The only truly free PDF editor that lets you modify existing text — not just add annotations on top. It's not as polished as paid apps, but for zero cost it's in a league of its own.
PDFgear is the rare free tool that actually does what it claims. Every other free PDF editor just lets you slap text boxes on top of a document — PDFgear lets you edit the real text. That's a massive difference for anyone who can't justify a subscription.
“Adobe stuff IS malware and nagware - it can get in the bin quite frankly.. [rant continues for many hours] Oh and PDFgear- :)”
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“PDFGear or BentoPDF”
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“PDFgear is by far the best free PDF editor we've tried, and the only one that lets you modify existing text in a PDF. Other free PDF software lets you add comments and images, but not edit the text.”
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