PDFescape is a free of charge web-based PDF editor program written in JavaScript

JavaScript

JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....

, HTML

HTML

HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....

, CSS

CSS

-Computing:*Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web development*Central Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code...

 and ASP

Active Server Pages

Active Server Pages , also known as Classic ASP or ASP Classic, was Microsoft's first server-side script engine for dynamically-generated Web pages. Initially released as an add-on to Internet Information Services via the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack Active Server Pages (ASP), also known as Classic...

. It features PDF editing, form filling, page arrangement, printing, saving, etc.

PDFescape offers online storage of PDF documents for a limited time.

PDFescape can be used with all common browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer

Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...

, Safari

Safari (web browser)

Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the...

, Chrome, and Opera

Opera (web browser)

Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,...

.

The first release was published on February 20, 2007.

PDFescape has been reviewed by notable websites such as Cnet

CNET

CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...

 and Lifehacker.

Features

PDF documents can be opened within the application itself or imported through the web interface. Open documents can be modified using a set of tools similar to those found in commercial PDF applications such as Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format . All members of the family, except Adobe Reader , are commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded...

.

Unlike Adobe Reader, PDFescape allows files to be modified as well as viewed.

The following features are available free of charge:

• Open PDF Files from local computer and web
• Fill Out PDF Forms using PDF form fields
• Edit PDF files & forms
  • Add Text & Shapes to PDF files, allowing customization & markup of PDF
  • Move & Delete Pages in PDF files
  • Insert Links to other websites & pages in your PDF files
  • Create New Form Fields, allowing others to easily fill out your PDF forms
  • Edit Existing Content using whiteout tools
• Save PDF files to local computer and online account
• Print PDF files without installing any software
• Email PDF files
• Share & Collaborate on PDF documents

External links

• PDFescape Homepage
• PDFescape review by 4xPDF