PDFpen 11 for Mac costs $74.95 direct from the developer or from the Mac App Store. PDFpenPro 11 for Mac is $124.95 from the makers or from the Mac App Store. There's a free trial version on the. PDFpen is a good choice if you need to add your own comments to a PDF document, or even process the original file, as long as the content is editable. Besides the basic annotation tools, the fact that you can create your own symbols library has the potential of greatly improving your workflow. We stopped selling v.11 licenses when v.12 was released. A current version license of PDFpen v.12 gives you access to any previous version. Contact support for assistance on registering the version you want to use. This license will also work in the future to register PDFpen v.12 should you update to it.
Learn with our video tutorials. Search our Knowledge Base. Review our FAQ.
Video Tutorials
Introduction
Dependable and powerful, instantly view, draw, highlight, comment, fill and sign applications or contracts, make corrections, and much more effortlessly with PDFpen for iPad & iPhone.
App Navigation
How to move, add and delete pages; view options for navigating through your PDF.
Correct Text
How to correct and change existing text in a PDF document with PDFpen
Apple Pencil
Using the Apple Pencil to annotate and draw on a PDF Document in PDFpen.
Adding Text
How to add text to a PDF document with PDFpen.
Getting PDFs into PDFpen
Using Dropbox and other services; opening PDFs from the web and email; Wi-Fi and other transfer options.
Making Changes and Annotations
Correct text; add signatures, highlight, notes and comments; drawing tools; custom library; resize, move and delete images.
Exporting and Sharing
Export PDFs to Dropbox and other cloud services. Share PDFs to email.
FAQ
Where do I find Help resources?
Here are a few of our other resources:
- Getting started? Watch PDFpen in action in our Video Tutorials above.
- PDFpen for iPad comes with extensive Help:
- Online Help manual: View the latest Help online
- Can't find your answer? Contact us
How do I share my files with PDFpen on my Mac?
The easiest way is to use iCloud.
Turn on iCloud storage in the Settings of PDFpen 2. Highland 2 0 5 – powerful straightforward screenwriting app. Once turned on your files are automatically saved to iCloud.
On your Mac, open Finder and you should see 'PDFpen' listed under 'iCloud'. You can also open and save documents stored in iCloud directly from the PDFpen open/save dialog.
If you don't see the iCloud > PDFpen option in Finder you can track down your iCloud files in Finder by choosing View > Go to Folder (Cmd+Shft+G) and pasting in this location:
~/Library/Mobile Documents/7PKJ6G4DXL~com~smileonmymac~PDFpen/Documents
Another popular way is Dropbox. Setup a Dropbox sync folder in PDFpen on your iPhone or iPad.
How can I share documents using Box, or Alfresco?
We recommend iCloud Drive to access files in those services.
Why does a gray arrow appear in the corner of my PDF document's icon?
This indicates changes to your PDF are being saved to iCloud. You may also see a progress bar at the bottom of the icon, indicating the progress of an update.
I lost a document. Where did it go?
If you drag a document to move it, you can drop it in a folder by accident. Check your folders for your missing document.
I have iOS 9, can I use PDFpen?
PDFpen 2, for iPhone and iPad, requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 8 or 9.
More Questions?
Can't find the answer you're looking for? Try our Knowledge Base.
System Requirements
PDFpen for iPad & iPhone requires an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch running iPadOS or iOS 14 or later.
Recently, Smile Software released the most recent version of PDFpen(now 11) for Mac. PDFpen has been a long time sponsor of the Mac Power Users so you can take this how you will, but I also use PDFpen every day in my law practice. I love how it can take a basic PDF document and apply optical character recognition and, even in a pinch, convert it to a workable Word document. It's a tool I use almost daily. With the new version we got some nice new features:
- Split-view mode for editing
- New Font Bar for expressive font control
- Import scans from Continuity Camera
- Customize page-number locations
- Add multiple items to the Library at once
- Adds option to turn off guides
- Adds Medical/Legal dictionaries for OCR (English language)
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How to correct and change existing text in a PDF document with PDFpen
Apple Pencil
Using the Apple Pencil to annotate and draw on a PDF Document in PDFpen.
Adding Text
How to add text to a PDF document with PDFpen.
Getting PDFs into PDFpen
Using Dropbox and other services; opening PDFs from the web and email; Wi-Fi and other transfer options.
Making Changes and Annotations
Correct text; add signatures, highlight, notes and comments; drawing tools; custom library; resize, move and delete images.
Exporting and Sharing
Export PDFs to Dropbox and other cloud services. Share PDFs to email.
FAQ
Where do I find Help resources?
Here are a few of our other resources:
- Getting started? Watch PDFpen in action in our Video Tutorials above.
- PDFpen for iPad comes with extensive Help:
- Online Help manual: View the latest Help online
- Can't find your answer? Contact us
How do I share my files with PDFpen on my Mac?
The easiest way is to use iCloud.
Turn on iCloud storage in the Settings of PDFpen 2. Highland 2 0 5 – powerful straightforward screenwriting app. Once turned on your files are automatically saved to iCloud.
On your Mac, open Finder and you should see 'PDFpen' listed under 'iCloud'. You can also open and save documents stored in iCloud directly from the PDFpen open/save dialog.
If you don't see the iCloud > PDFpen option in Finder you can track down your iCloud files in Finder by choosing View > Go to Folder (Cmd+Shft+G) and pasting in this location:
~/Library/Mobile Documents/7PKJ6G4DXL~com~smileonmymac~PDFpen/Documents
Another popular way is Dropbox. Setup a Dropbox sync folder in PDFpen on your iPhone or iPad.
How can I share documents using Box, or Alfresco?
We recommend iCloud Drive to access files in those services.
Why does a gray arrow appear in the corner of my PDF document's icon?
This indicates changes to your PDF are being saved to iCloud. You may also see a progress bar at the bottom of the icon, indicating the progress of an update.
I lost a document. Where did it go?
If you drag a document to move it, you can drop it in a folder by accident. Check your folders for your missing document.
I have iOS 9, can I use PDFpen?
PDFpen 2, for iPhone and iPad, requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 8 or 9.
More Questions?
Can't find the answer you're looking for? Try our Knowledge Base.
System Requirements
PDFpen for iPad & iPhone requires an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch running iPadOS or iOS 14 or later.
Recently, Smile Software released the most recent version of PDFpen(now 11) for Mac. PDFpen has been a long time sponsor of the Mac Power Users so you can take this how you will, but I also use PDFpen every day in my law practice. I love how it can take a basic PDF document and apply optical character recognition and, even in a pinch, convert it to a workable Word document. It's a tool I use almost daily. With the new version we got some nice new features:
- Split-view mode for editing
- New Font Bar for expressive font control
- Import scans from Continuity Camera
- Customize page-number locations
- Add multiple items to the Library at once
- Adds option to turn off guides
- Adds Medical/Legal dictionaries for OCR (English language)
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