PDF-Analyzer

PDF documents are widely preferred because of their capabilities to store various types of info in a protected format. As such, PDF-Analyzer comes as a program with a pretty self-explanatory name - it lets you find out various details on PDF files, such as security information, as well as to make some modifications.

The interface of the application is outdated but easy to figure out, thanks to the intuitive layout. You can use the tree view to locate PDFs on your hard drive. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the selected file onto the main window of the application.

On the bright side of things, the application also comes with editing options apart from simply revealing bits of info. You can edit document fields concerning the title, subject, author, keywords, PDF version, encryption type and level, date of creation and modification, among others.

You can change file permissions in regard to printing, copying, editing, form fields, comments, content access, document assembling, JavaScript and RDF content. PDF-Analyzer allows you to reset the PDF password, view the changes in the default PDF viewer, as well as to print the file, just to name a few.

This ensures that the content of the PDF only becomes available to a particular group of interest or to prevent data from being copied from the document.

The application runs on a very low quantity of CPU and system memory, so it doesn't interfere with the runtime of active processes.

It has a good response time and worked smoothly during our tests, without hanging, crashing or popping up error dialogs. First-time and experienced users alike can tinker with the tool's options.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that PDF-Analyzer is a reliable application which can retrieve valuable info from PDF files, but also comes with editing options including for permissions and password.