Introducing All-About-Docs

We built All-About-PDF to provide a one-stop solution for your PDF processing needs. Thanks to your feedback, what started as a simple app with just six functions, has now grown to include features such as powerful batch Find/Replace function, Text Redaction, PDF Expiry, Watch Folders, Cloud Sync, and more.

One of the most impactful features we added to All-About-PDF was the ability to protect PDF documents with our proprietary DRM technology. This DRM technology, the PDFe format, allows you to control who, when, and from where a user can access your document. We have continued to expand our DRM features and recently added the popular All-About-PDF Cloud Sync that enables you to modify DRM parameters even after sharing your files.

As we collected feedback over the last year, it became evident that one missing piece from our offering was a central location from which users could manage and share documents securely.

We are glad to inform you that we have launched a brand-new service, All-About-Docs (https://allaboutdocs.io), that allows you to do just that and more!

Document sharing with All-About-Docs revolves around the clever concept of Variants; a Variant is a unique link to a document that has security parameters such as email and password restrictions, expiry dates, and geolocation restrictions. Once you have shared a Variant, updating everyone with the latest file is as simple as uploading the newest version to the service. In addition to that, you can also view a graphical timeline showing you detailed document access analytics.

With All-About-Docs, you can say goodbye to sharing your treasured documents as email attachments because, as you know, once you hit Send on that email, you are no longer in control of what happens to it.  

Creating an All-About-Docs account is free and does not require a credit card. As an All-About-PDF user, we are offering you a free upgrade to Premium Edition when you subscribe to the Standard Edition of All-About-Docs. 

Head on over to https://allaboutdocs.io to get started.

How To Edit PDF Properties

When you view a PDF document, you can get information about it, such as the Author, Title, Date Created, Subject, and Keywords. Some of these properties are set by the person that created the document, and the PDF application generates others.

You can view these properties in applications such as Adobe Acrobat by selecting Properties from the File menu.

You will likely notice that when you view these properties in most applications, they are all read-only and therefore cannot be modified.

So how do you modify some or all of these PDF properties? Even more important is how do you change these properties for multiple PDF documents? With All-About-PDF, it couldn’t be simpler!

Editing PDF properties is a simple task with All-About-PDF

Say, for example, we have 100 PDF documents that we would like to change the document's Author, Date Created, and Producer properties. 

1. First, make sure that you have downloaded and installed the latest version of All-About-PDF.

2. Open the application from the Windows Start menu and click on the Attributes button.

3. From the Attributes window, select the PDF file that you would like to edit. We want to process multiple documents; therefore, we will change the file name to use a wildcard notation (e.g. *.pdf).

4. You can specify the Output folder where the processed documents will be saved.

5. Select the Author, Producer, and Date Created checkboxes and enter the values we want to set them to.

6. Hit the Go button to begin processing the PDF documents

7. In a few seconds, All-About-PDF will update the selected PDF document properties to your specified values.

Have you ever needed to update the properties of your PDF documents? Download All-About-PDF today and give this a try! 

Introducing All-About-PDF Subscription Licensing

One of the main reasons we decided to create All-About-PDF was to offer a PDF toolkit application that people could download, buy and use without having to worry about yet another subscription payment. In bucking the industry trend and offering a single perpetual license cost, where buying a license means that you own the software forever, coupled with our ease of use and powerful feature-set, our offering has become very popular.

We have been getting a lot feedback from existing and potential users and there is a question that keeps popping up and that is:

how come we do not offer a subscription licensing model and will we ever offer one in the future?

Well, the thing we care more about than not forcing users into a paying a monthly fee to use our software, is giving users a choice. Whilst we may not be in favor of subscription plans for software, we can also acknowledge that there are users out there that prefer this model of payment.

We are therefore pleased to announce that, starting today, you can choose to pay for All-About-PDF in two ways:

Perpetual Licensing: as before, we will continue to offer a perpetual license for the price listed on the pricing page. Once purchased, you 100% own that version of All-About-PDF forever and are entitled to free support and upgrades (new features and bug fixes) for 12 months.

Subscription Licensing: With this newly introduced model, instead of paying a single price of $79.99 (as of writing this article) for the perpetual license, you only have to pay $7.99 per month to use All-About-PDF. Once you decide you no longer need to use the software, you can cancel your subscription and the software will cease to work.

We are very excited to be able to offer both the perpetual and subscription models to our All-About-PDF users. To get started and make your choice, head over to our pricing page.

Save Time By Converting PDFs to MS Word Or Other Formats Using Watch Folders

If you spend a lot of time convert PDF files to other file formats such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, JPG and more, then you know how tedious it can be.

There are of course many tools that you can use to carry out PDF file conversion but almost all of them require you to either manually upload the files and then download the results or open the software on your computer, select the files and then run the conversion process.

When you have to do this more than a few times a day, week or month, it can become a tiresome chore.

Watch Folders To The Rescue!

In a nutshell, Watch Folders allow you to convert PDF files to other format by just dropping them into a folder

You can use Watch Folders by defining one or more folders that All-About-PDF monitors and what conversions to automatically carry out as files are added. Once the Watch Folder is defined, you don’t even need to open the app to convert the files; you just drop it into the Watch Folder.

Setting up Watch Folders couldn’t be simpler.

1. From the application’s main window, click on the three dots in the top right side to open the menu

2. Select Watch Folders

3. Hit the Add (+) button to create your Watch Folder

4. Select the folder you would like All-About-PDF to monitor

5. Specify the filter you would like to use. The default is *.pdf however you can use any filter as long as it has the .pdf extension

6. Select the conversion actions that you would like to occur when a file matching your filter is added to the Watch Folder.

7. Select folder where the conversion output should be placed. This folder cannot be the same as the Watch Folder.

8. You may also specify if you would like All-About-PDF to delete the original PDF file in the Watch Folder and whether or not to overwrite any existing files in the Output folder.

9. Once saved, the Watch is live and you can begin dropping it like its hot!

To get started with Watch Folders and more, download All-About-PDF today!

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Free All-About-PDF Full License for Content Creators

All-About-PDF is the best PDF processor on the market that allows you to merge, split, compress, password-protect and convert your PDF files to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG Images and more. With its sleek “material-design” inspired look, it is fast and easy to use.

And you can have the full license for FREE!

If you are a content creator (blogger, vlogger, internet columnist) you can request an All-About-PDF License, if you create content about us.

In order to be eligible for a free license, you must meet the following conditions:

• Original content: The content must be original and recent and created as a review.

• 500 words: For blog articles, the article should contain at least 500 words, with a link to https://allaboutpdf.com and a screenshot.

• Share your content: Following the publication of the content, you need to use at least one of the content sharing services, like Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Reddit, to share your opinion about All-About-PDF.

Write Us

To request your license, please mail us with your name and a link to your blog post. We will get back to you as soon as possible with a free license.

Have We Had Enough Of Subscriptions?

This article on variety.com talks about how nearly half of US consumers are frustrated by subscription services and I couldn’t agree more.

One of the main reasons I decided to create All-About-PDF as a desktop application with a perpetual license model (pay once and you own the software forever) was that when I tried to find a tool to merge PDF files offline, the majority of options that were available were offered as subscription services.

Nearly half (47%) of U.S. consumers say they’re frustrated by the growing number of subscriptions and services required to watch what they want, according to the 13th edition of Deloitte’s annual Digital Media Trends survey. An even bigger pet peeve: 57% said they’re frustrated when content vanishes because rights to their favorite TV shows or movies have expired.

Even though most subscription services appear to be priced low, the mounting number of subscriptions that we or our business have to pay for on a monthly basis can easily add up to hundreds of dollars. A wise man once said:

Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves

Read the full article here.