Windows 10: PDF creation and editing softare

I just moved back to the Windows platform when I purchased a new laptop, so I've forgotten more about Windows than I currently know. In the interest of saving myself hours of Googling, I'm posting my question here.

Is there a free or very low cost PDF creation and editing software on the market? I need one that can create fillable forms from Word files saved as PDFs. Adobe wants about $450 for a nonsubscription version of Adobe Pro. Since I am retired and have only an occasional and noncommercial interest in fillable forms, the price Adobe is asking is way more than I'm willing to pay. I also don't like the idea of "subscribing" to software. As far as I'm concerned, when I've paid for it ONCE it should be mine to use until platform updates or something else makes it unusable. Old-fashioned of me, I guess.

If you know of a free or very low cost version of a PDF creation and editing software that is mostly bug-free, I'd be grateful for your sharing that information with me.

:)

 

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How do I create a printable document with windows 10?

If you have Word for example (or whatever program you use to create and edit your documents), in Win10 you can Print to PDF and the file will be saved as a standard PDF file. The advantage is that while a Word DOC/DOCX might look slightly different depending
on the version of Word installed on other people's PCs, PDFs are meant to look exactly the same everywhere. Also, people who don't have Word or your large document creation software installed can simply install any small PDF viewer instead (by default the
Edge browser in Win10 itself can open PDFs) and view/print the file you've sent them.

PDFs can also be edited directly, but unless you have a PDF creator/editor installed, the easiest solution is to simply create your document, print to PDF and send the PDF to other people. Any time you want to make changes, edit the master document on your
system, again print to PDF and send the new PDF. Simple.

 

You can print files directly to PDF in Windows there is a built in print driver

 

What I'm asking about is a program that can create fillable forms or edit the text and/or graphics of PDFs created through the printer driver.

 

Holy smokes!
You're right!
The retail cost of Adobe Acrobat Pro is $449!
That's outrageous...
I get a big educational discount for my Adobe software.
So I had lost track of their <ahem> price-gouging.

You might have a look at PhantomPDF 8.0 by Foxit Software.
There offer much more reasonable prices, both subscription and purchase.
I think the Standard version will create fillable forms.
But you want to give the Trial a spin, just to be sure, before committing.

PDF Editor, PDF Creator, and PDF Modifier - PhantomPDF | Foxit Software

Having said that, I have never used that product or anything from that company myself.
So, I offer the suggestion "as is".

Cheers,
MM

 

So which version of Acrobat do you get an educational discount on, the subscription "DC" version or the nonsubscription version? I could not find an academic version available for the nonsubscription software.

 

There is a nice comparison of free pdf tools at Techsupport (Gizmo) site. Won't find single program solution, but there is a lot of pdf utilities.

i.e. for making fillable forms:

 

The PDFescape site is a VERY helpful suggestion. Thank you very much. It seems to do pretty much everything I need it to do with one notable exception: you seem to have to define each fillable field individually, while Acrobat discovers all of the fields simultaneously and sizes them appropriately for the font used or space provided. I have saved the link to PDFescape site to my desktop. Thanks again. I'll also check out the comparison link you provided.

 

You're welcome!
That quote was from that site *Smile (just an excerpt)