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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:58:31 +0200, Dom Adso von Melk OSB wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 22 Jun 2025, Peter Flynn wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'm curious to know WHY you want to edit a PDF, which was designed as a   
   >> non-editable end-of-line format.   
   >   
   > Two possible reasons.   
   >   
   > - I want to add annotations (e.g. I periodically dump my bank account   
   >    record of transactions, and wanto to add a sequence number to each   
   >    operation) ... procedure, open pdf with libreoffice, place my text   
   >    label, (re-)export as pdf, quit original file unsaved   
      
   I would save the result in a database (e.g. SQLite) or at least a CSV   
   file, for easier further processing. PDF is not suitable for that kind of   
   record.   
      
   > - I receive from some administration a pdf document containing a form   
   >    (it is NOT a "pdf form", their fault) which in principle should be   
   >    filled, signed, printed, scanned and returned (sic!) instead .,,   
   >   
   >    ... open pdf with libreoffice, insert wished text, insert scanned pmg   
   >    woith my signasture, export as pdf andf send resulting file   
      
   I tend to do that with Inkscape. I can import the PDF file as background,   
   lock that layer against further changes, and put my data entry in a   
   separate layer. That way I can get things nicely lined up with the blank   
   field areas. Then re-export the completed result to a new PDF file, as you   
   said.   
      
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