The Portable Document Format (aka PDF) was a file format created by Adobe in the early 1990s. So it’s very much a middle-aged file format. As such, it’s a very mature format and file standard used all over. Originally created as a file format to contain a complete document (with text, fonts, graphics, etc…), it has since evolved into a format that can contain bookmarks, form fields, interactivity, scripting, encryption, digital signatures and much more.
While Adobe made the format freely available early-on and then moved it to a completely open format in 2008, when everybody thinks of PDFs, they think of Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat was Adobe’s first stand-alone editor and viewer of the PDF file format. And while Acrobat was a find program at first, it has gradually become a large, hard-to-use, difficult-to-manage program that has had more than a few security issues. While everybody loves the PDF format, nobody loves Adobe Acrobat.
And that’s where Foxit PDF Editor comes in. Foxit has been around for over 20 years and are experts at the PDF file format. When you open a PDF in Chrome and Edge’s built-in PDF viewer, you’re using Foxit’s technology. When you’re exporting a PDF from Microsoft Word, you’re using Foxit’s technology. They know what they’re doing, and their Foxit PDF Editor has all the features you need from Adobe Acrobat Professional (plus many more that Acrobat doesn’t have) in a much easier-to-use, faster-to-run, easier-to-manage, much-more-stable, and cheaper program. Check out the comparison chart (in a PDF format, of course) by clicking here. We’ve been testing it out internally and it has been working great.
Interested in learning more about pricing of Foxit PDF Editor? Email us today to get month-to-month (no commitment) pricing on PDF Editor and PDF Editor Plus, that comes with e-signature capabilities (so you can get rid of Docusign while you’re at it). We have a handful of trial licenses available as well and be sure to ask about non-profit pricing.