The source code is available for download therefore you can compile it and use it. So do I have to pay for the enhanced version? It’s “almost” free, you can download the source code, compile and use it or, if you think it’s worth it, you can make a donation. It’s completely free and it covers most of your needs.Įnhanced version is open source and has more features than the basic version. * set the metadata of a document (author, title, subject and keywords).īasic version is very simple and stable. * set viewer options to a document to tell the viewer application how should open the document. * extract attachments from your pdf documents. * add a pdf frontpage or an addendum (or both) to your pdf documents. * encrypt your pdf files (RC40 bits, RC128 bits, AES128 bits) and set permissions on them. In this version you’ll find all the basic features plus: * manage PDFsam settings and set an environment to load at start up. * save and load your environment to automatize your recurrent jobs. * visually compose a document dragging pages from selected pdf documents. * visually reorder pages of a selected pdf document.

* rotate pages of the selected pdf documents. * mix alternate pages taken from two pdf documents in straight or reverse order into a single document. * extract sections of your document into a single pdf document. * merge many pdf documents or subsections of them. * split your pdf documents (into chapters, single pages, etc.). With it’s simple and intuitive interface you can: It's platform independent and it runs on every platform where a Java Virtual Machine is available.Ī simple tool designed to split and merge pdf files. It’s released in 2 versions, basic and enhanced. PDFsam is an open source tool (GPL license) designed to handle pdf files.

Pdfsam split and merge