I happened upon pdftk a few months back when searching for an open source tool for working with PDF files on Ubuntu 10.04. pdftk is a command line tool that runs on many Linux variants, Mac OS, and Windows. Although not a full fledged PDF editor, pdftk is a great tool for manipulating existing PDF documents via the command line.
The main activities I've used pdftk for:
- merging multiple PDF documents
- splitting a PDF into multiple documents
- adding pages to a PDF
- rotating pages within a PDF
PDF Import Extension for Open Office
The PDF import extension for Open Office has worked well in certain situations, however it does not do well with tables and a lot of custom formatting. However, for editing and republishing PDFs with basic formatting, it works like a champ.
Open Office extensions are very easy to install via the Extension Manager. However, here is a guide if this is your first time using Open Office extensions.
pdfedit
pdfedit is another option that I've seen referenced numerous times. I've played with it only a little. It looks to me like a rather technical tool for someone who has taken the time to really figure out their way around the internal structure of a PDF. I'm sure pdfedit has it's advantages. I'll post more once I've had a chance to really evaluate it.
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