John, Very nice...just tried out xournal, and I agree, it is even easier to use than Scribus to annotate a pdf!
Thanks for the tip!! Mark On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net>wrote: > On Thu, 26 May 2011 16:41:47 -0700 > Mark Phillips <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> dijo: > > >I have found Scribus to be the best. It is not a pdf editor per se, > >but if you want to add information to a pdf file, you bring the pdf in > >as an image then insert text fields in the places you want to add > >text. Can also add graphics, or make drawings, etc. Then export as a > >pdf and it is all there in one pdf. Works well for filling out forms, > >signing pdfs, etc. I never could get pdfedit to work for me, and gimp > >is harder to deal with than Scribus. It is in the Debian repository, > >so I assume it is in others. > > Scribus is what I used to use until I found xournal. You open the PDF in > xournal, then you can add text, lines, objects and shading, among a few > other things. You can save it as an xournal file, or as a new PDF. And > xournal pays little attention to restrictions in the original PDF file. > It's just a simple little light applet that works perfectly for filling > out PDF forms, whether the PDF was created to be editable or not. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
