Modes include Full Screen, Use Thumbs, Use Outlines, and Use None. Page modes are different from the page layouts as it modifies how you view the document on your screen.

As for the layout, the program offers the following: Single Page, One Column, Two Colum Left/Right. You will find that the default settings are set to A4 paper size with 210 x 297 mm. In addition to formatting the file properties, you can define a page’s width, height, and margins. Under these are the creation date, modify data, and program used to create the file. The Document Options tool allows you to add the title, subject, and author of the document. In addition to the Insert Text tool, Free PDF Editor allows you to add media, change the font size, and format the file. The page is synonymous with a canvas in that you will create the layout from scratch. It appears like the blank page in MS Word but without the text cursor. At launch, the window is taken up by a blank page. Providing small and limited icons provides more space for the workspace. Another note to make regarding the program’s layout is that the icons are small Free PDF Editor uses 16x16 icons while its competing word to PDF processor, Microsoft Word, uses 96x96 pixels. The program makes up for this allowing your cursor to hover over the tool to display the tool’s name. Other word processing programs use this icon to denote Justify Text. For example, the Insert Text icon appears as several parallel lines. They appear similar to the ones offered by word processing programs but they’re not as straightforward.

The toolbar, on the other hand, displays 24 tools. You will see that the menu bar offers standard menu options, namely: File, Insert, Edit, Page, Help. The main window of Free PDF Editor is made up of three parts: menu bar, toolbar, and workspace or viewing window. It is also capable of inserting, resizing, and moving images and shapes onto the page. From the phrase ‘what you see is what you get,’ this WYSIWYG editor uses a specific printer configuration to simulate the appearance fonts and line breaks on the final pagination. The main draw of this program is that it enables you to see what the printout will look like while the document is being created. At less than 1 megabyte, this lightweight freeware can be run from its EXE file. Free PDF Editor by is a PDF writer and creator for Windows XP/Vista/7/10.

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