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.
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
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.
