WHEN IT COMES to creating and editing PDF files, Nuance’s new Power PDF Standard (go.pcworld.com/powerpdf) delivers 95 percent of the features of Adobe Acrobat at only a third of the cost ($90). Even so, the interface, though easy to use, needs work, and Power PDF’s OCR can’t match Acrobat’s when dealing with complex documents.
A stamp feature lets you mark documents as read, processed, canceled, paid, and so on. Power PDF handles just about every aspect of PDF creation and editing that you could ask for, including layering, 3D, sound and file attachments, and security. The latter may be read-only, password, or certificate protection. The app handles signatures well, and you can even draw your own on screen if you have a suitably fluid input device (a mouse, if you’re…