Question:
How can I modify pdf files?
2006-11-21 12:43:04 UTC
I have to translate some pdf files and the client wants to keep it all in the exactly the same format, only with the text changed. How can I do that. Any ideas? Thanks
Twelve answers:
2006-11-21 12:50:58 UTC
If you have Adobe Acrobat, you can make minor adjustments to text.



If the document is fairly simple, you can use a program to convert it to Word, then edit the Word file. After making changes, then you can use a PDF Writer to remake the PDF file.



Just look for Free PDF Converter 1.1

http://www.baltsoft.com/



Good luck and Happy Computing!
The Trainer
2006-11-25 11:38:59 UTC
The simplest way I have found to modify PDF Files (and the cheapest) is to buy a copy of PagePlus11 from Serif:



http://www.serif.com/pageplus/pageplus11/index.asp



They have an import facility where you can load a pdf file and change it. It has all sorts of other things you can do with PDF files such as produce PDF forms.



I have personally tried this software out and it works a treat.
thecoldvoiceofreason
2006-11-21 12:53:20 UTC
You either need to use pitstop professional which can edit anything in a pdf or open them into adobe illustrator, since illustrator CS its been pdf based.



If the worst comes to the worst and you cant do it and the content of the pdf's is neither personal nor sensitive, drop me a mail, i'll make changes for you, not difficult and wouldn't take long to do.



ps. the people saying its difficult or impossible to do have no idea what they are talking about, anybody that works in reprographics could do it standing on their heads, they are making the mistake of thinking that because THEY dont know how to do something, no-one does.
Thor
2006-11-21 12:47:29 UTC
Two ways you can do:

1. Install a plugin called Pitstop for Acrobat, not the Reader version.

2. Open the PDF file in Illustrator CS or later and edit the content but you need to load the correct fonts first.
sarah c
2006-11-21 14:52:43 UTC
Pdf is an output format, not an editable file. The point of pdf is to stop people editing them.



The only thing you can try is to print them out, then scan them using Optical Character Recognition software. Import them into your word processor, translate, then export as a pdf.



http://www.abbyy.com - abbyy fine reader optical character recognition software.

http://www.visagesoft.com/products/easypdf/free.php - pdf freeware
sarge927
2006-11-21 12:48:25 UTC
Very difficult to do. PDF files are not easily converted to Word or WordPerfect files, so you can't just convert the data. The only thing you may be able to do is use a scanner. I wish I remember the name of the program, but there is one that can take a scanned document and convert it to Microsoft Word format. It's not 100% accurate, so you'd have to edit it, but it beats having to type the whole thing over...
Chau H
2006-11-21 12:49:23 UTC
Well, I would use the Acrobat Professional from adobe if you can afford it. There are other options out there that are cheaper, but none of them free.



The low-budget way would be to save it as an image, edit it in your local program then print it back to pdf. Not very fun....
2016-11-29 13:30:25 UTC
sure, you could modify the archives in a PDF document.. Convert it to a record document using a software, GOOGLE key-word is: convert pdf to record. you could now modify it.Then if U pick it in a PDF document ,convert it right into a PDF document. (or) A software "Foxit Reader",it really is used to change the archives in a PDF document... acquire it & attempt it.
the_memoch
2006-11-21 12:48:44 UTC
the pdf files are read only, but you can create it using a pdf writer like adobe prd writer or using the easypdf word plug in, or you can make a pdf file using the LaTeX program, but i dont think anyone here know about it
Poor one
2006-11-21 12:45:21 UTC
You cant, that's part of the point of them
schmagum
2006-11-21 12:50:57 UTC
I think we should modify paedophiles by ripping their balls off.
^crash_&_burn^
2006-11-21 13:36:10 UTC
Advanced PDF Tools v2.0 User Manual



Advanced PDF Tools Introduction

Advanced PDF Tools (Upgrade from PDF Information Editor software) help users to change or enhance their pdf files. These include Document Summary, Initial view, User Interface, Window option, Start Page, Page magnification, Page layout, Pages size, Page contents size, Page rotation, Page contents rotation, optimize PDF file, compress PDF file, Metadata, Custom Info fields and others.



Main Window

Advanced PDF Tools Features

* Advanced PDF Tools support PDF 1.6 and Acrobat 7 documents

* Advanced PDF Tools can return the following information

Filename | PDF Version | Encryption status (128-bits or 64-bits) | Page Count | All Page Size - ( size of media box and crop box of all pages ) | Open Action Status | Title | Subject | Author | Keywords | Modification Date | Creation Date | Producer | Creator | Custom Fields | Metadata Content | Rotate Angle | Page Mode | View Reference | Page Layout

* Advanced PDF Tools support set document Information fields

Title | Subject | Author | Keywords | Creator | Producer | Creation Date | Custom Fields (support any name / value string field and date field)

* Export the source XML Metadata from PDF files

* Data is returned via standard output and/or printed to a text file

* File path and filename can be printed at the beginning of the returned data

* Keep track of the progress in a convenient log file

* Support Batch processing, return data from a single or multiple PDF files

* Insert a XML file into PDF files

* Set how the new output file displays when opening

Set the document Page Mode ( UseNone | PageOnly | UseThumbs | UseBookmarks| Fullscreen )

Set the document's layout ( Single | Continuous | Continuous-facing | twoColLeft )

Set the document's Open Action ( FitPage | FitVisible | FitWidth | FitHeight | FitWindow | ...)

Set the document's start page number

Hide the toolbar upon opening the document

Hide the menubar upon opening the document

Hide scrollbars and other controls upon opening the document

Resize the window to the initial page

Center the window on the screen

Display document title in windows title bar

* Count PDF Pages and Returns the Numerical Amount

* Total Page Count - multiple file page counts added together

* Print results to Standard Output or to a Text File

* Do NOT need Adobe Acrobat software

* Change the page size and page content in your PDF files

Set page size to A3, A4, Letter, B4, B5, Legal, Custom Size

Scale the page size and page content

Rotate the page and page content (0, 90, 180, 270, 360, any angle)

Set the page margin, page offset

Set available pages range

* Unused object removal (a garbage collector for PDF files)

* Support drag and drop

* Optimize for the web (linearize)

* The optimize panel contain options for reducing the size and improving the reliability of a PDF document

* The Images panel contain options for compression and resizing Color, Grayscale and Monochrome images in a PDF file

* Replace/Append keywords field to existing PDF file

* Replace/Append custom properties to existing PDF file



Advanced PDF Tools Interfaces



Summary Panel

Using summary setting function, user can edit pdf file summary information including title, subject, author, keywords, create date, modify date, creator, producer. Following is the summary setting interface .



Summary

If you want to change pdf document's title information, select one or more pdf file first, than select the Title checkbox, input new title in the right textbox. After finish setting, click Change button. The same way to change other summary information.



Note:

If you want append "Keywords" to existing PDF file, you may add a "+" symbol before the keywords, for example, "+pdf tools, pdf writer".



Open action Panel

Open action panel include initial view, user interface option and window option. Following is the Open action interface.



Initial View Section

Initial view include the following options:



Not change

If you do not want to change pdf document's initial view you should select Not change option.



Page only

Neither document outline nor thumbnail images is visible. this function determine whether any of the extra panels on the left side of the document will appear when opened. If your document has no bookmarks and you see no need for display thumbnails, leave it set to Page only.



Bookmarks and page

This option determine whether display bookmarks or not when open the pdf file. If you want to display bookmarks select this option.



Thumbnails and page

This option determine whether display Thumbnails or not when open the pdf file. If you want to display Thumbnails, select this option please.

Open in full screen mode



If select this option, the document will display in full screen mode with no menu bar, window controls, or any other window visible when the document is opening.



UseOC

Optional content group panel visible.



Start page number

Specify a page to be displayed first when the document is opened.



Magnification

Determine how pdf pages should look in the viewer.





Page layout Section

Specifying the page layout to be used when the document is opened. Page layout include the following options :



SinglePage

Display one page at a time.



Continuous

Display the pages in one column.



Continuous-facing

Display the pages in two columns, with odd numbered pages on the left.



TwoColumnRight

Display the pages in two columns, with odd numbered pages on the right.





User interface Section

These control which parts of Acrobat's own user interface should be hidden when this document is displayed. These are useful for when creating a full screen presentation or you don't wish users to use Acrobat's own UI.



User interface include the following options:

Hide menu bar

Specifying whether to hide the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.



Hide tool bar

Specifying whether to hide the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.



Hide window control

Specifying whether to hide user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.



Window Options Section



Resize window to initial page

Specifying whether to resize the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.



Center window on screen

Specifying whether to position the document's window in the center of the screen.



Display document title

Specifying whether the window's title bar should display, the document title taken from the Title entry of the document information. If not select this option, the title bar should instead display the name of the PDF file containing the document.



Pages Panel

Following is the pages setting interface:



Rotate pages Section

To rotate the pages, enter a rotation number into right combox in 90-degree increments.



Change page Info Section

In the Page Size section of this panel, PDF Info Editor allows you to set the size of the page. You may leave the size unchanged by select no change. You can set the size to a predefined standard paper dimension (eg. Letter or A4) or a custom defined size of your choosing.



Set page scale

To scale the page by a certain percentage, select Set page scale and enter the percentage.



Page content Section

The settings in the Page Content section allow you to control the contents in the page. In most cases you'll use the default "Scale to Fit" option to have the page contents scaled the same amount as the Page size. Alternatively, you can select "Custom" and enter a specific value. You can also choose "No Scaling" to leave the page contents unchanged. The "No Scaling" feature is useful when you wish to crop out unused white space surrounding the contents of your PDF document.



Center on page

Select this option to leave the page content center on page.



Increase pages margin

If you want to increase the pdf document page's margin input value here.



Rotate

To rotate the contents of the page, enter a rotation number in 90-degree increments.



Set pages range

Pages range setting determine which pages be affected by above setting .the default setting is all pages.





Optimization Panel



Following is the optimization interface:

You can remove all unused items from your PDF files within these options, this will make your PDF file smaller.

Image Panel



Following is the image interface:

On the Image panel, you select the Compression, Quality, Image size options for Color, Grayscale and Monochrome images.

Image compression is where you actually reduce the data in the image by lossless compression or by lossy compression, there are different algorithms for performing this operation and we offer you the choice of all those supported by Adobe Acrobat and PDF file, include Flate, JPEG, JPEG2000, CCITT G4 etc. types.





Metadata Panel

Consisting of general information about a document or a component of a document, such as its title, author, and creation and modification dates.



Following is metadata setting interface

you can set document's metadata information by select a xmp file with XML format.





Custom fields Panel

Besides change summary information by summary setting, you can add your own information . This editable list of items in the following interface lets you specify the keys and values that will appear in the different fields of Acrobat's Document Properties->Summary or Document Properties->Description dialog box. In addition to the standard items listed in the menu, you may add any custom items that you wish such as those specific to a document management system or indexing engine that you use.



Key

The key you want to add.

Value

This key's value.

After set the key and the value, you can click "Add" button to add the information to the list box above. You also can delete info above by click “Delete” button.



Note:

If you want append "Custom Properties" to existing PDF file, you may add a "+" symbol to the first item in the list, for example,

"+Company" => "VeryPDF.com Inc"

"Copyright" => "VeryPDF"





Shortcut Menu



Show Files Info

Select show files info menu PDF Info Editor will extract selected files info to a new window.



Change Selected File

PDF Info Editor allow user process one or more selected files instead of all.



View Source File

User can select this menu to view source pdf file selected in pdf file list. User can also double click on one source file to browse .



View Destination File

User can select this menu to view Destination pdf file selected in pdf file list. User can also double click on one Destination file to browse .



Delete All

Select this menu PDF Info Editor will clear the file list box after confirm.



Delete

Delete selected files in the file list box.





Advanced PDF Tools Home page:



http://www.verypdf.com

http://www.toppdf.com

http://www.globalpdf.com


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