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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''' ||		 ||<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''' ||
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||<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` ||		 ||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee"> ||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` ||
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||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee">          || Sun Ray (Linux) || Windows ||
|| console || pdftk || - ||
|| GUI     || pdfshuffler     || Acrobat ||		 ||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee"> ||Sun Ray (Linux) ||Windows ||
||console ||pdftk ||- ||
||GUI ||pdfshuffler ||Acrobat ||
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   Joins the files {{{cv.pdf}}}, {{{research.pdf}}} and {{{teaching.pdf}}} into one file {{{application.pdf}}}.   . Joins the files {{{cv.pdf}}}, {{{research.pdf}}} and {{{teaching.pdf}}} into one file {{{application.pdf}}}.
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||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee">          || Sun Ray (Linux) || Windows ||
|| console || pdftk || - ||
|| GUI     || pdfshuffler  || Acrobat ||		 ||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee"> ||Sun Ray (Linux) ||Windows ||
||console ||pdftk ||- ||
||GUI ||pdfshuffler ||Acrobat ||
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   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}}}.   . 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}}}.
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||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee">          || Sun Ray (Linux) || Windows ||
|| console || [[pdf_anonymizer|pdfanonymizer]] || - ||
|| GUI     || Nautilus || Acrobat ||		 ||<rowbgcolor="#eeeeee"> ||Sun Ray (Linux) ||Windows ||
||console ||[[pdf_anonymizer|pdfanonymizer]] ||- ||
||GUI ||Nautilus ||Acrobat ||

PDF Best Practise

Contents

  1. PDF Best Practise
  2. Create PDF
  3. Merge PDF Files
  4. Rearrange Pages in PDF files
  5. Anomyze PDF Files
  6. Count words in PDF files

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

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

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

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

Sun Ray (Linux)

Windows

console

pdfanonymizer

-

GUI

Nautilus

Acrobat

Count words in PDF files

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