Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

[Brian McKee <map@map-heb.com>]

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On 13-Feb-08, at 12:51 PM, Stephen Allen wrote:
> Does GIMP support layers ? If it can parse the PDF as an image  
> perhaps that might be the way to go ? I
> personally don't know as I don't use GIMP.

Would work fine for one page only.... and the text wouldn't be text  
and thus not searchable...
So, no - doesn't work :-)

Note that pdf has advanced features that are often used in trade  
documents like embedded video and search indexes that nothing but  
Adobe's Reader will do...  (I keep checking)

Brian
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