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This video is sponsored by Wondershare
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makers of PDF Element 7. What's going on everybody
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Ian here for Cult of Mac, and if you're anything like me, you probably deal with documents all the time
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in your regular job or regular day to day life, and with all those documents
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the likelihood that some of them are PDFs is probably pretty high
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so high in fact that most modern web browsers support PDFs right within the browser itself
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but editing those documents can be a huge pain, whether you need to insert text or an image
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or even just selecting the text inside of a document that's been scanned in
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can be near impossible without some third-party software, and that's why we're huge fans of PDF Element 7
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As the leading alternative to Adobe's Acrobat Pro, it offers top-notch features in a simple package
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With PDF Element 7, you can create industry standard PDFs, as well as open and collaborate
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on a ton of different types of documents, a feature that was normally reserved for Word documents or text files
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without all the headaches of dealing with the standard portable document file type
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Using the app is pretty straightforward, with all the top-level features running along the left side of the document
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You can create form fields, insert images, add text or links, or even mark up existing documents with comments or updates
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a common practice in tons of different business cases. Once you've selected your desired tool
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you can get to work editing your document. Now, if you're editing an existing document
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most tools will offer their options across the top, much like a standard text editor or word processor
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The primary exception here is the markup tool, which offers tons of different sub-tools
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along the left side of your document. Now, some documents can be edited without any special pre-processing
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allowing you to quickly just jump in and select text or images and start making changes
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Other documents may need to be run through OCR, or Optical Character Recognition
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before you can edit them, which basically converts the flattened or scanned PDF
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into editable text within PDF Elements. The OCR tool, along with other specialized features
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like changing the background color or watermarking a document, are tucked inside of the tools menu
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The combination of these features makes PDF Elements really great for a ton of things
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One of my most used features is the redaction tool, which allows me to remove personal information
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from expense reports, and also allows me to remove pages from a PDF document
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that I need to submit for different work projects. PDF Elements 7 and the more feature-packed PDF Elements 7 Pro
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can be purchased in one of two ways. A single-year license will run you $69 or $99 respectively
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or the perpetual license, the lifetime license, will run you either $79 or $129
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depending on which version you get. Better yet, Cult of Mac subscribers can save up to $60
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using the link down below, making it an even better value for the dollar
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If your life involves dealing with PDF documents and who's doesn't these days
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and you need a way to do that for less money, check out PDF Elements 7 at the link in the description
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and a huge thanks to Wondershare for sponsoring this video. I'm Ian for Cult of Mac
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Thanks for watching, and I'll see you guys in the next one. ♪ Whoosh ��
