PDF Enhancer 3.1 review

PDF Enhancer improves the quality and functionality of your PDF files by correcting any errors or damage in the document, reducing them in size sometimes as much as 90% of their original size, and applying such features as security and linearization! All of this is accomplished while preserving annotations, hyperlinks, and form fields .

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 10269K Developer: Apago, Inc. Buy Now Price: $199.00 Updated: 16 Dec 2005

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PDF Enhancer improves the quality and functionality of your PDF files by correcting any errors or damage in the document, reducing them in size sometimes as much as 90% of their original size, and applying such features as security and linearization! All of this is accomplished while preserving annotations, hyperlinks, and form fields .

Here are some key features of "PDF Enhancer":
Document Assembly
Build a new document from PDF documents and scanned pages in TIFF and JPEG formats. PDF Enhancer’s Merger makes it easy to select source files and set page order.
Images & Compression
Images make up a significant percentage of the size of a typical PDF file. PDF Enhancer can reduce the size of PDF files by reducing the resolution of those images to match specific quality requirements and by compressing the images. Enhancer supports both lossy and loss-less compression. The Advanced Server edition supports JBIG2 which can reduce the size of scanned pages by up to 90%.
Resize and Impose Pages
PDF Enhancer can resize (A4 to letter), crop and rotate pages. Use the imposition features to create booklets, n-up and step-and-repeat layouts.
Stamps, Watermarking and Page/Bates Numbering
Add page numbers or Bates numbering with complete control over the formatting, location and appearance of the numbers. Stamps and watermarks can be added to the foreground or background at any location, angle, size, transparency or layer.
Fonts
PDF Enhancer can embed & subset fonts in a PDF file. Enhancer can also convert fonts to “outlines” while retaining full text search capabilities. This unique and exclusive feature, called Searchable Outlines, reduces file size and avoids compatibility issues with certain font formats including CID.
Color Management
PDF Enhancer incorporates a color management system which fully supports ICC profiles and many powerful options to insure the high-quality color possible. Convert RGB to CMYK for printing, CMYK to RGB for web or screen use. The advanced options allow precise control of CMYK to CMYK conversions.
Security
Protect your PDF files from unauthorized access or use with Acrobat-compatible security settings with 40-bit or 128-bit encryption. The Advanced Server edition can also digitally sign a PDF.
Metadata
Add or modify metadata including author information, dates and copyrights. PDF Enhancer 3.0 fully supports Adobe’s XMP metadata standard.
Available for Windows NT/2/XP/2003 and Mac OS X.

Limitations:
The trial version of PDF Enhancer is fully functional for 10 days for the Standard and Professional Editions. After 10 days, the software will cease to operate unless a valid serial number is entered.
The trial version will display a dialog every time the software is used.