Review by monkuboy

Since a full version of Adobe Acrobat is so expensive, a lot of people look for a cheaper alternative to creating, editing and assembling PDF files. On first glance, Corel PDF Fusion seems like it may be one of those alternate products. It comes from a respected name in the industry so I would tend to trust it more than some free or really cheap solution I found on the internet by doing a Google search.

That said, if you read the product description you will find that the major purpose of this software (and it is in the name, too) is to assemble a PDF document from multiple file/software formats into a combined, integrated document. There are limited abilities to edit, crop, make modifications to the content, etc. But the main thing is it is to fuse several different source documents into one PDF file.

The product installed easily enough. In terms of does it do what it is supposed to do? Well, for basic tasks it does fine although personally I think the interface is a bit confusing. If you want to do any detailed editing or modifications, this product doesn’t do that very well and I don’t think that is what it is supposed to do. But what can you expect from something that is priced about ¹⁄₁₀ of Adobe Acrobat? Even less now, since the price has been pretty heavily discounted by Amazon. You get what you pay for. If you really want creation and editing capabilities and a real ability to work with a PDF file you will have to bite the bullet and pay the money for Acrobat. I have a full version of Acrobat and there is just no comparison. Of course it costs a lot more money but that’s why there is a difference in cost, because not only of the capabilities, but of the results. It’s like how I’ve found when it comes to replacing an HP inkjet cartridge, compatibles just don’t cut it - you have to get the HP OEM cartridge for it to work properly.

Fusion does a decent job of assembling PDF documents and if that is really all you need, then this will do the trick. Anything more and you should be aware you may be expecting too much.