Primo PDF

Yet when it comes to sheer simplicity, flexibility and accuracy, nothing compares to pdfFactory Pro from FinePrint. It allows you to produce professional PDFs without the steep learning curve, and includes features such as incorporating letterheads on PDFs, adding page numbers, creating watermarks, automatic bookmarking, ToC creation and print queue management. This builds upon the standard version (£26 exc VAT), which includes the combining of material from different sources into a single PDF - allowing up to 400% zoom in preview mode without saving the files - as well as full security configuration, font embedding, page insertion/deletion before PDF creation and a one-click send-by-email option. Where pdfFactory Pro truly excels, though, is in accuracy. Whatever you want to convert, including documents with tables, colour graphs or complex layouts, it does with the minimum of fuss. And that, ultimately, is why it wins a Recommended award.

Author: Davey Winder