write on a pdf

Brian Cluff brian at snaptek.com
Fri May 31 23:22:26 MST 2013


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 <brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto: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 at phillipsmarketing.biz>
>         <mailto:mark at __phillipsmarketing.biz
>         <mailto: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>
>              <mailto: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>>
>                      <mailto: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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>         <http://lists.phxlinux.org/____lurker/message/20121017.____174639.6dd87023.en.html
>         <http://lists.phxlinux.org/__lurker/message/20121017.__174639.6dd87023.en.html>>
>
>
>
>         <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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>         <http://lists.phxlinux.org/__lurker/message/20121017.__174639.6dd87023.en.html
>         <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. (the
>                               hans comment was in a thread with the words
>                      'fillable' and 'pdf'
>                               in the
>                               subject)
>                               :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
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