= PDF Best Practise =
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||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee"> 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. <<BR>> '''Nautilus: right mouse click on one selected pdf files'''  ||
|| pdfwordcount || pdfwordcount -h || Text / Nautilus ||  Counts words in a PDF document using pdftotext and wc. <<BR>> '''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. <<BR>> '''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)'. <<BR>> '''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 <<BR>> '''Nautilus: right mouse click on one or more selected pdf files''' ||
|| cutepdf      || [[http://www.cutepdf.com|Virtual Windows PDF printer]] || GUI || printer driver ||
|| Acrobat      || [[http://www.adobe.com]] || GUI || Application and printer driver. '''Start > Programs > Text > Adobe''' ||


= Create PDF =
||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee">   || Sun Ray (Linux) || Windows ||
|| console || `lp -d pdf {file}` <<BR>> ps2pdf {file}.ps || - ||
|| Firefox, Thunderbird || * Print to printer `pdf` <<BR>> * Print `as file` || * Print to printer `cute_pdf` <<BR>> * Print `as file` ||
|| OpenOffice || * Print to printer `pdf` <<BR>> * Export `as PDF` || * Print to printer `cute_pdf` <<BR>> * Export `as PDF` ||
|| other application || Print to printer `pdf` || Print to printer `cute_pdf` ||

= Merge PDF Files =
||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee">          || Sun Ray (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 =
||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee">          || Sun Ray (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 =
||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee">          || Sun Ray (Linux) || Windows ||
|| console || [[pdf_anonymizer|pdfanonymizer]] || - ||
|| GUI     || Nautilus || Acrobat ||

= Count words in PDF files =
 * [[pdf_word_count]]