[ale] PDF editor

[Joshua Kite]

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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