Does OpenOffice have a component for editing PDF files?

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4forfore
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Does OpenOffice have a component for editing PDF files?

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Does Open Office have an app for editing pdf files?
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Yes and no.

See the Writer Tutorial on PDF for a full explanation.
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- You can create hybrid PDF files with the LibreOffice. This in a PDF file with the embedded ODF content. Then you can read/print it as a PDF file, and you can edit it as an ODF file.

- The LibreOffice Draw application has built is PDF import filter. The Draw can open a normal PDF file, and you can make some cosmetics on the file. Note: It is not a full featured ODF editor. You van install this feature (as an Extension) to the Apache OpenOffice too, because the AOO has not contain this feature by default.
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4forfore wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 9:02 pm editing pdf files
What do you means by "editing"?
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC has a feature to add comments or fill and sign documents.
See Tools menu.
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Qskers wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:03 pm This is if the files are not protected from editing.
If the PDF is only pictures embedded, no editor will work.
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Qskers wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:15 pm PDF is most often used when text material is accompanied by graphic content.
No.

PDF stands for Portable Document Format and is used when a document is required to be viewed, but not edited, on many different hardware and software platforms. It can be text only, graphic only, fillable form or any mixture of the three. The fonts used are embedded to ensure that if the platform does not have those fonts installed the document still renders correctly.

PDF/A is a stricter, reduced standard designed for long term document archival.

See [Tutorial] How do I view or edit a PDF file with OpenOffice?
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