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PDF editing software #5

Open EvanDotPro opened 10 years ago

EvanDotPro commented 10 years ago

@pdogdotpro uses Foxit PhantomPDF™ Business to do various things with PDF's:

Obviously, PhantomPDF doesn't work on Linux...

EvanDotPro commented 10 years ago

Add text/images/signatures to existing PDF's

This takes 5 seconds using xournal.

PHLAK commented 10 years ago

Obvious solution is for @pdogdotpro to start learning pdftk.

GeeH commented 10 years ago

The obvious solution to all these problems is LET PDOG USE MICROSOFT WINDOWS!!!

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Chris Kankiewicz <notifications@github.com

wrote:

Obvious solution is for @pdogdotpro https://github.com/pdogdotpro to start learning pdftkhttp://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/442414-manipulating-pdfs-with-the-pdf-toolkit .

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/Roave/PriscillaLinux/issues/5#issuecomment-43457611 .

EvanDotPro commented 10 years ago

The obvious solution to all these problems is LET PDOG USE MICROSOFT WINDOWS!!!

Don't try to act like we're a humane employer, @GeeH.

(We just need her serial number in the morning before we can order her a restore disk from ASUS, but we can at least try to get her acquainted in the meantime.)

EvanDotPro commented 10 years ago

Slice / append pages from various PDF's together

Just found out about PDF Chain which is an awesome/simple GUI for handling exactly this.

EvanDotPro commented 10 years ago

Edit text on an existing PDF

@pdogdotpro also found out that LibreOffice Draw allows opening / editing PDF's (I had no clue), though I just tried it and had limited success... One PDF imported okay, another had a messed up font. Tried inserting an image and was unable to resize the image at all. (Could be that fonts were actually not embedded properly on the one test PDF and I just don't know the GUI for inserting/manipulating images very well.)

EvanDotPro commented 10 years ago

Obvious solution is for @pdogdotpro to start learning pdftk.

lol, @PHLAK, yeah, I thought about that at first too, but decided it's better not to even bring up most CLI-based solutions right now — primary goal for now is preventing this laptop from ending up in a swimming pool, and it's likely one more "Okay, open a terminal", might put her over the edge.

pdogdotpro commented 10 years ago

hahaha wow. Looks like I'm a big trouble maker and I need to not be so dramatic (as @EvanDotPro suggested during one of my "I don't wanna use Linux" fit throwing sessions). Would it be ludicrous of me to admit that this morning was a turning point, and that I might actually be liking (this term used very loosely) this now...

That being said, @GeeH, don't go giving away that extra Windows 8 license quite yet, I'm still working on getting my breathing back to a normal rate...