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DSpider · 03-06-2013, 03:16 AM

You don't want to use Adobe software? That's too bad, because Adobe is the granddaddy of PDF (they invented it). To answer your question, there is no such thing as "best". In fact, the "best" is bullsh*t (see Penn and Teller's Bullshit S03E13).

PDF files aren't meant to be edited. Think of them as a final destination format. If you want the "best", OCR them in ABBYY FineReader (which will import them as a bunch of images, one for each page), proofread it, track down the fonts, and redo the layout in InDesign or Word - which is a lot of work, but will give you much more options in terms of "edit-ability". For simple edits, Adobe Acrobat Professional (which costs way too much for what it can do) will probably do the job, but inserting images is pure madness (you have to create stamps). :|

Have fun editing PDF files.

03-06-2013, 03:16 AM	#3
DSpider Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 343115 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Romania Device: PW2 2014	You don't want to use Adobe software? That's too bad, because Adobe is the granddaddy of PDF (they invented it). To answer your question, there is no such thing as "best". In fact, the "best" is bullsht (see Penn and Teller's Bullshit S03E13). PDF files aren't meant to be edited. Think of them as a final destination format. If you want the "best", OCR them in ABBYY FineReader (which will import them as a bunch of images, one for each page), proofread it, track down the fonts, and redo the layout in InDesign or Word - which is a lot* of work, but will give you much more options in terms of "edit-ability". For simple edits, Adobe Acrobat Professional (which costs way too much for what it can do) will probably do the job, but inserting images is pure madness (you have to create stamps). :\| Have fun editing PDF files.