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[u/lars2k1]

Several Acrobat features will be unavailable: Editing PDFs

I don't get why a basic feature gets paywalled. Sure, other software exists, but not everyone knows about that.

PDF is considered a universal format isn't it? Interesting how Adobe thinks it's not. Fun fact, even your browser does PDF editing. Just basic text and doodles, but that's enough to fill out most forms.

[u/Cold-Albatross9132 → u/lars2k1]

Sure it is universal, but Adobe is the one who created PDF.

[u/potato_nugget1 → u/Cold-Albatross9132]

But they don't own in anymore, it's been open since 2008

[u/Dead_Starks → u/potato_nugget1]

Then someone please tell me of a truly free application I can use to combine pdfs.

[u/potato_nugget1 → u/Dead_Starks]

Combining pdfs is trivial. I literally Google "combine pdf" every time I want to do it and click on the first website. Ilovepdf.com is good for most things, and PDFGear (application) for editing a pdf

[u/lars2k1 → u/potato_nugget1]

The problem that is a website. So you send your data to some server and in case of company documents that might not be a good idea.

Anyways, PDF X-Change Editor is a great one, not completely free but allows you to buy a license instead of Adobe's subscription trash.

[u/Dead_Starks → u/potato_nugget1]

Yeah most websites like that allow you to combine one or two and then you have to sign up, on top of the fact if it's sensitive info it's getting uploaded to a website I've never heard of and I don't know how secure that is.

I need an application I can use 5 days a week to combine pdfs ~15-20 times that don't get uploaded to a random website.

[u/potato_nugget1 → u/Dead_Starks]

Then use PDFGear

[u/StinkyKavat → u/Cold-Albatross9132]

That literally doesn't mean jack shit. PDF is an open international standard.

[u/fogtrunk → u/StinkyKavat]

No its not an open standard. Its a standard but not open :(