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...<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Greg Freemyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg.freemyer@gmail.com">greg.freemyer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Reviving a very old thread, but what's 3 years to some of the old<br>
timers on this list!<br>
<br>
Anyway, I would like to have a pdf editor.<br>
<br>
I just tried kword and as Tim said 3 years ago it loses a lot of formating.<br>
<br>
Anyone know of any new options in the last 3 years.<br>
<br>
FYI: I tried OO which I thought would now edit pdfs, but I don't see a<br>
way to do it.<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
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On Wed, Feb 1, 2006 at 1:23 PM, Tim Watts <<a href="mailto:timtw@earthlink.net">timtw@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Wow. This ought to fill that hole :-) But alas, while KWord does import pdfs,<br>
> much of the formatting gets lost. I'll try some of the other suggestions.<br>
><br>
> Thanks Keith!<br>
><br>
> On Wednesday 01 February 2006 10:26, Watson, Keith R wrote:<br>
>> > -----Original Message-----<br>
>> > From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br>
>><br>
>> Brian<br>
>><br>
>> > MacLeod<br>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 16:02<br>
>> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
>> > Subject: Re: [ale] PDF editor<br>
>> ><br>
>> > > You have hot on a big hole in Linux system: PDF editing.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > That is still the realm of Adobe software only.<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > There are a few windows products that will take a pdf and<br>
>><br>
>> convert<br>
>><br>
>> > it<br>
>> > to<br>
>> ><br>
>> > > a word doc for editing. I have not tested any of those under<br>
>><br>
>> wine<br>
>><br>
>> > (or<br>
>> ><br>
>> > > windows, for that matter).<br>
>> ><br>
>> > If this only on occasion:<br>
>> > pdf2ps<br>
>> > Edit with GIMP<br>
>> > ps2pdf<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ...might be workable.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > But since most PDFs people would wish to edit contain text and<br>
>><br>
>> formatting,<br>
>><br>
>> > it probably isn't what your are looking for, despite being free...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > bnm<br>
>><br>
>> KWord may import PDFs directly<br>
>><br>
>> >From the FAQ<br>
>><br>
>> "Please note that in KOffice 1.4, it is recommended to save as RTF (Rich<br>
>> Text Format) to exchange with MS-Word. (PDF can be a good file format<br>
>> too for importing into KWord.)"<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.koffice.org/faq/" target="_blank">http://www.koffice.org/faq/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Scribus imports PDFs so it might be able to edit them<br>
>> <a href="http://docs.scribus.net/" target="_blank">http://docs.scribus.net/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> This site talks about PDFs on Linux including editing them<br>
>> <a href="http://www.marcprior.de/linux/misc/pdf.html" target="_blank">http://www.marcprior.de/linux/misc/pdf.html</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Here's another interesting way to do it on Linux<br>
>> <a href="http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/0612209&tid=49&tid" target="_blank">http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/0612209&tid=49&tid</a><br>
>> =47<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> There's an O'Reilly book on hacking PDFs. There's and entry in the TOC<br>
>> for editing PDFs for Free. Your local library may have a copy.<br>
>> <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pdfhks/" target="_blank">http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pdfhks/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Pdftk - the GPL pdf tool kit and it runs on Linux but it only allows<br>
>> limited editing.<br>
>> <a href="http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/index.html</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> This site is all about PDF hacking<br>
>> <a href="http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> This is a rather brute force way of doing it<br>
>> <a href="http://alan.aspuru.com/archives/2005/12/26/how-to-edit-a-pdf-file-in-lin" target="_blank">http://alan.aspuru.com/archives/2005/12/26/how-to-edit-a-pdf-file-in-lin</a><br>
>> ux/<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Here's a free on but it runs under windows<br>
>> <a href="http://www.pdf995.com/" target="_blank">http://www.pdf995.com/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> This is an interesting way to do it on Linux<br>
>> <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/11/msg01995.html" target="_blank">http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/11/msg01995.html</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> happy editing,<br>
>> keith<br>
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