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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Re: pdf

* Eric Brackenbury [2008-12-18T16:34-0500]:
> So is there software that will allow one to edit and re save this kind
> of file ?

Try pdftk: 

Description: useful tool for manipulating PDF documents
 If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic stapler-remover,
 hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a
 simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the
 top drawer of your desktop and use it to:
  - 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)

http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

Dave.
-- 
David Edwards <dle [ at ] sympatico [ dot ] ca>
Freelance and Technical Writer,
With Special Interest in Open Source Software
http://bigStory.homelinux.org

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