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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
'''PDF''' is [[Adobe]]'s proprietary "Portable Document Format". The format preserves the exact layout of text and images put in it while allowing device-independent display and printing. | '''PDF''' is [[Adobe]]'s proprietary "Portable Document Format". The format preserves the exact layout of text and images put in it while allowing device-independent display and printing. | ||
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* kpdf | * kpdf | ||
* KGhostView | * KGhostView | ||
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| + | A [[free/open-source]] utility program, [http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ pdftk], is also available for manipulating/accessing PDF files | ||
| + | ==Converting== | ||
| + | ===to other formats=== | ||
It seems to be somewhat more difficult to convert from PDF to other formats; some possible leads: | It seems to be somewhat more difficult to convert from PDF to other formats; some possible leads: | ||
* [[Linux]] [[CLI]] apps: [[pdftohtml]] [[pdf2dsc]] [[pdf2ps]] [[pdffonts]] [[pdfimages]] [[pdfinfo]] [[pdftoppm]] [[pdftops]] [[pdftotext]] | * [[Linux]] [[CLI]] apps: [[pdftohtml]] [[pdf2dsc]] [[pdf2ps]] [[pdffonts]] [[pdfimages]] [[pdfinfo]] [[pdftoppm]] [[pdftops]] [[pdftotext]] | ||
* [[Perl]] modules: PDF | * [[Perl]] modules: PDF | ||
| + | ===from other formats=== | ||
| + | * [[mwsite:Extension:WikiPDF|Extension:WikiPDF]]: [[MediaWiki]] extension for displaying pages as PDF files | ||
| + | ==Annotating== | ||
| + | * '''2008-09-10''' [http://www.gnurou.org/blog/2008/09/09/finally_real_pdf_annotating_under_linux Finally, real PDF annotating under Linux! (with help from Wine)] | ||
| + | * [[Okular]] has annotating features (called "reviewing"), but apparently (as of v0.8.1, 2009-03-27) cannot print annotations or merge them into the PDF for other programs to print. They can only be saved in Okular's native file format (.okular). | ||
| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | ===Reference=== | ||
| + | * {{wikipedia|Portable Document Format}} | ||
| + | * [http://gnupdf.org/Category:PDF PDF articles] at GnuPDF | ||
| + | ===Books=== | ||
| + | * [http://www.pdfhacks.com/eno/ PDF Hacks]: page includes sample hacks | ||
Latest revision as of 12:35, 27 March 2009
computing: software: file formats: PDF
Overview
PDF is Adobe's proprietary "Portable Document Format". The format preserves the exact layout of text and images put in it while allowing device-independent display and printing.
Adobe provides a free reader ("Acrobat Reader") for the format, but charges significant money for the full "Acrobat" program which can write the format. FOSS programs such as OpenOffice can export in PDF format albeit not always perfectly. There are also FOSS programs available for reading PDF -- necessary especially in the Linux world, as Adobe does not provide Acrobat Reader for Linux.
The following FOSS applications are available for reading PDFs in Linux (and they all open faster than Acrobat Reader):
- xpdf (very bare-bones)
- kpdf
- KGhostView
A free/open-source utility program, pdftk, is also available for manipulating/accessing PDF files
Converting
to other formats
It seems to be somewhat more difficult to convert from PDF to other formats; some possible leads:
- Linux CLI apps: pdftohtml pdf2dsc pdf2ps pdffonts pdfimages pdfinfo pdftoppm pdftops pdftotext
- Perl modules: PDF
from other formats
- Extension:WikiPDF: MediaWiki extension for displaying pages as PDF files
Annotating
- 2008-09-10 Finally, real PDF annotating under Linux! (with help from Wine)
- Okular has annotating features (called "reviewing"), but apparently (as of v0.8.1, 2009-03-27) cannot print annotations or merge them into the PDF for other programs to print. They can only be saved in Okular's native file format (.okular).
Links
Reference
- Wikipedia
- PDF articles at GnuPDF
Books
- PDF Hacks: page includes sample hacks