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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      This would be on Windows. Looking for something that allows normal editing, don't know much about PDF usage so maybe the answer is no. Foxit is our choice if we have to pay for something.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
        last edited by

        LibreOffice allows for opening PDFs, are you specifically looking for a viewer or the ability to create and edit?

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch
          last edited by

          I love PDF Element. Not open source, and not free. But only $99 / seat one time expense.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            PDFCreator looks good for many things, but not for editing 😞

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
              last edited by scottalanmiller

              @dustinb3403 said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

              LibreOffice allows for opening PDFs, are you specifically looking for a viewer or the ability to create and edit?

              Editing is a big piece. Plus merging.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                @dustinb3403 said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                LibreOffice allows for opening PDFs, are you specifically looking for a viewer or the ability to create and edit?

                Editing is a big piece. Plus merging.

                I have never found a good distortion that was open source or free.

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                • momurdaM
                  momurda
                  last edited by

                  We use Foxit Phantom Standard because this "open" standard has about zero FOSS applications other than simple readers available.
                  LIbreOffice Draw lets you edit pdfs inline but doesnt seem elegant in my experience.

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                  • computerchipC
                    computerchip
                    last edited by

                    Have you tried out AbleWord?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      @jaredbusch said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                      @scottalanmiller said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                      @dustinb3403 said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                      LibreOffice allows for opening PDFs, are you specifically looking for a viewer or the ability to create and edit?

                      Editing is a big piece. Plus merging.

                      I have never found a good distortion that was open source or free.

                      Me either, was just hoping I'd missed something or that something new had come along.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @computerchip
                        last edited by

                        @computerchip said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                        Have you tried out AbleWord?

                        Haven't even heard of it.

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                        • computerchipC
                          computerchip @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller Check it out, see if that will work for you. 😃

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                            @computerchip said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                            Have you tried out AbleWord?

                            Haven't even heard of it.

                            Because it is dead.

                            No updates since 2015. Requires .Net 2/3.5 be enabled

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                            • coliverC
                              coliver
                              last edited by

                              I've never found anything capable and open source. Foxit has an editor I liked as does Nitro but both cost money. I'll keep an eye on this thread though.

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @coliver
                                last edited by

                                @coliver said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                                I've never found anything capable and open source. Foxit has an editor I liked as does Nitro but both cost money. I'll keep an eye on this thread though.

                                I used to like those, but bleh.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  LibreOffice Draw seems to have added some features. Maybe it will be enough.

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                                  • computerchipC
                                    computerchip @JaredBusch
                                    last edited by

                                    @jaredbusch said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                                    @computerchip said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                                    Have you tried out AbleWord?

                                    Haven't even heard of it.

                                    Because it is dead.

                                    No updates since 2015. Requires .Net 2/3.5 be enabled

                                    I still use notepad all the time and it's the same interface and functions as it did 15 years ago. I wouldn't call it dead.

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                                    • K
                                      krisleslie
                                      last edited by krisleslie

                                      If you want to keep it simple, if you head over to ninite.com they have:
                                      Foxit Reader
                                      Alternative PDF Reader 9.0.1.1049
                                      LibreOffice
                                      Free Office Suite 6.0.2 (JRE recommended)
                                      SumatraPDF
                                      Lightweight PDF Reader 3.1.2
                                      CutePDF
                                      Print Documents as PDF Files 3.2
                                      PDFCreator
                                      Print Documents as PDF Files 3.1.2.10844
                                      OpenOffice

                                      I have a side question, is this for the legal industry or just general use? I use to work in legal industry with a few leading firms with as a billed out MSP model to companies who didn't want to handle those types of services internally. I played with PDF's professionally at scale. We are talking 100K to 1M + in documents management. While I like how the pdf format is open per se to other vendors using it, there are sometimes quirks that happen with PDFs especially when someone is using a passworded version or a version done at a high level but someone with a low level version trying to use it and last but not least conversion issues especially when trying to convert from say a crazy windows doc / docx to pdf.

                                      In my opinion, I prefer to working in Google then save to pdf 🙂 which eliminates most of the issues (short of formatting) but for those few times I have to actually edit and manipulate them, Acrobat is tried at true but Sumatra PDF & PDF Nitro are also my go to.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @krisleslie
                                        last edited by

                                        @krisleslie said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                                        If you want to keep it simple, if you head over to ninite.com they have:
                                        Foxit Reader
                                        Alternative PDF Reader 9.0.1.1049
                                        LibreOffice
                                        Free Office Suite 6.0.2 (JRE recommended)
                                        SumatraPDF
                                        Lightweight PDF Reader 3.1.2
                                        CutePDF
                                        Print Documents as PDF Files 3.2
                                        PDFCreator
                                        Print Documents as PDF Files 3.1.2.10844
                                        OpenOffice

                                        Most of those are readers, though. Foxit, for example, to edit is $130.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @krisleslie
                                          last edited by

                                          @krisleslie said in PDF Editor Alternatives, Preferably Open Source:

                                          I have a side question, is this for the legal industry or just general use?

                                          General, it is sales people requesting it.

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                                          • K
                                            krisleslie
                                            last edited by

                                            Ah well I'll take one for from your playbook you gave me 🙂 consider possibly hosting Adobe Acrobat in RDS. I think I did about a year ago and worked fine from my Chromebook. Otherwise I hate Adobe's pricing. Even for me being a non profit they cap us off and still charge us premium rate for Acrobat. At best I'm able to get cost around $50-75 but with caveats, aka being forced to use the online service, not the actual desktop app.

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