Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: free app to modify pdf files Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:19:32 +0200 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <102kd6e$b2fc$2@dont-email.me> <102rjfv$2bd81$2@dont-email.me> <102sslk$2maov$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net hP0P3ev2QyWSkuiMKHBLkwxDL+UqgBYBPuyKDHhTI0oT4B2Qu0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:uPEaRiiB9kRADx6Wu8yc0IeGzhU= sha256:8IVRr8TAFGDizOxnpwKdtijAl+Qdq9dxt1En42+PD+k= Content-Language: en-US, de-DE In-Reply-To: <102sslk$2maov$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:149049 sobriquet, 2025-06-18 01:10: > Op 17/06/2025 om 20:21 schreef Arno Welzel: [...] >> Yes, but you do *not* change the PDF itself. You just enter something in >> form fields provided in the PDF. And you can then save the PDF with the >> filled form. But when you open it again you will see, that the form >> fields are still there and can be changed again - but nothing else, >> since you will not change the PDF. >> >> It's like filling a form on a website - you do not change the website >> itself just by filling a form and sending it. >> > > It depends how you interpret "change". If you fill out a form I would > say you change the form from an empty form to a form that has been > filled out. Also, it's natural to think of it as modifying the pdf > file, since the file attributes like "date last modified" will > typically change, while it wouldn't change if you just read the > pdf file without making any changes to the file. Yes, but the content of the PDF itself is still not changed. So when you want to edit the content of the PDF and not just fill forms inside a PDF you need a PDF editor and not just a PDF viewer which can fill forms and save that. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de