write on a pdf

Fri May 31 21:25:10 MST 2013

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 <brian at snaptek.com> 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
>> <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz <mailto:mark@**phillipsmarketing.biz<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have edited multi-page PDFs before with scribus.
>>
>>     Mark
>>
>>     On May 31, 2013 5:18 PM, "Brian Cluff" <brian at snaptek.com
>>     <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> 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" <brian at snaptek.com
>>             <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>
>>             <mailto:brian at snaptek.com <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>>> 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<http://lists.phxlinux.org/____lurker/message/20121017.____174639.6dd87023.en.html>
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>>
>>                      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. (the
>>                      hans comment was in a thread with the words
>>             'fillable' and 'pdf'
>>                      in the
>>                      subject)
>>                      :-)~MIKE~(-:
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