Category Archives: news

Video: Creating and combining with PrimoPDF

Earlier this week PrimoPDF featured in a First Look from the Labs video on Download.com, with Jason Parker calling it a “… painless way to make PDF files.” What’s handy about the video is the way it shows you step [...]

Demystifying PDF Security, Applying it with PrimoPDF

There’s a common misconception that, once a document has been converted to PDF it can’t be altered, but there are several applications out there that can be used to modify PDF files. From inserting or removing pages to changing a [...]

Choosing the Right PDF Security to Protect Your Information

One great feature of PDF files is you can lock them so only certain people can open them, and you can apply more granular security controls to restrict how recipients use them. This lets you control different kinds of functionality [...]

Nitro Pro 5.3.3 released

Nitro PDF Professional 5.3.3 was released on our website this week. It includes a number of important bug fixes, and an update to the Tools panel.
We’ve broken out some of the features (Edit, Snapshot) on the Tools panel that were [...]

The new look PrimoPDF 4.0, and our big new partnership

This week is an exciting time for the Nitro team. We’ve just announced a major partnership with activePDF, developers of the leading free PDF creator, PrimoPDF. What’s made PrimoPDF so popular is the quality of the PDF files it produces, it’s ability [...]

The 3 Funniest Tweets About Adobe Acrobat on Twitter

For a bit fun I’ve recently been receiving tweets whenever anyone mentions Adobe Acrobat. Below are the three most humorous.
And yes, I know Acrobat is a competitor to our Nitro Pro and this post probably looks like a cheap shot, [...]

Online PDF viewers: Man, what are they on?

TechCrunch in particular has gone all crazy for the new online PDF viewer Issuu. It’s hard to argue with the fact that it’s raised the bar on slick presentation (it has that clean, Mac look and feel to it) but [...]

Nitro PDF Professional 5.3.2 released

The latest version of Nitro PDF Professional (5.3.2) was released last week, and contains some new functionality along with a number of bug fixes. We recommend that all existing users upgrade (free) to the latest version.
New with this release is [...]

Saving presentations in Google Docs as PDF files, Other PDF features that are needed

The Presentations functionality in Google Docs has just had an update and now includes some PDF functionality. Once you’ve created your presentation, you can export it as a PDF file — meaning you can view presentations offline, send them via [...]

PDF Download for Firefox 3 beta? Yes, it already works

For all you early adopters out there, just a quick post here to let you know our PDF Download extension for Firefox should install and work fine in the latest Firefox 3.0 beta. After installing the beta and opening it for [...]