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   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-06-25 00:40, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > 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 get the record of transactions from my bank as an excel file (they   
   say). It can be a .csv file, but sometimes it is actually an html file   
   with tables. LibreOffice Calc opens them all just fine.   
      
      
   >   
   >> - 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.   
      
   I do the same, with LibreOffice writer.   
      
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