[ale] PDF editor

[Greg Freemyer]

Got it to work, thanks.


2009/3/13 Joshua Kite <jwkite at gmail.com>:
> Ooo does work, but it's not that great.  You need Ooo 3 and the PDF Import
> extension.  I've used it to fill out job applications and such.  I wouldn't
> say that editing a document in Impress is a joy, but it beats expecting
> someone to read my hand writing...
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Reviving a very old thread, but what's 3 years to some of the old
>> timers on this list!
>>
>> Anyway, I would like to have a pdf editor.
>>
>> I just tried kword and as Tim said 3 years ago it loses a lot of
>> formating.
>>
>> Anyone know of any new options in the last 3 years.
>>
>> FYI: I tried OO which I thought would now edit pdfs, but I don't see a
>> way to do it.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2006 at 1:23 PM, Tim Watts <timtw at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > Wow. This ought to fill that hole :-)  But alas, while KWord does import
>> > pdfs,
>> > much of the formatting gets lost. I'll try some of the other
>> > suggestions.
>> >
>> > Thanks Keith!
>> >
>> > On Wednesday 01 February 2006 10:26, Watson, Keith R wrote:
>> >> > -----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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