I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until Adobe, and therefore my job, required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn’t the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

  • Wojtek@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    What are people using to edit/sign PDFs. Adobe is a nightmare and I’d rather use anything else

    • blindsight@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Foxit Reader has decent PDF editing built in. I use it all the time. I think they call the pen mode “comments”, but you can also load your signature as an image file.

      The only time I use (pirated) Adobe Acrobat is when I need to edit existing content in PDFs, like fixing layout or editing text.

    • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I don’t get why PDFs are so hard to open. The format has been around for ever. Why does Adobe have such a grasp on it, and why isn’t it as common to open as a txt?

      There are free programs that’ll open it, but it’s few and far between. It’s a pain in the ass to find one.

    • renard_roux@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      On all my Macs, Preview is set as the default app for handling PDFs, and I use it for signing, adding text, rearranging and deleting pages; works flawlessly. Fuck Acrobat Reader / Pro.

      If I need to do something more complicated, I’ll open it in Illustrator.

      • livus@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks, might switch. I’m tired of Adobe running ten tons of crap in the background.

    • Farias@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Preview on macOS can do it. While it obviously doesn’t help everyone I’m not sure some Mac users realize there’s a built in tool for it

      • Wojtek@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve tried it in preview, it’s just not great. Or maybe I just haven’t mastered it yet… but it never intuitively does what I want it do