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PDF Editor

  • 30-12-2007 6:37pm
    #1
    nava
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,739 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    can anyone let me know if there's a Free software to edit PDF's and that can be saved to PDF or be printed. I searched but could not find anything.

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Soundman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Soundman


    CutePDF


  • #3
    ComputerNerd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭ComputerNerd


    dont think you can edit a pdf document


    that cutepdf writer will add a new virtual printer to your system, when you goto file and print and select the cutepdf printer a window will pop up asking you where you want the new pdf file saved


  • #4
    rmacm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭rmacm


    ComputerNerd wrote: »
    dont think you can edit a pdf document

    You can edit PDF documents....OP the only thing I could find for free was PDFedit which runs on Unix/Linux it also comes with Cygwin so it remains an option if you can install Cygwin. Adobe Acrobat Pro allows editing of PDFs as well but it's not free so this rules it out for you.

    Is there a reason you can't just edit the original document and then recreate the PDF file?


  • #5
    tech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭tech


    I persume you have no access to the original documnets?? if not Adobe pro is ine of the onl options


  • #6
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    As a couple have said above, printing PDF's is free, pdfprinter being one open-source example. Editing will cost ya. You could use a trial version of Foxit Pro if you just need to get out of a bind.

    Otherwise I'd reccomend foxit over Adobe Acrobat anyday. Less resource intensive, debatably more stable and cheaper.

    Bear in mind that not all PDF's are created equal and that you might not be able to edit the PDF as you would wish.


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    another option is to OCR the pdf back in again and edit the new file

    If you have office 2003 or higher you can use the microsoft document imaging printer to generate a .MDI or .TIF file and then use the option in microsoft office tool to send it to microsoft word.

    freeware alternative is to use pdfcreator from sourceforge to print to .TIF and then a freeware like simpleOCR to import it in again

    messy

    anyone know a free app to join pdf's to form a single file ?


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