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PDFelement is a line of application software developed by Wondershare Co., Ltd. that lets users create PDFs from Microsoft Office files or edit existing PDFs with editing, signing, security and collaboration tools.

The software comes as separate Microsoft Windows and MacOS desktop downloads available as proprietary trialware. A reduced version of PDFelement is also available for iOS devices as a free download for viewing PDFs, with an in-App purchase required for advanced functions

PDFelement Desktop Versions
PDFelement for desktop includes tools to create, edit, convert, digitally sign, combine, encrypt and export PDF files. The 5.12 version of the software is available on Windows as single purchase license install with a professional upgrade. The professional upgrade adds an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) plugin that recognizes text in 25 languages. The MacOS version of PDFelement comes with OCR included by default and supports 29 languages.

Reception
Reviews of the PC and Mac versions of PDFelement have been generally positive, with a few reservations: Criticisms include the product lacking side-by-side comparison of documents after conversion to gauge accuracy, lack of a scan-to-PDF function, and users needing to purchase OCR as a separate plugin on PC.

However, reviewers also consistently praised PDFelement for its conversion support for multiple file types, large number of features, and easy-to-navigate design. C|net found PDFelement to be “thoughtfully designed” and “very capable” overall, “with all the file management features required for corporate use.”

Additionally, TopTenReviews placed PDFelement among the best Convert PDF software for 2017, comparing PDFelement with products such as Adobe Acrobat DC Pro, Soda PDF, ABBYY FineReader, and Nuance Omnipage 18 Standard.