XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Chris wrote:   
   >> However, the "attribute" line shows up, so I can see some identifiers.   
   >   
   > Not true. Your replies always have the person's name. See above where is   
   > says "> Chris wrote". That's in the *body* of your reply so you can see it.   
      
   That's exactly what I said.   
      
    Me: I see the attribute (i.e., Chris wrote).   
    You: Not true   
    Me: Yes true.   
      
   >> I agree, and, you'll note, that in the last three decades of using   
   >> computers, the only apps/programs I've ever need to pay for are:   
   >>  a. The company paid for MS Office (which I'm still using)   
   >>  b. The company paid for Adobe Acrobat writer (which I'm still using)   
   >>  c. Every year I buy at Costco on sale in December their TurbuTax   
   >   
   > Why use proprietary tools when appropriate free and open source   
   > alternatives exist?   
      
   Well, you know I test free and open source tools all the time, Chris.   
      
   a. I've tested all the free MS Office alternatives.   
   b. I've tested all the free Adobe Acrobat writer alternatives.   
   c. I've tested all the free TurboTax alternatives.   
      
   For example, I've tested every single free PDF tool ever suggested on these   
   newsgroups (including those suggested on comp.editors & comp.text.pdf).   
       
      
   As a result of those extensive tests, I've never needed to buy Adobe tools   
   in decades (and the ones I have that are payware, my company bought).   
    [x] Print booklet format (pdfbook, pdfbooklet, enbooken, acrobat reader)   
    [x] Add or concatenate pages (pdftk, acrobat payware)   
    [x] Add signature (Adobe Reader Fill-and-sign sign-yourself tool)   
    [x] Archive sites (wkhtmltopdf, Acrobat payware,fastone scroll capture)   
    [x] Compress PDFs (ImageMagick, PDFgear, rlvision)   
    [x] Convert PDF to MSOffice (PDFgear, Calibre for MS Word only)   
    [x] Convert PDF to MSWord (Calibre, PDFgear)   
    [x] Convert PDF to epub format (Calibre)   
    [x] Convert PDF to PostScript (Calibre, Poppler)   
    [x] Converts PDFs to HTML (poppler)   
    [x] Convert PDF to raster (Imagemagick,GhostScript,Poppler-pdftocairo)   
    [x] Convert PDF to vector (Inkscape, Poppler-pdftocairo)   
    [x] Converts PDFs to PPM/PGM/PBM image formats (poppler)   
    [x] Add text to existing pdf (Irfanview/Paint.NET plugins + Ghostscript)   
    [x] Minor text editing (Adobe Reader commenting, PDF-XChange Editor)   
    [x] Generate PDF using markup language (LaTeX via pdfTeX or LuaTeX)   
    [x] Embeds files into a PDF as attachments (poppler)   
    [x] Extract images (PDFExchangeEditor,PDF Shaper,PDFgear,poppler,muPDF)   
    [x] Extract text (poppler) or mine textual & metadata (pdfminersix)   
    [x] Extracts embedded files (attachments) from a PDF (poppler)   
    [x] Fastest PDF readers (Sumatra or Foxit)   
    [x] Globally search & replace PDF text (Libre Office)   
    [x] List fonts used in a PDF (poppler)   
    [x] Metadata display on command line (poppler)   
    [x] Metadata removal (LibreOffice Writer, PDFgear offline)   
    [x] OCR, PDF-Xchange, freeOCR (paperfile.net), GOCR (jocr.sourceforge.net)   
    [x] Offline encrypt PDF with a password (pdfencrypt)   
    [x] Online shrink PDF    
    [x] PDF text to audio file (Balabolka)   
    [x] Delete pages (pdfsam, pdftk, PDF-XChange Editor, PDF Arranger)   
    [x] Renumber pages (Acrobat Reader)   
    [x] Reorder pages (pdftk, PDF-XChange Editor, PDF Arranger)   
    [x] Rotate pages (pdftk, mutool, PDF-XChange Editor, PDF Arranger)   
    [x] Remove restrictions (Ghostscript,Ghostview,ps2edit,pdfwrite,pdf2djvu)   
    [x] Separates a PDF into individual pages (poppler)   
    [x] Split PDFs (PDFgear, Poppler, Ghostscript)   
    [x] Merge PDFs (pdfsam, pdftk, PDFgear, Poppler, Ghostscript)   
    [x] Tile PDFs (i.e., to print large posters) (Posterazor)   
    [x] Redact sensitive information (PDF-Xchange Editor, Adobe Acrobat Pro)   
    [x] Add watermarks or background layers (pdftk, PDFgear, PDFsam)   
    [x] Add bookmarks/TOC (jpdfbookmarks, LaTeX(hyperref), PDF-ExchangeEditor   
    [x] Flatten form fields (Ghostscript, Acrobat Pro)   
    [x] Embed audio/video into PDFs (Acrobat Pro, LaTeX (media9 package)   
    [x] Generate PDF from Markdown or HTML (Pandoc, wkhtmltopdf)   
    [x] Create fillable forms (LibreOffice Draw, Scribus, LaTeX (AcroTeX))   
    [x] Batch rename, convert, split, etc. (PDFsam, Poppler, Ghostscript)   
    [x] Extract annotations/comments (PDF-XChange Editor, Adobe Acrobat)   
    [x] Convert to OCR (Tesseract OCR, PDF-Xchange, ABBYY FineReader)   
    [x] Add hyperlink buttons (LibreOffice,LaTeX,PDF-XChange Editor)   
    [x] Compare two PDFs side-by-side (DiffPDF, Acrobat Pro)   
    [x] Digitally sign with certificate-based signature (Foxit PDF Editor)   
    [x] Free PDF samples   
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
    [?] What other tasks do you do to edit or modify a PDF file?   
      
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