On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:11:07 -0400, Aron Smith wrote: > Anybody know of a program for editing pdf files > thanks smitty
Has anyone mentioned flpsed (fltk postscript editor)? http://www.ecademix.com/JohannesHofmann/ This is particularly useful for filling out pdf forms. They note that flpsed may not work with every ps or pdf file. However, if it doesn't work with a particular file, one can try ps2ps for postscript files, or for pdf files one can use pdf2ps or pdftops to be sure about what ps/pdf format the file is in. The man pages give details about ps2ps, pstops, pdf2ps, pdftops, and ps2pdf. I believe these stand-alone utilities are installed with xpdf. With regard to if PDF files are supposed to be editable: The idea is that they should not be easily editable, especially as a result of inadvertent changes (you didn't realize that you even hit that key). Inexperienced word processors will close a file by saving it, thereby making a permanent change to the file without even knowing they did that. You can password-protect files from deliberate changes. However, none of that is really foolproof. Anyone who knows the postscript language can turn a PDF file into a postscript file and edit it using any text editor. The full Adobe Acrobat certainly includes an editing feature. deedee Registered Linux User #327485 WordStar Users Group Community: http://wordstar2.com/WordStar_Users WordStar & Linux: http://wordstar2.com Mailing Lists: http://wordstar2.com/mailman/listinfo -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com
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