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Re: Editing PDF files

From	Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Editing PDF files
Date	2026-09-30 00:23 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<119i2sr$3tfqd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<osftomx8qd.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>

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On Tue, 9/29/2026 3:24 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> A friend (a teacher) has a problem with PDF files.
> 
> Management sends her files in PDF format which she is supposed to edit and fill with names and data and send back. I asked chatgpt and Word can directly edit PDF files, with some limitations. I don't have word (nor she unless she pays it herlself), so I can't try myself. Management does not supply the employees with software nor laptops. Some cheek.
> 
> The Libre Office method is open in LO Draw, select the text, and copy to a new LO Writer document. But each line is separate, text doesn't flow.
> 
> I wonder if there is a better or easier method.
> 

Apparently Firefox browser can fill a form.pdf .

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, "in theory", can fill out a
form, but it is a bloated whale of a thing with brokenness
at the moment. They're too busy breaking it, to be interested
in their users. I no longer have that installed on C: here,
I gave up on it. Too much evil.

Via version numbers, a recently created form.pdf would
not be able to be opened by things like Acrobat Reader 9,
so you cannot rely on older versions of a thing, to get
around the Adobe Reader DC mess.

I can't even find a program to "classify" the files. The
Linux file command, treats them all the same, by just
sniffing the PDF string at the top of the file, rather than
looking inside the file. This means I can't scan my disk for
samples of form.pdf type files.

Some documents need the Javascript interpreter in Acrobat Reader
to be turned on. This applies to things like government forms
that have a "sanitizing" feature for actively checking what
you enter in a box, and complaining about the format you enter.

And it goes downhill from there. Lots of tools only handle
plain PDFs and not the other types.

   Paul

Thread

Editing PDF files "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-09-29 21:24 +0200
  Re: Editing PDF files "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 20:45 +0100
    Re: Editing PDF files knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-29 17:13 -0400
    Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 12:43 +0200
  Re: Editing PDF files T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-29 12:49 -0700
    Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-09-30 12:21 +0200
      Re: Editing PDF files "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-30 13:20 +0100
        Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 12:44 +0200
      Re: Editing PDF files T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-30 12:07 -0700
        Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 12:46 +0200
          Re: Editing PDF files "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-01 18:10 +0100
            Re: Editing PDF files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-01 13:35 -0400
            Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 20:34 +0200
              Re: Editing PDF files Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-02 06:07 -1100
                Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 19:49 +0200
                Re: Editing PDF files Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-02 08:24 -1100
                Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 21:59 +0200
                Re: Editing PDF files Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-02 20:11 -0400
          Re: Editing PDF files T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-01 11:46 -0700
            Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 21:39 +0200
              Re: Editing PDF files T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-01 14:18 -0700
  Re: Editing PDF files PDF Files <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-29 21:05 +0100
  Re: Editing PDF files Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2026-09-29 18:26 -0400
    Re: Editing PDF files T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-29 16:51 -0700
      Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 12:48 +0200
        Re: Editing PDF files T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-01 11:47 -0700
          Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 21:40 +0200
            Re: Editing PDF files T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-01 14:19 -0700
    Re: Editing PDF files "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-30 01:27 +0100
      Re: Editing PDF files T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-29 20:56 -0700
        Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 12:50 +0200
      Re: Editing PDF files "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-09-30 00:34 -0400
  Re: Editing PDF files "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-09-29 20:15 -0400
    Re: Editing PDF files "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-30 01:30 +0100
      Re: Editing PDF files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-09-30 00:26 -0400
      Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 12:55 +0200
  Re: Editing PDF files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-09-29 22:45 -0500
    Re: Editing PDF files "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-09-30 10:23 -0400
    Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 13:01 +0200
  Re: Editing PDF files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-09-30 00:23 -0400
    Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 13:05 +0200
      Re: Editing PDF files "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-01 18:53 +0100
    Re: Editing PDF files "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-01 17:40 +0200
      Re: Editing PDF files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-01 14:09 -0400
        Re: Editing PDF files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-10-01 18:21 +0000
          Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 20:30 +0200
            Re: Editing PDF files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-10-01 18:58 +0000
              Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 21:42 +0200
            Re: Editing PDF files knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-01 21:35 -0400
              Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 11:56 +0200
            Re: Editing PDF files "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-02 16:12 +0200
              Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 19:50 +0200
                Re: Editing PDF files "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-02 20:57 +0200
                Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 21:34 +0200
                Re: Editing PDF files Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-02 20:19 -0400
            Re: Editing PDF files Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-02 17:54 +0000
  Re: Editing PDF files Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-09-30 06:53 +0000
    Re: Editing PDF files Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-09-30 07:34 +0000
    Re: Editing PDF files Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-30 13:58 +0100
      Re: Editing PDF files knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-30 09:30 -0400
        Re: Editing PDF files "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-09-30 10:36 -0400
          Re: Editing PDF files Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-02 06:29 -1100
        Re: Editing PDF files PDF Files <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-30 18:17 +0100
          Re: Editing PDF files knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-09-30 16:07 -0400
          Re: Editing PDF files "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-01 01:59 +0100
            Re: Editing PDF files Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-01 06:57 +0000
        Re: Editing PDF files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-09-30 18:26 +0000
      Re: Editing PDF files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-09-30 13:25 -0500
        Re: Editing PDF files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-09-30 18:39 +0000
        Re: Editing PDF files Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-09-30 20:26 +0000
  Re: Editing PDF files Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> - 2026-09-30 10:48 +0100
    Re: Editing PDF files "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-09-30 10:50 -0400
      Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 13:11 +0200
        Re: Editing PDF files "....winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2026-10-01 13:44 -0400
  Re: Editing PDF files Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-30 11:14 +0100
    Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 13:12 +0200
  Re: Editing PDF files Ammammata <ammammata@tiscali.it> - 2026-09-30 12:24 +0200
  Re: Editing PDF files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-09-30 16:08 -0400
    Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 13:13 +0200
      Re: Editing PDF files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-01 09:52 -0400
        Re: Editing PDF files "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 20:33 +0200
  Re: Editing PDF files Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk <asdfadsasdfa@atomicmail.io> - 2026-10-02 12:41 +0200
  Re: Editing PDF files Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-02 05:37 -1100
  Re: Editing PDF files Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk <asdfadsasdfa@atomicmail.io> - 2026-10-02 12:11 +0200

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