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Editing PDFs contents (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hi guys! I'm considering some tool to edit the texts and images within a PDF. What would be some decent recommendations? So far I think the only with a semblance of working has been Libreoffice Draw, but it messed the formatting quite a lot (the arrangement is very much off in many pages, the text splits incorrectly, some images pop up duplicated and so on). But so far it's the only one I've seen actually allowing me to play with the PDF contents. Are there any other/better options?

Thanks!

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[–] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

2nd this. It is by no means a "PDF Editor", but it works surprisingly better than most.

Inkscape also could be a good option in OP's case because it gives options about janking up text. It can either try to find the fonts from those on your system, or it can change every glyph into a path.

That being said, I've treid both Inkscape and LO Draw, and I've had more luck with Inkscape in regards to keeping fonts similar. In 90% of cases (and I do have to fix up PDFs every now and then) the "Keep text" option doesn't jank up text.

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