pdf editor

[Tony Arnold]

Nigel Wilkinson wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:05:13 -0400
> "Jimmy Wu" <jimmywu013+ubuntu-user-list at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone knew of any pdf editors for Ubuntu?  I
>> couldn't find any with the Add/Remove tool.
>> Specifically, all I need to do is split a large pdf into several
>> smaller chunks.
> 
> How about pdf tk
> 
> It can
>  - Merge PDF documents
>  - Split PDF pages into a new document
>  - Decrypt input as necessary (password required)
>  - Encrypt output as desired
>  - Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
>  - Apply a Background Watermark
>  - Report PDF on metrics, including metadata and bookmarks
>  - Update PDF Metadata
>  - Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
>  - Unpack PDF Attachments
>  - Burst a PDF document into single pages
>  - Uncompress and re-compress page streams
>  - Repair corrupted PDF (where possible)
> 
> but I haven't used it myself

I have! And it works very well once you get used to the command syntax.
It may not suit those who are not comfortable with the command line though.

Regards,
Tony.
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