pdfBestPractise232021-02-26 01:37:32crose222013-04-25 14:10:13frankm212013-04-25 14:09:17frankm202011-08-09 09:18:30felixAdded two examples for pdftk.192011-08-08 15:19:26crose182011-08-08 15:18:54crose172011-08-08 15:18:34crose162011-08-08 15:18:18crose152011-08-08 15:17:34crose142011-08-08 15:05:56crose132011-08-08 15:05:22crose122011-08-08 15:05:06crose112011-08-08 15:04:39crose102011-08-08 14:54:39crose92011-08-08 14:53:51crose82011-08-08 14:52:23crose72011-08-08 14:51:32crose62011-08-08 14:50:55crose52011-08-08 14:49:06crose42011-08-08 14:48:56crose32011-08-08 14:48:23crose22011-08-08 14:21:37crose12011-08-08 14:21:18crosePDF Best PractiseProgram Doc Mode Description
pdftk 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 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 GUI Application and printer driver. Start > Programs > Text > Adobe
Create PDFLinux 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 FilesLinux 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 filesLinux 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 FilesLinux Windows
console pdfanonymizer -
GUI Nautilus Acrobat
Count words in PDF filespdf_word_count