PDF Nomad was built from the ground up for, and requires, macOS 10.7 (Lion) and uses its infrastructure to provide an overall smoother experience. In addition PDF Nomad arguably has a more attractive user interface and certain operations are easier to perform than in PDFClerk Pro. Not all features of PDFClerk Pro are available in PDF Nomad, and vice versa. PDFClerk Pro is available for macOS 10.5 (Leopard) and up, and is compatible with macOS 10.7 (Lion).
Feature | PDFClerk Pro 3.12 | PDF Nomad 2.0 |
Basics | ||
Minimum system version | Requires Mac macOS 10.5 or later. | Requires Mac macOS 10.7 or later. |
Native file format | PDFClerk file format. (Exports PDF format.) | PDF format. |
Full screen support | YES | YES++ (Lion savvy) |
Import | ||
Insert documents (PDF, graphic, text) | YES | YES |
Interleave PDF documents | YES | YES |
Overlay PDF documents | YES | YES |
Merge annotations from PDF documents | YES | YES |
Import directly from scanner | NO | YES |
Import form data from CSV | YES | NO |
Import by dragging pages from Finder | YES | YES |
Export | ||
Explode | YES | YES |
Explode into chapters (= Explode by outlines) | NO | YES |
Split even/odd | YES | YES |
Explode into bitmaps | YES | YES |
Export text | YES | YES |
Export speech | YES | YES |
Export form data | YES | NO |
Export selected pages only | YES | YES |
Export by dragging pages into Finder | YES | YES |
Apply filters during export/saving | YES | YES |
Annotations | ||
Annotate with markups, vector shapes and text boxes | YES++ (more elaborate) | YES++ (more convenient) |
Create PDF forms | YES++ (more elaborate) | YES |
Finishing and proofing marks | YES | YES |
Watermarks | YES | YES |
Relabel pages (internally) | YES | YES |
Stamp page labels on pages | YES | YES++ (more convenient) |
Page Layout | ||
Impositions | YES++ (user defined) | YES (book/magazine layout only) |
Automatic Creep Compensation | YES | YES |
Shift page content | YES | YES++ |
Freely rotate pages | YES | YES |
Resize and scale pages | YES | YES++ |
Manage display boxes | YES | YES++ |
Split pages | YES | YES++ |
Tile pages | NO | YES |
Merge pages | YES | YES |
Reorder pages | YES | YES |
Add/delete pages | YES | YES |
Automatically deskew (straighten) pages | NO | YES |
Automation | ||
Create outlines from table of contents | YES | YES |
Create outlines from links | YES | YES |
Link table of contents entries to target pages | YES | YES |
Link index entries to target pages | YES | YES |
Link cross-document references to target pages | YES | YES |
Batch find and replace in outlines | YES | YES |
Batch select outlines by level | NO | YES |
Miscellaneous | ||
OCR (optical Character Recognition) | NO | YES |
Bookmarks library for easy access to your files | NO | YES |
Apple Script support | YES | NO |
Encrypt documents | YES | YES |
Split Preview Canvas (optional second independent view of your document) | NO | YES |
Print pages mirrored | YES | YES |
Add/edit document keywords and other info | YES | YES |
Easily turn selected text into document keywords | NO | YES |