The absolute easiest is to use Master PDF Editor, it's free (on linux) for noncommercial use. Just download it from: http://code-industry.net/free-pdf-editor.php It's a tar file, but you don't have to install it, just decompress it and run it out of the directory. It handles everything including PDF forms. Brian Cluff On 05/31/2013 09:25 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > actually.... I guess it is easier to print it up, fill it in, scan it in > then gscan2pdf! > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Brian Cluff > wrote: > > You have to repeat the same process for every page in your PDF and > then set the page number of the PDF to import in the image preferences. > > Far from ideal, but good for some things in a pinch. > > You can also load PDFs visually perfect into the GIMP, but then you > will truly be out of the vector world all together... but again, > good for some things in a pinch. > > Brian Cluff > > > On 05/31/2013 08:15 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > how did you do it? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Mark Phillips > > >> wrote: > > I have edited multi-page PDFs before with scribus. > > Mark > > On May 31, 2013 5:18 PM, "Brian Cluff" > >> wrote: > > Ah, thanks, that worked. That appears to convert the > PDF over > to a bitmap graphic. I think I would put it between > inkscape > and openoffice as far as usefulness. On the one hand > it does > render the PDF perfectly, on the other hard it's now a > graphic > so it can't be edited, and on a third hand of a mutant, > it only > works a page at a time. > > It is useful if all you want to do is add to a document > or fill > out a few blanks, on a PDF not designed to be filled > out, for > printing. > > Thanks for the tip, > Brian Cluff > > On 05/31/2013 04:40 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Brian, > > Scribus does not import pdfs. You have to open a blank > document, and > then insert a graphics object. You import the pdf > into the > graphics > object. Stretch the graphics object to fit the area > of the > page you > want. Then, insert text objects into the graphics > object and > type away. > Save the document; export to pdf, ignore errors, > and enjoy! > > Mark > > On May 31, 2013 3:26 PM, "Brian Cluff" > > > > >>> wrote: > > I knew scribus would export PDFs, and is quite > good at > it, but I > hadn't realized that it would also import them. > That being said, I just tried importing a > number of > PDFs and it did > a terrible job. Basically the documents were > unrecognizable. > > Is this typical behavior for scribus, or am I > doing > something wrong? > > Brian Cluff > > On 05/31/2013 07:56 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I use Scribus to addr content to pdf files. > > There is more detail in the thread here - > http://lists.phxlinux.org/______lurker/message/20121017.______174639.6dd87023.en.html > > > > > > > > > > >> > > Mark > > I'd swear I asked this but it isn't in the > archives. Hans said > something > about acrostar but that was 7 years ago > and I was > wondering if > anything > new (better)has come about that allows us > to input > text onto a > pdf. 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