= 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"> ||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"> ||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"> ||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"> ||Linux ||Windows ||
||console ||[[pdf_anonymizer|pdfanonymizer]] ||- ||
||GUI ||Nautilus ||Acrobat ||


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

= PDF vergleichen =

 * diffpdf