Edit PDF Files in Linux Using PDFEdit

PDF files are often believed to be locked, requiring a tool from Adobe to edit or modify. That said, on Linux you can do almost anything with them using a simple software tool: PDFEdit. A combination of a good graphical interface and the power to edit the raw PDF file, PDF Edit is an open source project that gives you the ability to work with any PDF document you wish.

Steps

  1. Download and install PDF Editor Application like Foxit PDF editor. Download from [1]. You will need wine application loader on Linux to install and run windows application.
  2. Open PDF Editor.
  3. Use the Open command on the PDF document you wish to edit.
  4. Use the tools available to make any changes to the file you wish. Different type of changes can be made to PDF files like editing text, adding/deleting text, changing colours, images etc
  5. Save and close your file.

Tips

  • You can choose from two save options. The first acts as an undo (Save New Revision), which differs from a normal save by maintaining a revision history.
  • Use the Object Tree command to see the guts of the PDF file

Warnings

  • This is still labelled "Alpha" software by the author, it shows, so don't get your hopes up that it will work for you to any extent other than a few functions. Most annoying is it randomly saves the page you've last edited as completely blank.
  • Save early and save often. As with any software under development individual installations can vary, make sure your installation is stable before relying on any tool.
  • Acrobat will produce a warning message when a special operator is added to the content stream, but it will still display the page correctly.

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