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Hello Martin, You may be happy to hear that Mozilla's Firefox web browser's newer update allows for simple PDF edits: https://www.pcworld.com/article/1356707/firefox-106-adds-a-nifty-pdf-editing-feature.html You'd also be able to add pages to existing PDF files using Dochub: https://www.dochub.com/en/functionalities/add-pages-into-a-pdf-in-mozilla-firefox You may be able to identify an OCR solution from choosing from Firefox's OCR extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=OCR Please let me know if I've misunderstood your question. Thanks, Mark A. Pernotto On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 9:33 AM Martin, Will <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > All, > > Our IT department has informed us that they will only support/install the > most recent version of Acrobat Pro. Since we do not have admin rights on > our machines, we cannot continue to move older licensed copies of Acrobat > Pro to new computers as the staff get them. And it looks as though Adobe > plans to terminate their "perpetual" (ha!) licensing scheme for Acrobat Pro > in 2025. End result: in the not-too-distant future we'll be forced to pay > annual subscription fees for Acrobat Pro, to the tune of $110/person/year. > > That adds up pretty quick, so I'm looking into alternatives. A handful of > staff use the more advanced features of Acrobat Pro, but the vast majority > of them are doing very basic things: adding a bit of text here or there, > running OCR on a scanned article, inserting a copyright notice page at the > front, that sort of thing. > > What software are you all using at your libraries for these sort of tasks? > > Will Martin > > Head of Digital Initiatives, Systems and Services > Chester Fritz Library > University of North Dakota > he/his/him > > 701.777.4638 >