On 7/20/25 5:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm running Debian 12.8. I have a 100+ page PDF document. I wish to extract 2 of those pages, each to their own PDF file. I wish to edit those 2 files. How? [Simple question but I suspect answer may not be so simple. What I've read confuses me.] TIA
I should have put more "em-FAY-sis" on my goal for this thread being learning how to extract specific pages of a large PDF document.[1] I had not fully appreciated how graphically oriented the PDF format is.
The sub-goal being to perceive the the byte level structure of *that* page in order to extract the semantic content perceived by a human. I would then edit/reformat the content to be *useful* to a different target audience.
As to "how to edit", I need to collate and evaluate the multiple tools mentioned in this thread. *THANK YOU!*
The original target audience was bureaucrats defining policy/procedures based on monetary value of food assistance.
My audience would be much bettered served by a weekly grocery shopping list. If possible I would like to create an at least semi-automated procedure to do the same for the other similar table in this edition [and possible future] edition(s) of _Thrifty Food Plan_.
[1] Specifically Table A4.14 of _Thrifty Food Plan, 2021_ https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf