I also need/want a PDF editor

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mgh
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I also need/want a PDF editor

#1 Post by mgh »

I have spent a few hours but have found no working solution.

Have downloaded a PET file for both PDFEdit, and Foxit, but neither work. FDFEdit will not even open, Foxit will open, but then when I try to open a PDF file it closes.

Both programs are in the menu.

I have slacko 5.3.1.

really like Okular that I am using with Bodhi Linux.

I know others are having same problem, but I found no solution here on the forums.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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#2 Post by darkcity »

its strange neither package worked.

did you install them from the Puppy Package Manager?

if not where did you get them?

looks like pdfedit needs libqt-3.3.8 installed.

more info here-
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/pdf

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#3 Post by 8-bit »

Try running PdfEdit from a terminal.
The terminal should show you what files are missing and needed

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#4 Post by mgh »

I can find nothing in the Puppy package manager under document or business for a PDF editor.

When I tried to run pdfedit via console, I got message "error while loading shared libraries, libaudio.so.2"

Unfortunately I am too new to Puppy to know how to find and install the library I am missing.

I will keep trying. Thanks for the help

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pdf editor

#5 Post by Henry »

The best editor I have found is Draw. Open the pdf in Draw. Edit it. Export as pdf.

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Re: pdf editor

#6 Post by mgh »

Henry wrote:The best editor I have found is Draw. Open the pdf in Draw. Edit it. Export as pdf.
Is there a way with Puppy to install only LibreOffice Draw? Or do I have to install the entire suite?

Thanks

Jasper

#7 Post by Jasper »

Hi,

I'm also using Slacko 5.3.1 and the sfs version of LibreOffice works well and seems low on resources so it may not matter if you cannot install Draw as a standalone program.

My regards

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#8 Post by mgh »

I'll give LibreOffice a try.

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#9 Post by darkcity »

PDFedit 0.45 works in Polarpup 005 and Wary 5 see-

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70259

not much help if your on slacko ; -)

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#10 Post by mhanifpriatama »

I use inkscape 0.48 (not lite). But, you can only edit page by page.
Then, you can merge those pdf (use peasypdf, just write on terminal).
Note: you just open inkscape, then open pdf file, choose the page that what you want. After edit, save with .pdf filetype.
And, you must have font installed like in pdf's file.

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#11 Post by mhanifpriatama »

This is a way to extract font from pdf and install to puppy.

First, download a script from this :
http://svn.ghostscript.com/ghostscript/ ... ctFonts.ps

place extractFonts to a directory (example /root)
place your pdf's file to that directory
open terminal
type : cd /root then enter
type : gs -q -dNODISPLAY extractFonts.ps -c "(somefile.pdf) extractFonts quit"

open the directory with rox. Copy *.ttf to /root/.fonts (you must make that directory).

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#12 Post by Puppyt »

I'm also in the hunt for an excellent pdf editor, but one that manages pages - reordering and cropping, differently to the way you seem to be describing. Have a look at "pdfshuffler" here http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 125#329125. I just wish I knew how to compile, or I might have a bash at constructing a pet of the latest version of the software here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfshuffler/.
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#13 Post by disciple »

Puppyt wrote:I'm also in the hunt for an excellent pdf editor, but one that manages pages - reordering and cropping, differently to the way you seem to be describing. Have a look at "pdfshuffler" here http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 125#329125. I just wish I knew how to compile, or I might have a bash at constructing a pet of the latest version of the software here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfshuffler/.
Pdfshuffler does not need to be compiled, as it is written in Python, which is a scripting language. So compiling should not be an issue unless some compiled dependencies are missing.
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#14 Post by glene77is »

@darkcity,
darkcity wrote: PDFedit ...
not much help if your on slacko ; -)
I installed both Puppy Lucid 5.25 and Puppy Slacko 5.3.3, frugal.
I menu into one-or-the-other.

I boot Slacko normally for other reasons.
I boot Lucid in order to run PDFedit.

I do wish I had PDFedit working under Slacko.

I commonly use PDFedit to extract the ENTIRE text of a PDF file,
for a copy-paste into Libre-Office Write.

Libre-Office Draw will extract small portions of a PDF,
for copy-paste into Libre-Office Write,
but it is very cumbersome compared with PDFedit.
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#15 Post by disciple »

I commonly use PDFedit to extract the ENTIRE text of a PDF file,
for a copy-paste into Libre-Office Write.
Do you get better results that way than just copying and pasting from your pdf viewer?
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here

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#16 Post by glene77is »

@disciple
disciple wrote:
I commonly use PDFedit to extract the ENTIRE text of a PDF file,
for a copy-paste into Libre-Office Write.
Do you get better results that way than just copying and pasting from your pdf viewer?
My PDF viewer does not allow copy/paste.
I commonly run PDFedit (lucid) then load a multiple page PDF file,
(like some physics technical article),
then export all text to outl.txt
then run LibreOffice Write and load the out.txt.
From there I can format it to suit my vision,
cut & cull and edit the portions I want for reference.
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#17 Post by disciple »

My PDF viewer does not allow copy/paste.
Oh, that's very primitive. Unless it actually does but the pdf is protected.
I commonly run PDFedit (lucid) then load a multiple page PDF file, (like some physics technical article), then export all text to outl.txt
Ah.
You might also be interested in pdftotext with the improvements from pdfedit. It is normally distributed as part of a "pdfedit tools" package, although I don't think I've seen a .pet version.
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here

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#18 Post by rcrsn51 »

glene77is wrote:I commonly run PDFedit (lucid) then load a multiple page PDF file, (like some physics technical article),then export all text to outl.txt
PeasyPDF v2.3 can extract the text from a PDF document.

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#19 Post by glene77is »

"easyPDF v2.3"

rcrsn51 is always a good advisor !
but, this time, "easyPDF v2.3" did not execute fully in Slacko Puppy 3.3.

I have Puppy 5.25 in a subdir.
I have Puppy Slacko in a subdir.
Both share data subdir.
I just reboot and select which ever I need.

You obviously have more experience than me.
Thanks for the try ! :roll:
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#20 Post by Sajid »

Is there a way with Puppy to install only Lib re Office Draw? Or do I have to install the entire suite? If you have any confusion then you connect the site administrator by PDF reader . he solve your problem . :arrow: http://www.pdf.com/Home

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