On 06/01/2011 08:27 AM, Tim Wescott wrote: > On 05/31/2011 10:52 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> On Tue, 31 May 2011 21:20:18 -0700 >> Tim Wescott<t...@wescottdesign.com> dijo: >> >>> On 05/26/2011 04:53 PM, John Jason Jordan 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. >>> You add objects as in graphics? I can't see how to do this. (xournal >>> 0.4.5, on Ubuntu 8.04). >> No, xournal cannot add graphics. You can make your own "graphics" with >> xournal - shapes, lines, etc. But you cannot import graphics from >> outside. Xournal is mostly designed for markup. If you have a form to >> fill out that the creator stupidly did not make as an editable PDF >> xournal lets you enter text boxes over the blanks. You can also >> highlight and a few other things. But it can only add its own native >> objects. > I can stop looking, then. >> If I need to add a graphic on top of a PDF I use Scribus. There may be >> other, simpler tools that will do so, but since I know Scribus it's >> simpler for the rare times I need to add a graphic to a PDF. >> >> And note that neither xournal nor Scribus can actually edit the PDF. >> All they can do is open the PDF and let you place things on top of the >> PDF, then resave as a new PDF. > That part is OK -- I'm electronically replicating the "print it out, > sign it, scan it in, email it" routine with new contracts. All I need > in the end is a facsimile of the original document with my signature > attached, that I can email to a client. > Scribus barfs at my pdf file -- says it's an unacceptable format.
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