On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 13:41, Bryan O'Neal < [email protected]> wrote:
> I know how to export a PDF out of OO but how do you import a PDF for > editing? > > If you don't mind windows / closed source I use PDF Exchange. If the > doc is only a 1 page doc you could try inkscape but you may have > issues with the hyperlink. If you find a solid OSS solution please > let us know as I have been casually looking for years. > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:32 PM, JD Austin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 13:28, Craig White <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 13:13 -0700, Ariel Gold wrote: > >> > I'm trying to edit a pdf to delete, change, and add text and > >> > hyperlinks. ANyone recommend how to do this? > >> > > >> > I've tried pdfedit, but I couldn't figure it out, and the > >> > documentation didn't seem to address how to add a link.. Installed > >> > through ubuntu karmic repository. Thought a newer version might help > >> > so I downloaded source and get this error on ./configure > >> > > >> > checking if zlib is wanted... configure: error: libz not found > >> > > >> > If someone can help me get pdfedit to do what I want, or suggest > >> > another tool that would be great. > >> ---- > >> pdfedit is probably it though last time I checked, it was fairly weak > >> and frustrating and it seems that for straight editing, Acrobat > >> Professional is probably the only game in town. > >> > >> That said, you can generally open up PDF's in OpenOffice, edit and then > >> save it again as a PDF so you might want to see if that works for you. > >> > >> Then there is pdftk which seems to be available in most distributions > >> which is an extremely handy toolkit but it doesn't add text/hyperlinks > >> unless you use 'forms' and use pdftk to insert form data (FDF). > >> > >> Craig > >> > > Open Office will let you convert/edit pdfs but sometimes chokes on fonts. > > Also I believe Scribus can edit pdfs. > > JD > There is a plugin (maybe more than one) : http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport
--------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
