[vox] Best Linux PDF Editor

[Tony Cratz]

iDarth,

	One idea is to extract all of the data from the PDF (text and
	images) after having extracted then re-lay it out in Scribus.
	There are some tools which may be used to do the extractor.
	At the same time a PDF can be imported into Scribus but I
	have never had good luck getting what I wanted. I admit
	going the extraction route will take longer the end results
	will be better all around.

	For those who don't know Scribus is an open source layout
	tool much like Adobe Creator or the old Frame-Maker. I believe
	there may also be a way to import the original Creator files
	into Scribus.

	Once you have it in Sctibus you can easily re-edit as needed.

							Tony


On 05/05/2017 03:05 PM, Darth Borehd wrote:
> These are PDFs made by several different groups with various versions of
> Adobe Acrobat Pro going back to the early 2000s.  Only the PDFs exist
> now. They range in length from a single page to hundreds of pages. They
> need to be updated with new information.
>
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Tony Cratz <cratz at hematite.com
> <mailto:cratz at hematite.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 05/05/2017 12:48 PM, Darth Borehd wrote:
>
>         I need to edit a lot of documentation PDFs.  They have pictures,
>         graphs,
>         illustrations, charts, fonts, and text.  I have tried LibreOffice,
>         LibreDraw, PDFedit, Inkscape, and GIMP.  None of them work well.
>
>         I have seen Foxit, Master PDF, and PDF Studio are commercial
>         packages
>         that work on Linux.  Should I get one?  Is there a free option
>         somewhere?
>
>
>             Are you wanting to start with a fresh doc and end up with by
>             exporting to a PDF? Or must you start with a PDF?
>
>             If you can start with a doc and export to PDF then you might
>             want to add Scribus to your list of tools. It is a great
>             layout tool. You can format and layout text, add an image
>             ort other items and go from there. Then export it to PDF.
>
>             I have use Scibus to do the layout for a couple of
>             print-on-demand books. After I finished the layout I exported
>             the result to PDF and send the company the PDF for them
>             to print-on-demand.
>
>
>                                                             Tony
>
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