PDFpen for Mac

What is PDFpen for Mac?

Powerful PDF editing for Mac

Add signatures, text, and images. Make changes and correct typos. Documents scanned by OCR. Fill out the forms. Review the OCR text!

Review OCR results

PDFpen for Mac does optical character recognition (OCR): turn these images of the scanned text into words you can use, and then revise them for accuracy.

Export in Word format

Need some major changes to your PDF? Export your PDFs in .docx format for easy editing and sharing PDF with Microsoft Word users.

Fix this

Select the text in your PDF, click "Correct text" and edit it! Editing a PDF on your Mac has never been easier.

Sign

Subscribe to PDFpen for Mac  on your Mac! Sign with your secure and trusted digital signature. Scan a signature and drop it on your PDF. Or scribble your signature with a mouse or trackpad. Signed, sealed, delivered: no fax, no problems.

Store PDFpen for Mac in the cloud

Now you can edit your PDFs wherever you are. Use iCloud or Dropbox for continuous editing with PDFpen for iPad and iPhone.

Power over pages

Need a new page? Enter one. Need to remove a page? Delete this. Pages out of order? Just drag and drop to reorder. Combine up to PDFpen for Mac with drag and drop.

PDFpen for Mac features

Draw, Highlight, Scribble, Correct Text

• Mark documents with highlight, underline, and strikethrough
• Add text, images, and signatures to the PDF
• Fix text in the original PDF with editable blocks of text
• Move, resize, copy, and delete images in the original PDF
• Copy and paste rich text; retain fonts and formatting when copying from PDFs, including columns
• View and extract file attachments and notes
• Record and play back audio notes
• Add notes, comments, and notes in the cloud
• Snap objects into place with guides
• Add page numbers, favorites, headers and footers, line numbers, and watermarks

Scanning and OCR - Text Preview

• Perform optical character recognition (OCR) on scanned documents
• Visible OCR text layer to review OCR text of scanned pages
• Scan directly from Image Capture or TWAIN scanners
• Adjust the resolution, color depth and contrast, tilt, and size of a scanned image or document
• Context-sensitive pop-up menus allow for quick edits

Write personal information

• Compose or delete text, including OCR text
• Password protect a document with up to 256-bit AES encryption
• Full screen mode, as well as zoom in on document width and zoom in on actual document size
• Print notes and comments with or without the original text
• Print a list of all notes along with the document
• Add (and print) notes and comments

Subscription and completion forms

• Validate digital signatures for authenticity and trust of digitally signed documents
• Digitally sign documents using AATL or create a self-signed certificate
• Fill out interactive PDF forms and sign them
• Apply business-related stamps and sign here through the Library
• Save frequently used images, signatures, objects, and text to the Library
• Sync library items with PDFpen for iPad and iPhone via iCloud
• Use iCloud or Dropbox for continuous editing with PDFpen for iPad and iPhone

Reorder and delete pages - Merge PDFs

• Enter page numbers and specify placement and format, including Roman numerals and Bates numbering
• Insert and remove pages; reorder the pages in a PDF by dragging and dropping; combine PDFs
• Measure distances with the measurement tool, including scale in architectural documents
• Export to Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) format
• Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript and JavaScript automation
• Save PDFs directly to Evernote

System Requirements

macOS 10.15, 10.14, 10.13, 10.12 (Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra)