PDfmod – Simple, Easy PDF Editor

By , Published September 28, 2009

Edit drawing pdfmod-hires PDF Mod is an easy-to-use straight-forward application for modifying and basic editing of PDF documents.

Simplicity is the name of the game with PDFmod so don't expect excessive amounts of configuration options or tools not relevant because PdfMod does exactly what it needs to and that's it!

Features

PdfMod let's you: -

  • Reorder pages
  • Rotate pages
  • Remove pages
  • Export images
  • Edit the title, subject, author, keywords, etc
  • Merge and arrange separate PDF documents
  • Drag and drop images and documents
  • Save the modified PDF as a new PDF

Features planned or being thought about for upcoming versions include: -

  • Adjustable compression
  • OCR implementation

UI

The user-interface is a snap to use; PDfMod lays out all of the pages of a PDF in a grid and allows you to easily select odd, even or similar pages to that selected.

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Most editing can be done from the right-click menu and through dragging pages around.

Download

As always i recommend using a PPA where possible as this will ensure you're kept up-to-date with all the latest bug-fixes and new releases.

PdfMod PPA: https://launchpad.net/~pdfmod-team/+archive/ppa

Source: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pdfmod/0.7/pdfmod-0.7.tar.gz

Git: http://gitorious.org/pdfmod

Installation

If compiling from source you will also need the following dependencies: –

  • sudo apt-get install mono-gmcs

To install just extract and navigate to the folder in a terminal using the cd /folder/to/extracted command and then run the usual: -

  • ./configure
  • make

and then either

  • make run

if you don’t' want to install it fully but just want to try it out, or: -

  • make install

if you wish to install it permanently on your system.

Website

http://live.gnome.org/PdfMod

 

On Mono

As of today i will be labelling any mono-using application with a little banner pointing out as such.

I personally have no issue with Mono however i know some people do and would like to be made aware before downloading, etc. So for those folks who like to avoid Mono €“ look out for the following banner.

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Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

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  • Name

    I think the mono banner should be more at the top of the page so people who are opposed to it don’t spend time reading about the app, only to find out it requires mono to run.

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      It will normally be at the top, however it’d be weird starting an article on an application with a blurb about a new banner i’m introducing.

  • http://seifsallam.co.cc/ Seif Sallam

    why all that problem with mono, i hate mircrosoft but c# is well designed language, its performance is better than Java, and cross-platform so Open-Source applications can rise in different platforms, and all C# applications that i used till now work perfect. sure its performace isn’t as fast as c++, but its easier to develop and fix.

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      I have to agree (somewhat.)

      My only pet peeve is when applications) start to cater more towards a Windows version and end up having to leave features out of the Linux version because it would require a bit more effort. If it was a Windows port to Linux – fair enough, but when an application starts in Linux and gets a windows port and then jumps ship… hmm…

      (There is an example, but i dare not incurr the wrath of fanbois)

      • http://harshd.myopenid.com/ HarshD

        “when applications start to cater more towards a Windows version and end up having to leave features out of the Linux version because it would require a bit more effort”

        Which applications are you referring to? I think Monos pretty decent, but I don’t know of any mono application that has actually been a success as a .Net application. Even the Banshee port hasn’t seen the light of day.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the mono warning thingy.

    Mono might be better than Java, but frankly, lots of languages are better than Java.

  • AW

    Man, that is *ATROCIOUS*.

    Mono supports XCopy deployment, so the fact that you need to do the ./configure / make / make install dance is ridiculous.

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      I’m only giving the official instructions from the install file so don’t hate me!

  • Tom

    If you don’t want to install an app to editor your PDF files, I’d recommend http://www.pdfescape.com