Converting pdfs

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2012/10/27 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
> On 10/25/2012 08:40 PM, rikona wrote:
>> I have a ton of stuff stored in pdf format that will need to be
>> accessed for many years to come. With Adobe dropping some linux
>> support, is this a significant risk? Is there a way to convert pdfs to
>> another format, **reliably**, so I can start to convert docs to a more
>> accessible long-term format?
>
> Take Alexander Skwar's advise. Regarding non-Adobe readers, be aware
> that there is a significant bug that affects evince with forms:
>
> <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668791>
> [PDF created by evince unreadable in other pdf viewers]
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/897322>
> [PDF saved forms are not compatible with Adobe Reader ]

Installing poppler 0.19.4 or later will fix it, as it seems.


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ

> This also is apparent with xpdf, okular, and any other PDF application
> that uses the libpoppler rendering library. Were I you, I'd be more
> concerned as to why Ubuntu hasn't fixed the problem in 12.04 & only
> upgraded poppler in 12.10 Quantal. It's the same BS as usual... ignore
> LTS release fixes and only concentrate on the next 6 month release.
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