[ale] PDF editor

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 10:26 -0500, Watson, Keith R wrote:

WOW!! Thanks, Keith! That email is one for the archives. 

I _use_ scribus but have never tried importing a pdf before now. My
informal test will let me import a pdf page but it is used as a graphic.
I can't edit the text. I can set the pdf as a background and then
overlay a text box on top and simulate an edit.

> 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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