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About PDF Candy
PDF Candy runs in the browser and handles most everyday PDF jobs. It can edit, compress, merge, split, rotate, crop, protect, unlock and sign PDFs, edit metadata, and delete, rearrange or extract pages. It also runs OCR on scanned files.
The converters cover many formats in both directions, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, EPUB, MOBI, DjVu, HTML and PDF/A. Newer AI tools can summarize, translate and chat with a PDF. A desktop version is also offered for download.
Strengths
- More than 90 PDF tools in one place
- Converts to and from a wide range of document, image and ebook formats
- OCR for scanned PDFs
- Nothing to install for the online tools
Limitations
- Files are uploaded to a remote service for processing
- The site prompts you to sign in
Details
- Pricing
- FreeThe developer describes the online tools as free; the research does not describe any paid tiers.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Web
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Web application
- Best suited for
- Occasional PDF conversions and edits without installing software
- Categories
- PDF tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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PDF Candy as an alternative
Listings that name PDF Candy as an alternative.
CleverPDF
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