[plug] "Editing" PDF/PS Files

Adam Davin byteme-its at westnet.com.au
Tue Jan 9 15:40:52 WST 2007


Hi Tim,

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:05:51 +0900
"Timothy White" <weirdit at gmail.com> wrote:

> Once again, the question is raised... You have a form in PDF/PS
> format, and just want to type over it so you can fax it without it
> ever having been printed onto real paper.
> Under windows, we would convert to TIFF, and use "Imaging" I think
> it's called.
> 
> Any suggestions for Linux, or just convert to TIFF and use GIMP? It's
> just a "Image" not a real PDF form.

Gimp can read PDF files directly. I use it regularly to create
programming sheets for barcode scanners etc, directly from PDF manuals.

Hope this Helps, 

Regards, 

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