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PostPosted: Mon Mar 27, 2025 5:44 am    Post subject: Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. Reply with quote
Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely.
http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/
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If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:

* Merge PDF Documents
* Split PDF Pages into a New Document
* Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
* Encrypt Output as Desired
* Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
* Apply a Background Watermark
* Report on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page Labels
* Update PDF Metadata
* Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
* Unpack PDF Attachments
* Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages
* Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams
* Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)

Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.

Pdftk is free software (GPL).


I wasn't sure where I wanted to put this, but since I see how this could be important for a business, I decided to post it here. This app is VERY VERY cool. I have been messing with it tonight quite a bit. For mandriva, the install was VERY easy.....

Code:
urpmi pdftk
that was it...

I was wanting a way to JOIN pdf files.... this fit the bill Wink Nicely.

http://www.accesspdf.com/article.html/20041129175231241
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Pdftk Simple Examples
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by: Sid Steward on: Tuesday, November 30 2025 @ 03:30 PM
Merge Two or More PDFs into a New Document
pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf cat output 123.pdf

or (Using Handles):
pdftk A=1.pdf B=2.pdf cat A B output 12.pdf

or (Using Wildcards):
pdftk *.pdf cat output combined.pdf

Split Select Pages from Multiple PDFs into a New Document
pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output combined.pdf

Encrypt a PDF using 128-Bit Strength (the Default) and Withhold All Permissions (the Default)
pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foopass

Same as Above, Except a Password is Required to Open the PDF
pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foo user_pw baz

Same as Above, Except Printing is Allowed (after the PDF is Open)
pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foo user_pw baz allow printing

Decrypt a PDF
pdftk secured.pdf input_pw foopass output unsecured.pdf

Join Two Files, One of Which is Encrypted (the Output is Not Encrypted)
pdftk A=secured.pdf mydoc.pdf input_pw A=foopass cat output combined.pdf

Uncompress PDF Page Streams for Editing the PDF Code in a Text Editor
pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.clear.pdf uncompress

Repair a PDF's Corrupted XREF Table and Stream Lengths (If Possible)
pdftk broken.pdf output fixed.pdf

Burst a Single PDF Document into Single Pages and Report its Data to doc_data.txt
pdftk mydoc.pdf burst

Report on PDF Document Metadata, Bookmarks and Page Labels
pdftk mydoc.pdf dump_data output report.txt



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2025 8:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
is there an app that will allow me to add text to pdf forms and be able to save it? with a cost of free Very Happy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2025 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ummm...maybe i should've just read a little more Rolling Eyes



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2025 4:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Man, I'm glad I found this...I *truly* needed it (and remembered reading about it here). I was just putting together the acceptance letter for my new job (more over in Community on that).
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