pdfBestPractise

Program	Doc	Mode	Description
pdftk	http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-cli-examples/	Text	Merge, Rearrange, Delete files and pages
pdfanomyzer	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	-
Firefox, Thunderbird	* Print to printer pdf * Print as file	* Print to printer cute_pdf * Print 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.pdf and teaching.pdf into one file application.pdf.

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 of certificates.pdf and the first page of research.pdf and merges them into one file application.pdf.

Anomyze PDF Files

	Linux	Windows
console	pdfanonymizer	-
GUI	Nautilus	Acrobat

Count words in PDF files

• pdf_word_count

PDF vergleichen

• diffpdf