J Pend, When you edit a PDF file in Acrobat even, the result is usually much larger than the original even if there is less in it.
Open the file and then save it under a new name, and it comes out much smaller. It may or may not work the same for this programme, but try it and see. Let me know.

Glen , your comment confirms something I've always believed of these so-called 'PDF Edit' programmes. I've tried LOTS of them and, at no time have I been able to edit the underlying text in the conventional way, i.e. place the caret in the text and make changes via the keyboard. I've come to the conclusion that the text (and for that matter any other object) is 'burnt' into the page(s) and cannot be changed directly.

There *may* be other ways of doing what you want. For example, if you wish to change just a small section of text, you might draw a text box (*without* a border), type in the required text (matching the text font, size, colour and so on), and then move the text box over the text you wish to 'edit'. But this won't work if (say) the added text box is too big to fit the space available.

From the blurb given for yesterday's offering (the Soda thingy), I was hoping to be able to convert the PDF file into (say) Word format, make the desired changes and re-convert that back to a PDF file. Sadly, it seemed to scramble even simple text files on all but the HTML converter (which was excellent), so in practice was a virtual non-starter.

I'm therefore forced to conclude that (IMHO) firms offering their products as a [quote] 'PDF Editor' are being somewhat economical with the truth... Which leads me to ask whether anyone knows of a Windows programme which will truly allow you to EDIT text directly, ideally for free but otherwise at a reasonable price. (Xara's superb Photo & Graphic Designer will import PDF files, allow you to edit anything you wish including text, and then re-convert it back to PDF - but at £34.99 that's probably way OTT).

You need to turn off your antivirus, it blocks the installer from launching. Then try again.

Allen , Nothing to do with it. Exactly my problem see comment #5.

William Strobel,
Same for me..........where IS IT?
Supposedly it installed and "self activated".....and opened he Web page.....searched and NEVER FOUND IT.......
Guess I'm not supposed to TRY IT........oh well I've got SEVERAL PDF pgms that work and I know WHERE THEY ARE..

consuella, I just installed it in Windows 7 Program Files x86 and it appears in Start-up and it also deployed a desktop icon. Easy.

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[ Larry Watkins ],

Since PDF = Portable Document Format, what "new" document do you want to "create" ... that you cannot currently create new from an existing document in any other program just by "printing" to a PDF print-to-file printer anyway?

You gotta have a document first, then you can print, present, project, save it as a PDF Portable Document Format after you first created that document elsewhere in the first place.

Note that Microsoft's Operating System -- Windows -- comes with an XPS print-to-file printer that also allows creating compatible PDFs as print-to-files.

Do you mean "cut-and-paste" or "import" some document contents that exists elsewhere into a new PDF, a PDF that otherwise did not pre-exist, a document or document parts elsewhere that you currently cannot print-to-a-new-PDF-file?

So, how do you create new PDFs now such that you are looking for an alternative?
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jraju,
I don't think PDF files care what language it has. It is just text on paper, use whatever language you have available. There is no language conversion here.

Kurt, But i used so much editors and when i tried it converts but the resultant output is not readable . it is in machine language of kind.
For eg, if i want to edit, then i have to edit using this . I even tried downloading the regional fonts to my control panel font folder. The output if in english, it correctly makes it editable, but if in other languages, then it is machine language conversion. so i ask. i will try this software any how. Hope to receive the reply

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[ jraju ],

No, Movavi PDF Editor software has no text or character or font or content recognition.

It is for manipulating the parts of files, not content.

That is, it can export a page or picture.

You may even be able to highlight and copy text IF a document has text rather than a picture of text.

But Movavi PDF Editor software has no understanding of any meaning to you of whatever it imports or exports.

Movavi PDF Editor software cannot convert text to a picture, a picture to text, and has no idea if a picture is of a hat or a chapeau or a picture of the words "hat" or "chapeau".
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Par Svensson,
"special layout software" -- Latex? Are you trying to open a .tex file as a .pdf?

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[ Par Svensson ],

Movavi PDF Editor is a PDF editor, not a PhD editor.
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Peter Blaise, ha ha, did not know there exist Ph.D. editors, but they surely are needed.

detenova,
To be fair, beyond changing typos or single words, editing text in a PDF file is difficult at best. Word wrapping would be next to impossible to do correctly, especially if it pushes stuff to the next page. Also, your computer might not have the same font as in the document. Yes, fonts can be embedded in the document, but it might be less than 100% of the font characters.

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[ Kurt ],

... hence Movavi's inaccuracy at calling their software a "PDF Editor" when they really can only manipulate a subset of PDF file elements, NOT including PDF text.

Considering that most people experience "documents' as "text", I'd say that the inability of Movavi PDF Editor software to actually edit PDF text is a significant misrepresentation by Movavi, no matter how "hard" you think editing PDF text might be.
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Kurt, yes, you have a valid point, but this software not even give the option to add NEW text to the pdf...

emperor, There is no directory on my computer called roaming I have just checked. The program is allegedly activated, but does not appear on Soft Uninstall to uninstal it, nor in Control Panel add/remove. In fact it does not appear anywhere.
I did not run the installation under any user name, nor was asked too. Anyway if what you say is correct it is crazy. Fact — the programme is just not there! (Unless it is hidden in the registry — TK can tell us if this is possible, as I doubt it.)

Zen , if your PC is a Windows machine, there is a Roaming folder. It is a hidden folder. Open File Explorer and enter "%AppData%" (without the quotes) into the address bar and then press Enter.

Zen , that directory is there for sure. You have to make sure that your folder settings allow you to see hidden files and folders. In Windows 10, go to a File Explorer window (Windows key +E will bring one up). Click File, Change folder and search options, View, and under Advanced Settings, make sure there is a checkmark next to "show hidden files, folders and drives".

Zen , You don't have to install it there. During installation this, and most program installers, give you an option where you want it installed. You just change the destination. I deleted theirs, made a folder in Program Files and chose that as the destination

Brian, There is not, hidden or otherwise. Perhaps you are using Win 10, I am using XP.

Bebop17, In XP it is NOT, I see all hidden files.

Zen, sorry, it is there in all versions of Windows that Microsoft still supports. (Also, sorry for the late reply). Brian's instructions should have brought up the folder XP uses instead. I assume this program would have installed in there for you by default, since the dev claims to support XP.

I'm not sure of the process for getting links included in comments, so let me just say there is an article on Technet titled "Windows XP Folders and Locations vs. Windows 7 and Vista" that you may find useful if anything like this comes up in the future.

Zen , even Windows XP has a Roaming folder. It's C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application Data\Roaming. EVERY Windows XP system has it. It is impossible to not have it. Do what I said. Enter "%AppData%" (without the quotes) in the address bar of File Explorer and then press Enter. It will open the Roaming folder.

Zen, Forgot to mention, tried it all twice.

Bill Rutan, simply open the document. You then can fill the form and save it as you wish.

Bill Rutan,
slight misunderstanding:
"Complete ready-to-use legal forms" means you have the option of filling out forms with predefined lines/areas, for your name, address, contract number, date, and so on.

but in the description of the program it says "Complete ready-to-use legal forms".

Key Features:

Open and view PDF files;
Merge multiple PDF documents into a single file;
Split one PDF into two or more files;
Edit different fragments of the document;
Add, delete, rotate, and rearrange pages;
Insert, crop, and resize images;
Apply digital signatures and stamps;
Complete ready-to-use legal forms;
Extract pages as JPG or PNG images;
Convert images to PDF files.

Bill Rutan,
what you can do with the programm is to open a special PDF document which you for example had downloaded from a government office site - not to create a document nor get it from the program itself.
This downloaded PDF document may contain fields to fill in.
You then can fill in these fields on your PC/laptop and save the PDF-document to send it back by email. You won´t have to scan a sheet of paper to send it by email.
It´s the digital not he former analog way.

In a linguistic manner:
verb (complete) - object (ready-to-use legal forms)
To complete means to fill in.
What to fill in? Legal forms which are "ready-to-use".
Ready-to-use means you need not to anything else then to fill in the given fields for your name, adress and so on.

Mira