@0101100101@programming.dev to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish • 20 days agoWhat projects does the opensource world lackmessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down14file-text
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minus-square@porcupine@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilink13•19 days agoI’m always surprised that, for as widely used as PDFs are, there doesn’t seem to be any real alternative to Acrobat for editing existing PDFs.
minus-square@0101100101@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 day agoThe PDF was/is a closed-source propriety file format.
minus-square@qpsLCV5@lemmy.mllinkfedilink4•edit-219 days agoi’ve had good success doing small edits with libreoffice (design? draw? idk what its called).
minus-square@porcupine@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilink2•19 days agothat or Inkscape are the only real answers I’d have if you forced me to name one, but I’d have a hard time recommending a vector graphics editor to a regular person who just wants to edit text formatting in a PDF without messing it up.
minus-squareGreen WizardlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-219 days agoStirling PDF may have what you need https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
I’m always surprised that, for as widely used as PDFs are, there doesn’t seem to be any real alternative to Acrobat for editing existing PDFs.
The PDF was/is a closed-source propriety file format.
i’ve had good success doing small edits with libreoffice (design? draw? idk what its called).
that or Inkscape are the only real answers I’d have if you forced me to name one, but I’d have a hard time recommending a vector graphics editor to a regular person who just wants to edit text formatting in a PDF without messing it up.
Stirling PDF may have what you need https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF