Review by J. Maxon

As a Graphics Designer by trade, I’ve been using Adobe Acrobat on a limited bases for the past fifteen years. I currently have Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, which came with the CS5 Design Premium Suite.

Most designers will tell you that a PDF is meant to be the final, portable version of the file. If you need to make changes to it, the proper process is to go back to the original file, make the changes there, and then reproduce the PDF.

That said, there are times when you don’t have access to the original or need to make slight, subtle changes to the text. There are also times when you want to add more complex form options that users can fill out. As far as I can tell, Corel PDF Fusion cannot create complex forms, but it can make tweaks and adjustments. It can also create PDFs out of a variety of other file types, including those in the Microsoft Office Suite.

For the average user looking to create PDFs and make slight tweaks, Corel PDF Fusion is a better bang for the buck. It also appears to be more user friendly–I often hear complaints about how horrible the Adobe Acrobat tools are. This software is definitely worth a closer look.