Edit PDF in OO-Draw

[Tony Pursell]

On Sat, 2011-03-12 at 08:18 +0000, John D Lamb wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 09:39 -0800, Patton Echols wrote:
> > I have a PDF that is intended to be printed out, blanks filled in and 
> > mailed in.  I would like to modify the document to add fillable fields.  
> > With a new odf document in Writer, I am able to do this.
> 
> There are several things you could try.
> 
> 1. You could use pdf2ps followed by ps2eps to convert the pdf file to an
> eps file readable by Writer. This will work but the quality may not be
> good.
> 
> 2. You could use gimp to convert the pdf file to a png image, which
> Writer can read. You’ll need a resolution of at least 300 pixels/inch
> (600 is better). Insert the png file in Writer, set its wrap to in
> background and set to original size. Main drawback of this method is the
> size of the file.
> 
> 3. You could just read the original PDF in Draw and add form controls
> over the top. I don’t know if this works for your purpose.
> 
> 4. You could recreate the whole document the way you want it in Writer.
> This may be the quickest way.
> 
> -- 
> JDL
> 
> 

In Ubuntu Software Center, I found OCRFeed.  It will import a PDF and
export to ODF.  Like any OCR, it is not 100% accurate, but you can tidy
up and reformat before you export. Also there is an 'unpaper' function
in Tools which seems to help.

I suggest you give it a go.

Tony