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editing pdf Thufir 08 Jan 13:18
  editing pdf Kevin Cozens 10 Jan 17:06
editing pdf Thufir 20 Jan 03:11
  editing pdf Chris Mohler 20 Jan 03:33
editing pdf Thufir 20 Jan 20:23
Thufir
2009-01-08 13:18:53 UTC (about 16 years ago)

editing pdf

I used gimp to add text to a pdf to fill out a form, and then printed the resulting xcf file back to pdf -- which worked fine.

How do I edit the text on the xcf file to correct, for example, a spelling error?

thanks,

Thufir

Kevin Cozens
2009-01-10 17:06:16 UTC (about 16 years ago)

editing pdf

Thufir wrote:

I used gimp to add text to a pdf to fill out a form, and then printed the resulting xcf file back to pdf -- which worked fine.

How do I edit the text on the xcf file to correct, for example, a spelling error?

You would make your corrections the same way you added text to fill out the form. the only difference would be you need to clear the area containing incorrect text before you add the corrected text.

Use the rectangular select tool to select the portion of the text you want to remove then hit the delete key to clear it.

Thufir
2009-01-20 03:11:29 UTC (about 16 years ago)

editing pdf

On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:06:16 -0500, Kevin Cozens wrote:

Thufir wrote:

I used gimp to add text to a pdf to fill out a form, and then printed the resulting xcf file back to pdf -- which worked fine.

How do I edit the text on the xcf file to correct, for example, a spelling error?

You would make your corrections the same way you added text to fill out the form. the only difference would be you need to clear the area containing incorrect text before you add the corrected text.

Use the rectangular select tool to select the portion of the text you want to remove then hit the delete key to clear it.

Pardon the delayed response. I get the gist of what you're saying, and that's what I tried to do from the get-go.

What I mean is that when re-open a file from gimp I can't seem to "select" the text, which I previously wrote and inserted, to delete or modify it.

-Thufir

Chris Mohler
2009-01-20 03:33:57 UTC (about 16 years ago)

editing pdf

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Thufir wrote: [...]

Pardon the delayed response. I get the gist of what you're saying, and that's what I tried to do from the get-go.

What I mean is that when re-open a file from gimp I can't seem to "select" the text, which I previously wrote and inserted, to delete or modify it.

An important thing to note: when you've opened the PDF in GIMP, the vector and text information is lost - you've "ripped" it into an image, and at that point you will have to treat it as an image (as opposed to a PDF). The size and res dialog you see when opening a PDF determines what quality the resulting image will be. You can almost think of it as "printing to an image" as opposed to printing to a physical printer.

Hope that makes sense.

Chris

Thufir
2009-01-20 20:23:07 UTC (about 16 years ago)

editing pdf

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:33:57 +1800, Chris Mohler wrote:

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Thufir wrote: [...]

Pardon the delayed response. I get the gist of what you're saying, and that's what I tried to do from the get-go.

What I mean is that when re-open a file from gimp I can't seem to "select" the text, which I previously wrote and inserted, to delete or modify it.

An important thing to note: when you've opened the PDF in GIMP, the vector and text information is lost - you've "ripped" it into an image, and at that point you will have to treat it as an image (as opposed to a PDF). The size and res dialog you see when opening a PDF determines what quality the resulting image will be. You can almost think of it as "printing to an image" as opposed to printing to a physical printer.

Hope that makes sense.

Chris

That explains it. I assume layers would fix the problem? The first laying being the "ripped" image, second layer text which I've added? Then, just alter the second layer?

-Thufir