Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-15 Thread michael
On 14 Feb 2008, at 08:23, Dotan Cohen wrote: On 14/02/2008, Tadeusz Bak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can annotate PDF files in free *Acrobat Reader* (I am using Debian package, version 8.1.2) and all annotations are saved in the same PDF file. However, some flag in the PDF file must be

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-15 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:19 + Stephen Allen wrote: > There are Reader permissions to annotate but AFAIR only with the > latest Acrobat v 1.7, which have to have been enabled by the author > using the Arobat Pro application. But yes one can annotate with the > free Reader, if a specific PDF is suc

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-15 Thread Stephen Allen
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:28:00PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 01:58:39PM -0500, Brian McKee wrote: > > > Note that pdf has advanced features that are often used in trade > > documents like embedded video and search indexes that nothing but > > Adobe's Reader will

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-14 Thread Wackojacko
Micha wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:00:32 + Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: michael wrote: On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: The following packages have unmet dependencies. acroread-l10n-en: Depends: acroread (>= 8.1.2-0.0) but it is not installable E: Broken

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-14 Thread Wackojacko
Wayne Topa wrote: Wackojacko([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: michael wrote: On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: The following packages have unmet dependencies. acroread-l10n-en: Depends: acroread (>= 8.1.2-0.0) but it is not installable E: Broken packages [EM

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-14 Thread Micha
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:00:32 + Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > michael wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: > > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies. > > acroread-l10n-en: Depends: acroread (>= 8.1.2-0.0) but it is not > > installable > >

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 14/02/2008, Tadeusz Bak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can annotate PDF files in free *Acrobat Reader* (I am using Debian > package, version 8.1.2) and all annotations are saved in the same PDF > file. However, some flag in the PDF file must be enabled first to allow > such annotations, and

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Tadeusz Bak
However I see from http://www.bxlug.be/en/articles/128 that I can use "debian-marillat" sources - does anybody use acroread from there for *editting* PDFs? Yes, I do. As I said in my previous posting, PDF file needs to be enabled first for annotation. In our lab we have a copy of the Windows

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Tadeusz Bak
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Micha wrote: Doesn't Acrobat (adobe) let one add notes to a PDF? That feature sounds familiar. Acrobat yes (although I found it hard to work with). Acrobat reader AFAIK, no. You can annotate PDF files in free *Acrobat Reader* (I am using Debian package, version 8.1.2

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Wayne Topa
Wackojacko([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > michael wrote: >> On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: > > > >> The following packages have unmet dependencies. >> acroread-l10n-en: Depends: acroread (>= 8.1.2-0.0) but it is not >> installable >> E: Broken packages >> [E

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 09:26:17AM +, michael wrote: > > which version are you using? I just tried version 0.44.1-1 (from Etch) > and it failed to input my first test PDF, giving on the cmd line an > error > The version in etch is quite old and does not have that feature. It is

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:28:00PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 01:58:39PM -0500, Brian McKee wrote: > > > Note that pdf has advanced features that are often used in trade > > documents like embedded video and search indexes that nothing but > > Adobe's Reader will

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On 13 Feb 2008, at 22:00, Wackojacko wrote: michael wrote: On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: The following packages have unmet dependencies. acroread-l10n-en: Depends: acroread (>= 8.1.2-0.0) but it is not installable E: Broken packages [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I'm runnin

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 01:58:39PM -0500, Brian McKee wrote: > Note that pdf has advanced features that are often used in trade > documents like embedded video and search indexes that nothing but > Adobe's Reader will do... (I keep checking) And likely nothing but full-blown Acrobat writer

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Wackojacko
michael wrote: On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: The following packages have unmet dependencies. acroread-l10n-en: Depends: acroread (>= 8.1.2-0.0) but it is not installable E: Broken packages [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I'm running Debian Etch on AMD64 arch. Thanks, Michael

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: > Angus Auld wrote: > > --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > {} > >> just tried to install Adobe Reader 7 from their web > >> site > >> > > http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/productinfo/systemreqs/ > >> but got errors when running Alien

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 13/02/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:22:20PM +, michael wrote: > > > Yes, one of my requirements (portability) meant that I could see the > > (annotated) PDF on different machines/architectures *without additional > > files/software* ie the

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:52:29AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:22:20PM +, michael wrote: > > > Yes, one of my requirements (portability) meant that I could see the > > (annotated) PDF on different machines/architectures *without additional > > files/software* i

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:22:20PM +, michael wrote: > Yes, one of my requirements (portability) meant that I could see the > (annotated) PDF on different machines/architectures *without additional > files/software* ie the output is saved as PDF which is readable by all > PDF viewers... (I wo

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Brian McKee
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13-Feb-08, at 12:51 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: Does GIMP support layers ? If it can parse the PDF as an image perhaps that might be the way to go ? I personally don't know as I don't use GIMP. Would work fine for one page only and the te

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Stephen Allen
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 01:39:46PM +0200, Micha wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:56:06 +0200 > "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Doesn't Acrobat (adobe) let one add notes to a PDF? That feature > > sounds familiar. > > Acrobat yes (although I found it hard to work with). Acrobat reader

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Alan Ianson
On Feb 13, 2008 1:42 AM, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:27 -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes > > > to > > > papers I download

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Chris Lale
Angus Auld wrote: > --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:27 -0800, Kelly Clowers >> wrote: >>> On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM, Micha >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, but for me for example it would be very >> useful if I could add notes to papers I download to

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:27 -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > > supposed to do ;-).

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 15:30 +0200, Micha wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:03:39 +0200 > "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 13/02/2008, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Acrobat yes (although I found it hard to work with). Acrobat reader AFAIK, > > > no. > > > > > > I saw a coup

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Micha
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:03:39 +0200 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13/02/2008, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Acrobat yes (although I found it hard to work with). Acrobat reader AFAIK, > > no. > > > > I saw a couple of programs that set the pdf as a background and allow to > >

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Angus Auld
--- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:27 -0800, Kelly Clowers > wrote: > > On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM, Micha > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very > useful if I could add notes to > > > papers I download to reference in my w

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 13/02/2008, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Acrobat yes (although I found it hard to work with). Acrobat reader AFAIK, no. > > I saw a couple of programs that set the pdf as a background and allow to > write > over it (don't remember the names at the moment), but they were all rather > li

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread Micha
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:56:06 +0200 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/02/2008, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > > supposed t

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:27 -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > > supposed to do ;-).

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 06:53 +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:49:19PM +0200, Micha wrote: >> >> Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes > to >> papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are >> suppose

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Feb 12, 2008 9:27 PM, Kushal Kumaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://packages.debian.org/experimental/okular > > Experimental package, and requires kde4, though. And I've never used it > myself. Interesting, I thought the reason Evince didn't have annotations was that poppler did not

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Feb 13, 2008 3:19 AM, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:19:38 -0500 > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > michael wrote: > > > > > I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm wary of > > > using a graphics editor to do the job and p

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:49:19PM +0200, Micha wrote: > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > supposed to do ;-). I don't have access to the originals (with pdf's you > rarely > do

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:49:19PM +0200, Micha wrote: > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > supposed to do ;-). I don't have access to the originals (with pdf's you r

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > supposed to do ;-). I don't have access to the originals (with pdf's you > rarely >

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread michael
On 12 Feb 2008, at 20:19, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: michael wrote: I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm wary of using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [1] seems to reject many of the PDF files I've just tried because they are "linearised" according

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 12/02/2008, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > supposed to do ;-). I don't have access to the originals (with pdf's you > rarely > do actual

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Micha
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:19:53 -0800 "Alan Ianson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 6:04 AM, Brian McKee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On 12-Feb-08, at 8:49 AM, michael wrote: > > > > > I'm struggling to find software to edit

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Micha
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:19:38 -0500 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > michael wrote: > > > I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm wary of > > using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [1] seems to reject > > many of the PDF files I've just tried b

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
michael wrote: > I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm wary of > using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [1] seems to reject > many of the PDF files I've just tried because they are "linearised" > according to the bug report [2] > > So what joy have others had

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Alan Ianson
On Feb 12, 2008 6:04 AM, Brian McKee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On 12-Feb-08, at 8:49 AM, michael wrote: > > > I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm > > wary of > > using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Michael Marsh
On Feb 12, 2008 8:49 AM, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm wary of > using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [1] seems to reject > many of the PDF files I've just tried because they are "linearised" > according to the bug

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
Micaela Gallerini: > On 12-Feb-08, at 8:49 AM, michael wrote: > > > I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. [...] > > Lyx it's another substitute also it's not very easy. Lyx can only be used to create PDF files. To my knowledge, you cannot use it to edit existing files. J. -- I

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Micaela Gallerini
On 12-Feb-08, at 8:49 AM, michael wrote: > I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm > wary of > using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [1] seems to reject > many of the PDF files I've just tried because they are "linearised" > according to the bug report [2

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread Brian McKee
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12-Feb-08, at 8:49 AM, michael wrote: I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm wary of using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [1] seems to reject many of the PDF files I've just tried because they are "linear