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Subject: Re: *Editing* PDFs?
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On 10/13/03 19:03, James Leone wrote:

> The only way I have been able to edit existing PDF's is by installing 
> Adobe Acrobat 5.0 in Linux by using Codeweaver's Cross Over Office, 
> which is available at www.codeweavers.com.


Which is the original problem :-)

I've used Acrobat on Windows. It works wonderfully.

I suppose if anyone ever does a good open-source DTP program for Unix, 
it won't be that hard ...

> I have been able to combine PDF's and create PDF's out of anything 
> printable just by using some basic Unix utilities.  I can go into 
> detail if someone likes.


Definitely!


- d.