pdfBestPractise
| Program | Doc | Mode | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdftk | http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-cli-examples/ | Text | Merge, Rearrange, Delete files and pages |
| pdfanonymizer | pdfanonymizer -h | Text / Nautilus | Overwrite all personal META information in the PDF file. Nautilus: right mouse click on one selected pdf files |
| pdfwordcount | pdfwordcount -h | Text / Nautilus | Counts words in a PDF document using pdftotext and wc. Nautilus: right mouse click on one or more selected pdf files |
| pdfunprotect | pdfunprotect -h | Text / Nautilus | Dumps a PDF file via ghostscript to a new PDF file. Removes some password protection during this way. Nautilus: right mouse click on one selected pdf files |
| pdfrepair | pdfrepair -h | Text / Nautilus | Tries to repair a corrupted PDF file with the tools 'pdftk (Java), pdftops (ghostscript), acroread (Adobe)'. Nautilus: right mouse click on one selected pdf files |
| pdfshuffler | http://pdfshuffler.sourceforge.net/ | GUI / Nautilus | Merge, Rearrange, Delete files and pages. Applications > Office > PDF Shuffler or Nautilus: right mouse click on one or more selected pdf files |
| cutepdf | Virtual Windows PDF printer | GUI | printer driver |
| Acrobat | http://www.adobe.com | GUI | Application and printer driver. Start > Programs > Text > Adobe |
Sign PDF
* Skribble UZH| - Not for UZH internal documents. (IT Koordinatoren)
Create PDF
| Linux | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| console | lp -d pdf {file} ps2pdf {file}.ps |
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| Firefox, Thunderbird | * Print to printer pdf as file |
* Print to printer cute_pdf as file |
| OpenOffice | * Print to printer pdf * Export as PDF |
* Print to printer cute_pdf * Export as PDF |
| other application | Print to printer pdf |
Print to printer cute_pdf |
Merge PDF Files
| Linux | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| console | pdftk | - |
| GUI | pdfshuffler | Acrobat |
Example for pdftk:
pdftk cv.pdf research.pdf teaching.pdf cat output application.pdf- Joins the files
cv.pdf,research.pdfandteaching.pdfinto one fileapplication.pdf.
- Joins the files
Rearrange Pages in PDF files
| Linux | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| console | pdftk | - |
| GUI | pdfshuffler | Acrobat |
Example for pdftk:
pdftk A=cv.pdf B=research.pdf C=certificates.pdf cat A C2-4 B1 output application.pdf- Takes the whole of
cv.pdf, pages 2 to 4 ofcertificates.pdfand the first page ofresearch.pdfand merges them into one fileapplication.pdf.
- Takes the whole of
Anomyze PDF Files
| Linux | Windows | |
|---|---|---|
| console | pdfanonymizer | - |
| GUI | Nautilus | Acrobat |
Count words in PDF files
PDF vergleichen
- diffpdf