[ale] PDF editor

[Watson, Keith R]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Brian
> MacLeod
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 16:02
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] PDF editor
> 
> 
> 
> 	> You have hot on a big hole in Linux system: PDF editing.
> 	>
> 	> That is still the realm of Adobe software only.
> 	>
> 	> There are a few windows products that will take a pdf and
convert
> it
> 	to
> 	> a word doc for editing. I have not tested any of those under
wine
> (or
> 	> windows, for that matter).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If this only on occasion:
> pdf2ps
> Edit with GIMP
> ps2pdf
> 
> ...might be workable.
> 
> But since most PDFs people would wish to edit contain text and
formatting,
> it probably isn't what your are looking for, despite being free...
> 
> bnm

KWord may import PDFs directly

>From the FAQ
"Please note that in KOffice 1.4, it is recommended to save as RTF (Rich
Text Format) to exchange with MS-Word. (PDF can be a good file format
too for importing into KWord.)"

http://www.koffice.org/faq/


Scribus imports PDFs so it might be able to edit them
http://docs.scribus.net/


This site talks about PDFs on Linux including editing them
http://www.marcprior.de/linux/misc/pdf.html


Here's another interesting way to do it on Linux
http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/0612209&tid=49&tid
=47


There's an O'Reilly book on hacking PDFs. There's and entry in the TOC
for editing PDFs for Free. Your local library may have a copy.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pdfhks/


Pdftk - the GPL pdf tool kit and it runs on Linux but it only allows
limited editing.
http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/index.html


This site is all about PDF hacking
http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php


This is a rather brute force way of doing it
http://alan.aspuru.com/archives/2005/12/26/how-to-edit-a-pdf-file-in-lin
ux/


Here's a free on but it runs under windows
http://www.pdf995.com/


This is an interesting way to do it on Linux
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/11/msg01995.html


happy editing,
keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
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