

The features we see here already exceeds some of the basic features other tools have to offer. There are more features under Pages for page orientation, extract selected pages into a separate PDF file, as well as adding watermark or remove selected pages in a given PDF. Just like PDFsam, it allows you to Merge multiple PDF files into a single PDF, as well as split PDF file into a smaller size by page numbers. Right off the back, it narrows down the navigation to four basic options around Documents, Content, Pages, and Security. Unlike the previous one, this does not require any additional JRE to run the app. PDF Shaper Free is another freeware that allows you to manipulate PDF files.

Over all, PDFsam basic does what it promises to do for free. There are also feature such as Split by size might be useful for large PDF documents to create equal size partial files for easy share. Apart from JRE as a prerequisite, PDFsam basic does what it promises. If you have a strong opinion against using Java based apps and would like to have your system not depend on JRE then this might not be the choice for you. One thing to note is PDFsam requires Java runtime. Not necessary have the reorder feature out of the box, but given you can extract and merge it is possible to perform reorder manually. PDFsam basic offers Merge, Split and Extract. #1PDFsam Basic – PDF Split and Merge Basic Edition Here are three FREE tools alternative to Adobe Acrobat, for Windows that allows you to do some, if not all of the basic operations such as Merge, Split and Reorder PDF documents. Some of the most common tasks you might need are Merge, Split and Reorder PDF pages. Unless you pay a premium to Adobe for its basic Adobe Acrobat license, it’s difficult to modify a PDF file. If there ever is a need to manipulate PDF documents, all the readers we mentioned above are unable to perform such task. That said, PDF editors for Windows are actually far and few in between. All major web browsers (like Chrome, Edge, and Firefox) can render PDF file, not to mention the dedicated Adobe PDF reader. PDF documents and its viewer are ubiquitous those days.
