I’m looking for an Adobe Acrobat alternative, or PDF-editor, that is capable of:

  • marking text;
  • adding text;
  • adding comments (like one would do in MS Word);
  • adding a signature (in some way);
  • preferably, but not necessary: the ability to recognise text in files where the text is not selectable (i.e. one can copy text from an image file that was saved as a PDF, like some printers do when scanning pages).

Does anyone happen to know of any European or Open Source alternative that fit this description? I have sworn to never again install any Adobe software.

  • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.org
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    5 days ago

    As others have said:

    Okular (comments, forms, highlighting) Firefox (adding signatures (=images) LibreOffice Impress

    If you know Docker there’s also https://www.stirlingpdf.com/

    (If you need print proofing with CMYK color profile and pdf checks you’re out of luck afaik, your best bet is Scribus)

  • vcdp@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    For years in love with PDF24

    Free tool made in Berlin 🇩🇪

    https://www.pdf24.org/de/ https://www.pdf24.org/en/

    Edit: changed “from Berlin” to “in Berlin” because a very smart internet user noticed that English isn’t my first language and helped me improve my grammar by mocking my post with a mediocre dad joke while not contributing to OPs question himself.

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    I know that you can use Firefox to do some basic edition on PDF like your first and second point, maybe even the fourth point but no more. You can check a box by clicking on it too.

    For more “complex” editing, I’m using GIMP but you have to know how to use it.