Folks, if you work with PDF files on Windows, please recommend a couple of PDF software applications that from your experience you think work well with Windows.

Basically looking for:

• addendum: anything but Adobe Acrobat
  
• a "reader" application that only need to be able to display and print PDF files, "form filling" capability would be nice but not strictly necessary.
  
• an "editor" application that can edit PDF files, particularly to "merge" PDF files or delete select pages or rearrange pages. Also welcome ability to fill PDF forms. Additional functions like applying watermarks or adding headers/footers would also be welcome but not strictly necessary.
  
• these applications should run well in Windows 10 and hopefully be forwardly compatible with Windows 11
  

Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

I use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. I can edit, merge, create PDFs by combining files, rotate, OCR, add/delete pages, add/delete text...

I have not doubt that it will be updated to match W11 as well.

I used Acrobat Pro DC at work, as well. It’s not the smoothest interface, but it does everything. I think it’s not cheap (subscription?). I think the only thing that Pro does that non-Pro does not is document comparison. Or maybe that’s what the “DC” stands for.

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I think the only thing that Pro does that non-Pro does not is document comparison.

I didn’t realize there was a no DC version.

Is there a non-pro version that’s not free?

I only ask bc I’m pretty sure the free version is severely limited, so anyone who wants those functions will have to pay.

I have mine through work so I have no idea how much it is.

BTW I hate that everything now is a subscription model

Sorry, I forgot to specify “no Adobe Acrobat” … that would have been the obvious choice, except it’s quite resource intensive and is subscription based. Prefer a perpetual license with one time payment rather than subscription. Thanks.

I use the free version of FoxIT and have for years. There’s a paid version as well but I haven’t needed it.

Take a look at PDFILL. The free tools are good and the editor is $20 or free online.

Thanks for reminding me about Foxit. I used it myself years ago and will revisit it again. PDFILL is new to me, will check it out too. Thanks!