On 7/20/25 5:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 12.8.
I have a 100+ page PDF document.
I wish to extract 2 of those pages, each to their own PDF file.
I wish to edit those 2 files.
How?
[Simple question but I suspect answer may not be so simple.
What I've read confuses me.]
TIA
I should have put more "em-FAY-sis" on my goal for this thread being
learning how to extract specific pages of a large PDF document.[1] I had
not fully appreciated how graphically oriented the PDF format is.
The sub-goal being to perceive the the byte level structure of *that*
page in order to extract the semantic content perceived by a human. I
would then edit/reformat the content to be *useful* to a different
target audience.
As to "how to edit", I need to collate and evaluate the multiple tools
mentioned in this thread. *THANK YOU!*
The original target audience was bureaucrats defining policy/procedures
based on monetary value of food assistance.
My audience would be much bettered served by a weekly grocery shopping
list. If possible I would like to create an at least semi-automated
procedure to do the same for the other similar table in this edition
[and possible future] edition(s) of _Thrifty Food Plan_.
[1] Specifically Table A4.14 of _Thrifty Food Plan, 2021_
https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf
