I'm used to OS X where the system PDF viewer will let you draw and write text on top of any PDF document. You can then flatten it and save as a new PDF. It saves paper and time so you can fill in any form without printing it and scanning it back to the computer.
It also lets you insert a scanned image of your signature.
Is there software for Ubuntu that would do that?
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xournal. I use it in conjunction with python-whiteboard daily. After you're done, just export as pdf. (The video shows how I use it.)
Master PDF Editor can be used to edit PDF files in Linux. It enables you to create, edit, view, encrypt, sign and print interactive PDF documents.
1. Download Application
It may not be the latest release, but, in this case, a message will pop-up to update when launching the application.
1.1. 32 bits
wget -O master-pdf-editor.deb1.2. 64 bits
wget -O master-pdf-editor.deb2. Install Application
sudo dpkg -i master-pdf-editor.deb3. Install Dependencies if necessary
sudo apt-get install -fUninstall
sudo apt-get remove master-pdf-editorOne tool that I really like is Foxit Reader. It has a lot of functionality in the free version.
The best "onboard" choice IMO is LibreOffice Draw. Although you might experience some minor changes to the document in terms of formatting, fonts and images. Still a solid solution altogether.
I think we are on a hiding to nothing on this one. You can add to PDFs in Gimp, but it isn't really editing. My experience is that Gimp imports the PDF as an image, not text, so all you are doing in Gimp is overlaying, not actually editing. There doesn't appear to be any free or moderately priced PDF editors for Linux systems.
That said, it is possible to extract the text by converting the Gimp image to a .tiff file, then you use tesseract to do an OCR, and finally import the text into LibreOffice from which one can do any editing and then write the file out as a PDF. You lose any formatting, so it depends on your needs and how much editing is worthwhile. I have to say I am impressed with tesseract, and it will even identify and isolate columns of text on a page. You do need to mess around with the .tiff files to make sure that the resolution is adequate.
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