickly. I turned off the spellcheck function after the scans.Setup the 'apply signatures as stamps' function. That is for non-digital signatures.Like when someone sends a form that needs my handwritten signature. Acrobat can do this as well.Works basically the same way.Converted a pdf to Word. Very smooth. Extremely accurate. The pdf I did was very blurry.Defines a 'printer'. So I can print a web page and make a pdf out of it.I'm happy

With my Lenovo i3 Windows 10 computer, I could not get it to work. It would download but it would not install. I tried online and still not. I bought a new computer (Dell Inspiron-because it was time to anyway) and tried to download on there. I did disable my AVG protection first (which I forgot to on my last computer). Download was successful and fast! I do wonder if that was the problem with my first computer.Then came the frustration. There are no real instructions. I thought this was a waste at first. All I wanted to do was simply combine multiple documents into one (like an invoice and payment acknowledgement) and maybe insert text on them for a notation, if needed. I kept thinking "merge" is the appropriate selection to use, but, no. If you want one pdf page to be .merged with another pdf page. Use the "insert" button under the file tab. It will open up a file directory for you to select what file you want to insert your pdf file as "after last page" or before (whichever) page you select). It really is just like Adobe Acrocrobat and I wish I would have bought this sooner! I do highly recommend it. Just take time to learn it and maybe some youtube videos might help. Only four stars because of no clear directions or instructions. PS - remember to enable your Antivirus after installation.

I purchased this because I wanted a one-time purchase deal, not a monthly subscription like some PDF software providers.So far so good. I've only done some simple tasks with this PDF software. With the help of YouTube tutorials, I will use the other features as required in the future. It is a pretty good deal for the price I paid for it.

Easy to use and understand.

Had some small issues, upgraded to the Professional Version, all issues solved.

Easy to use. But kinda spendy.

Perfect exactly as ordered.