marijnnn 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2004 hello alli'm looking for a free pdf editor. it's for a company, so don't start about downloading warez please. acrobat's creator is not an option.and don't mention the pdf-printers, you know, the virtual printers that print your docs to a pdf file.what i need is an editor that can open pdf files, edit them and then save & close the file again.the more different ones i have, the more choice i have! so throw them at me hehetnx in advance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pokona.com 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2004 http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ is the best i could find, i dunno how it'll work for you though, didnt get very good reviews Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marijnnn 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2004 it's one of those printer thingies: it installs a virtual printer on your pc. and if you print using that printer, you don't get a paper print-out, but a pdf file... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pokona.com 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2004 oh the description said "Create PDF files from any program, fill form fields, and edit existing PDF files." so i just figured. sry bout that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marijnnn 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2004 oh, but you're right. must have overlooked it the last time, but now i see it: they have a sperate program that can edit pdf files. when i saw the 995, i remembered installing it, but that was their pdf printer. tnx for the link. more programs welcome though! gonna test it now, hope it's any good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deivid1405241470 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 apparently doesn't exists a free pdf editor, but you can try other alternatives more cheap. PDF Editor 2.2.6 Limitations: Watermark on document Jaws PDF Editor the evaluation version is a fully functional product time-limited for 14 days Advanced PDF Tools v1.3 product time-limited for 30 days Foxit PDF Editor Watermark on document Greets Deivid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lesmizzie 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 oh the description said "Create PDF files from any program, fill form fields, and edit existing PDF files." so i just figured. sry bout that <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did you end up using that program? I would like to be able to edit PDF files but I don't want to download a program unless I know it will work, because sometimes those free programs are hard to deal with and hard to remove from your computer. Does anyone use this program? I would like to see a review if anyone has actually used it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 Acrobat AlternativeFree / Gpl Pdf EditorReplying to lesmizzie I just installed cygwin with the required X11 other dependency. Ran pdfedit and it launched fine. I copied the pdf into my /home/username folder and opened it. So far so good. As soon as I tried to highlight anything or select stuff, it became unresponsive using 100% cpu resources. I'm just trying to replace, or even overlay an existing image with another one, then save. I was unsuccessful on nearly 10 attempts. Couldn't figure out how to import an image and I had to be deliberate with the mouse for fear of locking the application up. I also tried PD Fill which claims to be a "Free PDF & Image Writer." The program was very clunky, but I manged to overlay an image on top of what I wanted to replace. Once I saved it, it overlayed a watermark which ruined it. I only have a 1-off job to do and it's not worth purchasing a program for a single use. Would be nice if someone in the open source community is able to build something to do this task. I also installed the latest OpenOffice.Org suite and even though it can export to PDF, it has no ability to modify an existing PDF. If anyone has a solution to this please let me know. -reply by Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted April 22, 2009 DTP: scribus.netFree / Gpl Pdf EditorReplying to (G)MikeReplace/Overlay: GPL desktop publishing http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ ... Will import PDF, lets you overlay items, and export as PDF. I think it only adds layers within your new file, so you won't be able to erase information from the old file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites