Re: basic PDF editor for Ubuntu - tips?
On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:23:20 +1100 "David" wrote: > Hi, > > could someone please tell me what they recommend as a basic PDF editor > with GUI for Ubuntu? > > Basically I would like to A) be able to edit the meta information in > an existing PDF (saving a webpage to PDF via "print" in Ubuntu 8.04 > does a great job, but the title of the webpage isn't carried over > into the PDF's tag info - it's all blank), and B) to be able to > delete a page from the PDF. > > I've looked in Synaptic and seen PDF Editor there, but there are very > mixed opinions about it in forums I looked at. E.g.: > > ~~ > http://www.wikihow.com/Edit-PDF-Files-in-Linux-Using-PDFEdit > > "This is still labelled "Alpha" software by the author, it shows, so > don't get your hopes up that it will work for you to any extent other > than a few functions. Most annoying is it randomly saves the page > you've last edited as completely blank." > > [He mentions these too:] > scribus > flpsed > ~ > > Another user wrote: > > > "pdfedit crashes my system, when i do get to save any work, it puts > all pages over each other in one page -> garbage. > > scribus does not want to load my pdf -> not useful. > > flpsed looks like a program from the 90s that doesn’t do much more > than display the pdf." > > > Thanks for any tips from your experience! > > Dave > I read recently that the latest OO can edit a pdf and on testing it was possible to edit the body text of a simple pdf. You'd have to try it to see if it meets your needs. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: basic PDF editor for Ubuntu - tips?
You may what to have a look a "pdfmod". It does all thing you asked. edit title, authour keywords, add/remove page reorder & rotate pages. But you cant edit a page. I use pdfedit for that. (but I don't like it) -- Chris Martin m: +61 419 812 371 -- On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:23 PM, David wrote: > Hi, > > could someone please tell me what they recommend as a basic PDF editor > with GUI for Ubuntu? > > Basically I would like to A) be able to edit the meta information in an > existing PDF (saving a webpage to PDF via "print" in Ubuntu 8.04 does a > great job, but the title of the webpage isn't carried over into the > PDF's tag info - it's all blank), and B) to be able to delete a page > from the PDF. > > I've looked in Synaptic and seen PDF Editor there, but there are very > mixed opinions about it in forums I looked at. E.g.: > > ~~ > http://www.wikihow.com/Edit-PDF-Files-in-Linux-Using-PDFEdit > > "This is still labelled "Alpha" software by the author, it shows, so > don't get your hopes up that it will work for you to any extent other > than a few functions. Most annoying is it randomly saves the page you've > last edited as completely blank." > > [He mentions these too:] > scribus > flpsed > ~ > > Another user wrote: > > > "pdfedit crashes my system, when i do get to save any work, it puts all > pages over each other in one page -> garbage. > > scribus does not want to load my pdf -> not useful. > > flpsed looks like a program from the 90s that doesn’t do much more than > display the pdf." > > > Thanks for any tips from your experience! > > Dave > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
basic PDF editor for Ubuntu - tips?
Hi, could someone please tell me what they recommend as a basic PDF editor with GUI for Ubuntu? Basically I would like to A) be able to edit the meta information in an existing PDF (saving a webpage to PDF via "print" in Ubuntu 8.04 does a great job, but the title of the webpage isn't carried over into the PDF's tag info - it's all blank), and B) to be able to delete a page from the PDF. I've looked in Synaptic and seen PDF Editor there, but there are very mixed opinions about it in forums I looked at. E.g.: ~~ http://www.wikihow.com/Edit-PDF-Files-in-Linux-Using-PDFEdit "This is still labelled "Alpha" software by the author, it shows, so don't get your hopes up that it will work for you to any extent other than a few functions. Most annoying is it randomly saves the page you've last edited as completely blank." [He mentions these too:] scribus flpsed ~ Another user wrote: "pdfedit crashes my system, when i do get to save any work, it puts all pages over each other in one page -> garbage. scribus does not want to load my pdf -> not useful. flpsed looks like a program from the 90s that doesn’t do much more than display the pdf." Thanks for any tips from your experience! Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
