Need PDF Editor
Feb 16, 2009 | 10:55 am
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Need PDF Editor
My copy of Adobe Acrobat Standard is on a machine that is in for service.
I have a PDF of a newspaper article that I would like to "edit" by using the yellow highlight tool on two paragraphs.
Is there any software I could download that would let me do this?
Or, if anyone has another idea, I also have Office 2007.
I have a PDF of a newspaper article that I would like to "edit" by using the yellow highlight tool on two paragraphs.
Is there any software I could download that would let me do this?
Or, if anyone has another idea, I also have Office 2007.
Feb 16, 2009 | 12:07 pm
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Feb 16, 2009 | 12:32 pm
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The latest editions of Word Perfect (which can be found on eBay for <$20) will edit pdf files.
I also saw WordPerfect X3 at Fry's for $79 with a $79 rebate!
I also saw WordPerfect X3 at Fry's for $79 with a $79 rebate!
Feb 16, 2009 | 12:46 pm
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The Nitro program on the same URL seems like it's the one. I suppose I could take the 14 day trial since I'll get my other computer back by then (hopefully). What do you think?
Feb 16, 2009 | 12:53 pm
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Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at the URL and it seems that Primo is used for creating PDFs (which I can do with different software) but not editing them. Am I wrong?
The Nitro program on the same URL seems like it's the one. I suppose I could take the 14 day trial since I'll get my other computer back by then (hopefully). What do you think?
The Nitro program on the same URL seems like it's the one. I suppose I could take the 14 day trial since I'll get my other computer back by then (hopefully). What do you think?
Feb 16, 2009 | 6:00 pm
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Also try the free version of PDFill.
If you're really brave, you can hand edit - the specification is public and you can open as text in a decent editor (vi comes to mind). I have fixed broken pdf files this way, and made small changes (fonts, page breaks, etc).
If you're really brave, you can hand edit - the specification is public and you can open as text in a decent editor (vi comes to mind). I have fixed broken pdf files this way, and made small changes (fonts, page breaks, etc).
Feb 16, 2009 | 10:50 pm
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The plot thickens.
I e-mailed the file to a friend who has full Acrobat. He opened it but the edit tools (i.e. highlight, which I needed) would not work. He got some kind of error message about not being able to edit the image.
I made this file by using HP Scanning Software version 4.5 which has no setting for specifying the type of PDF other than things like resolution, sharpness, etc.
I e-mailed the file to a friend who has full Acrobat. He opened it but the edit tools (i.e. highlight, which I needed) would not work. He got some kind of error message about not being able to edit the image.
I made this file by using HP Scanning Software version 4.5 which has no setting for specifying the type of PDF other than things like resolution, sharpness, etc.
Feb 17, 2009 | 4:51 am
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The plot thickens.
I e-mailed the file to a friend who has full Acrobat. He opened it but the edit tools (i.e. highlight, which I needed) would not work. He got some kind of error message about not being able to edit the image.
I made this file by using HP Scanning Software version 4.5 which has no setting for specifying the type of PDF other than things like resolution, sharpness, etc.
I e-mailed the file to a friend who has full Acrobat. He opened it but the edit tools (i.e. highlight, which I needed) would not work. He got some kind of error message about not being able to edit the image.
I made this file by using HP Scanning Software version 4.5 which has no setting for specifying the type of PDF other than things like resolution, sharpness, etc.
Even better, scan the original using the IRIS OCR software that comes with your HP, and save it to a Word document. Then you can do pretty much whatever you want with the resulting text.
Feb 17, 2009 | 4:59 am
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The plot thickens.
I e-mailed the file to a friend who has full Acrobat. He opened it but the edit tools (i.e. highlight, which I needed) would not work. He got some kind of error message about not being able to edit the image.
I made this file by using HP Scanning Software version 4.5 which has no setting for specifying the type of PDF other than things like resolution, sharpness, etc.
I e-mailed the file to a friend who has full Acrobat. He opened it but the edit tools (i.e. highlight, which I needed) would not work. He got some kind of error message about not being able to edit the image.
I made this file by using HP Scanning Software version 4.5 which has no setting for specifying the type of PDF other than things like resolution, sharpness, etc.