Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:31:31 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Convert flat PDF to interactive PDF Message-ID: <20130721173131.09ecba10@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20130721174024.GB12236@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20130720151819.7a1fec15@scorpio> <20130721174024.GB12236@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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--Sig_/2pwmJ99MXmLY0=cyEqzr17y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:40:24 +0200 Roland Smith articulated: > On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 03:18:19PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > I am looking for an application that can convert a standard "flat" > > PDF file into an "interactive" PDF. I can locate several that work > > under MS Windows, including Acrobat XI; however, I was trying to > > find one that will work under KDE on FreeBSD. >=20 > A lot of those kinds of features are only supported by acrobat reader. > E.g. with KDE's Okular, annotations, forms and playing movies are > listed as in development (see http://okular.kde.org/formats.php). >=20 > Furthermore, it seems that the PDF viewer often needs javascript > built-in and enabled for them to work. Few open source PDF readers > support that, because it can be a huge security risk. The > graphics/mupdf port supports it, but the port is built _without_ > javascript by default. >=20 > Using e.g. print/pdftk you can uncompress the streams in a PDF file, > so you can edit it in any editor. This would allow you to see which > stream contains javascript. Using that and the relevant adobe > documentation, you should be able to add javascript to your own pdf > files. I am think about giving "print/scribus-devel" a try out. "Acrobat XI" is a pretty nice application, but if I could find something that worked in a similar fashion for a non Windows system, it would be nice. The work I am doing is for a municipality, so cost is not an issue, job security is. If I can do the same job on a non Windows machine, the odds of someone else being able to do the same thing are greatly reduced. If I use Acrobat XI, anyone would be able to do the job making my presents less of an issue. --=20 Jerry =E2=99=94 Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ --Sig_/2pwmJ99MXmLY0=cyEqzr17y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJR7FM9AAoJEF2rWD2do7dNuIAH/Rdu9RT7cKXGIC15YbMQ9aE7 y9jm9ANiMMVGa0KO21Yr73np4oirU3LGIIeVSbj54mV1UpQG1WoV/Xq80C+/NxtJ RxrtNom1wFzY0s0Mf4IUT/Vq+6mOsgU3wqNv6VvwUM6TyzP+PNsS31WOBjQqt0J0 aJJ252JphRsmCVWtBBBsFkPHBVL3Dl88uXtShK0eQJJhwGKUZoj0Dvj5bGFGzH+Q e50EvEZQKXmPj4EjoqIeIIaOQl9bBxt5NTDc12Jbf5DOqpp/LIzSd75KlfQxNY2h 1sJP2ui9/+US1wLmykflWaSALOuRldbliLCxlqAq7yScHSPNb0Fr5D9nOxgRFDA= =3rRA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/2pwmJ99MXmLY0=cyEqzr17y--
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