Simple pdf editor

I have been using Atril to edit a housing document that I am filling out.

(I would like to get the 38 page document turned in as soon as I can.)

The fonts are different sizes for many of the boxes. I did a search for editors and found Okular etc.

I just need a simple pdf editor where the fonts that will look readable.

Where the fonts do not go from 5 to 25. :slight_smile:

Thanks.

I have seen what you are experiencing. I use LibreOffice Draw, which does allow some control of font sizes in boxes that you are filling in.

As an FYI, to sign a PDF using a pointing device, Xournal++ works well.

Good luck with your large document.

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Thanks. The PDF is a "fillable" document. I opened it using LibreOffice Draw.

I could not find how to get to the first page.

For now, I will continue to use Atril to finish filling out the document.

Then I will print one page at a FedEx store and see how it looks.

If it looks readable, then I am good to go.

From my experience, Okular is more of a "mark-up" tool than it is an editor. There is no function/feature that allows you to perform editorial corrections ... like replacing a mis-typed letter, or adding a missing "newline".

As for "major" edits on a PDF form, to maintain style, positionning, etc., I haven't come across any that works.

Even LibreOffice Draw, it may be able to rebuild a printable PDF that keeps the original appearance, but does not seem to correctly handle the "editable" functionality of modifiable PDFs, à la Adobe.

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Linux version of Foxit.

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I prefer using Libre Office Draw. But Master PDF editor may work.

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The snap store offers onlyoffice-desktopeditors. For editing PDF documents it has more capabilities than any other free non-web solution that I've found. The trade-off is that the learning curve is higher.

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