Since we keep talking about our list of found freebies, here’s the oldest item on the list. We’ve had this “news” from May 2009 (!) and for some reasons we have always chosen another topic to publish.
Like announced HERE , almost one year ago , Benubird Pro is now freeware … And this is great news because Debenu ( Australia ) is one of the most appreciated PDF software developers.
Debenu is one of the world’s leading Personal Document Management and PDF software vendors and the company behind Quick PDF Library, an advanced developer tool for PDF creation and manipulation, and Benubird, an easy-to-use personal document management system.
Debenu is also the maker of the #1 free online PDF info editor, PDF Properties Changer and is responsible for two industry leading blogs, 4x PDF Blog and Digital Documents, both of which target the world of electronic documents.
We must thank Zen for bringing this back to our attention. Because Benubird PDF Pro ( like Quick PDF Tools, too ) has great quality and it has its place on 4Free … And it’s crazy how after almost one year, this product is still sold ( or presented as shareware ) on so many download portals, some of them very serious ( see Cnet.com )
So we have the possibility to talk again on 4Free about PDF software, after the free promotions for Nitro PDF Professional 6 or NovaPDF 7 Lite ( or novaPDF Pro Desktop v6 ), Expert PDF 5 Professional ( previously eXPert PDF Pro 4 ) and POKATreader EXECUTIVE
Both Debenu free tools described in below are based on Quick PDF Library ( $249 )
A powerful royalty-free PDF developer SDK - including over 500 functions for use with Delphi, C, C#, C++, ASP, VB6, VB.NET, VBScript, PHP, PowerBASIC, and more, using either the ActiveX, DLL or Delphi version of the library.
It provides a comprehensive set of functions that allow you to create, render, print split, merge, encrypt, modify and manipulate PDF form fields. It also provides advanced support for JavaScript. Images can be added in BMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG and EMF format. TrueType and Type1 fonts can be embedded, and TrueType fonts can be subsetted allowing Unicode text to be drawn.
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The free Quick PDF Tools is the Debenu product which is similar to all the above mentioned PDF tools.
* PDF Preview - right-click on a PDF document and view the first page instantly. New!
* Edit the Title, Author, Subject and Keywords property fields of single or multiple PDF files at the same time.
* Edit the initial view for PDF files on your desktop without opening them.
* Add and remove open passwords on PDF documents.
* Merge all selected PDF files together effortlessly.
* Convert images to PDF.
* Convert PDF to image - creates a folder, and stores each PDF page as a JPEG. New!
* Extract text from a PDF and save it to a .txt file. New!
* Remove all bookmarks in a PDF with one click.
* Extremely easy-to-use and quick to load.
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Benubird PDF provides a powerful range of tools for managing and archiving documents. Store your documents in one central location and use a comprehensive set of filters and search technology to make sure your documents are never more than a few clicks away.
Optimized for use with PDFs, images, and Microsoft Office and OpenOffice documents, Benubird PDF takes personal document management to the highest level of efficiency.
* Easily add files: Import files in Benubird PDF with a single click! Files can also be added using Windows Explorer or via a simple drag-and-drop interface.
* PDF properties: Add, edit or remove properties from PDF files effortlessly. Edit the Title, Author, Subject and Keywords property fields of PDFs.
* Convert to PDF: Convert any file that can be printed to PDF from within Benubird PDF by right-clicking on it and selecting ‘Convert to PDF’.
* Watched folders: Watched Folders: Benubird PDF can automatically import files from folders chosen by you on a timer. It can even add author, tags or other document metadata to files during the import process.
* Collections: Organize your documents into collections so that they will only ever be one click away. Each file can belong to multiple collections, so you won’t need to keep extra copies of your documents.
* Smart Collections: Dynamically generate collections of files based on rules such as “Author is Bill, Subject is Finance.”
* Navigator: Find files quickly by filtering by categories such as Author, Subject or Category.
* Tags: Apply tags like “Urgent” or “Invoices” to files. The Tags Filter can then be used to locate them within a few clicks.
* Search: Search for files based on Title, Author or Tags or other key document metadata.
* Export: Export files to zip archives (password protection optional) and folders. Export the whole library, a collection or the current selection of files. You can also quickly attach files to email messages.
* Interface: Benubird PDF uses a new and more efficient type of user interface based on the Microsoft® Office Fluent™ user interface.
Benubird PDF sure looks like one of the best tools in this category.
If you need it, we believe it’s important to know you can have it for free ( and not for $99!).
Enjoy !
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I pass this one. Thank you 4 free!
Thanks Zen for sharing this! Looks like great ones.
It sure looks good.
It must be very useful for professionals using tones of documents.
Good to know !
Thanks Zen &team!
Benubird is top-notch software.
I use it every day at work.
Well spotted guys!
I can confirm Benubird PDF is one of the best document manager and archiving tool I have ever tried.
Never had a bug .
Thanks for sharing Zen !
Now this looks like it could be very useful as I have loads of PDF’s etc so if it can sort these out then it is a very useful tool indeed
Many thanks
I’m not into PDF stuff.
I don’t even have a huge document library.
I guess I won’t need it, though it looks very professional.
Thanks 4Free !
I especially want to refer friends who need PDF tools to this offer. Thanks.
I’ll try the Benubird tool….thanks Team and Zen
CZ
Out of all the PDF tools we’ve had, the one I find the most useful is Expert PDF 5 Professional: it can add, delete, copy or extract pages.
For simply viewing PDF files, I use PDF-Xchange Viewer: lightweight, fast, can add notes to the document, and no ads.
It’s a pity that Benubird PDF Pro cannot edit pdf contents.
Thanks Zen & 4Free, it may come in handy.
it seems interesting …
thanks guys!
Thanks Zen. Looks useful.
Have been using this for a while now. It is very good if you have a lot of PDF files on the computer or need to work on them.
Hi 4Free and Zen,
thank you for this find! Will surely give it a try!
Regards
Thanks For Sharing The Info!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
I didn’t know about this and have to create PDF’s a lot. Grabbing a copy of this now as it looks a lot better than what I currently use.
Seems not to work well with 64-bit or Win7 (not sure which is the problem). Hangs when importing video files and forces system restart when viewing images in thumbnails (annoying!). Otherwise it’s a nice application since all documents in one place. I’ve uninstalled it and will continue to use file managers and other file launchers.
Not for me , but I certainly must thank Zen for sharing it !
A well know developer in the PDF field.
One of the best!
Nice one Zen ! TY!
I would have liked a real all-in-one PDF suite from Debenu.
I mean one gathering features from Benubird PDF and Quick PDF tools.
Managing and archiving libraries is good . But why not also edit PDF, merge, extract, …
Thanks for sharing it, anyway.
Like the team says
“Benubird PDF and Quick PDF Tools have place on 4Free”
Top-notch products! Thanks Zen &4Free
Thanks for telling about the free Benubird PDF.
I use Quick PDF tools and now I will try Benubird.
Thanks for sharing this.
Since retiring a year ago, I have been very slowly cleaning up the ocntents of 3 computers, all of which contain hundreds of PDF documents … Benubird PDF just might prove very useful in straightening out all those files … what the heck, might as well test Quick PDF tools too … thanks for sharing yet another interesting software find!
Smart, fast programs. Uses pre-existing software like adobe to do some of it’s work. It managed to compress a 40 MB document to 4MB. I’m still playing with the rest of it, but they look like keepers.
Just wanted to thank you for this PDF program because my supervisor has been asking for one for his home computer. You guys are great keep up the good work.
Bill S
thank you, 4free!
Back again…
This seems to be a candidate for my not completed wish list…
Hope to participate more regularly now.
G’Day Guys, A very handy tool for getting all those PDF’s in order.