Open Source Adobe Acrobat Pro?

[zandperl]

I'm looking for a free and/or open source program that will let me edit .pdf files and save them partially filled in and continue them later. Any suggestions?

Edit: I use a Mac.

Comments

[marquiswildbill]

Does Open Office let you? I've never needed to find out but it does have a fair amount you can do with .pdf because you often need to save and convert to email to MSOffice users.

[zandperl]

A couple other people I know who use Open Office also said it "might" do it, or that they've been "working on" it but aren't sure if it yet is included. Both the Wikipedia page on OO and the OO.o page itself do not say that there is any pdf editing capability, so I believe it does not exist. Since I don't actually have OO installed on my computer right now, I'd rather install something that is known to do what I want. Thanks anyway!

[marquiswildbill]

No one really knows what OO can do. We just just know that it does it for free.
I had a full version of Acrobat at one point. Have you considered wearing a funny hat and saying yarr?

[zandperl]

Have you considered wearing a funny hat and saying yarr?

Nope, but I am building a spaceship and looking for a duck.

It's not Talk Like A Pirate Day...

[sirroxton]

I've never done it, but the Foxit feature list says that you can save filled in forms for later, but you may have to install a (free) add-on.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Foxit Reader itself is free. The critical add-ons are free while advanced add-ons have a reasonable cost. For example, you can use the following functions for free:

* View or print PDF document
* Add or edit bookmarks in a PDF file if the security settings allow
* Basic PDF form operations i.e. filling out PDF forms and printing them out
* Advanced PDF form operations, such as saving filled-out forms and import/export forms, free for personal and non-personal usage
* View PDF as text
* Critical add-ons, such as UI language package, JPEG2000/JBIG decoder, CJK package, GDI+ for early Windows version, etc

[zandperl]

* Advanced PDF form operations, such as saving filled-out forms and import/export forms, free for personal and non-personal usage

That sounds like what I'm looking for. Have you used the program, and do you like it?

[sirroxton]

Yeah, I like Foxit. I use it at work because it's fast and eats less memory than Acrobat Reader.

[zandperl]

Oh foo, I forgot to mention in the origional post that I use a Mac.

[hitchhiker]

http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/PDFedit?content=51831

not used it but it sounds like it'll do what you need

[jrtom]

I'm not exactly sure what task you're trying to accomplish here.

However, while I haven't used LaTeX in a while, it's very easy to write files in LaTeX and then use any number of freeware tools to generate PDFs (either directly or by going through PS first) from that. You can then continue to update the source file and regenerate the output file as needed. I used to do this all the time. (On a Mac. If you decide that this is what you want to do, I have some free tool suggestions for you.)

[zandperl]

I have a job application form that is provided as an editable .pdf file. I want to be able to save the form partially completed, and finish it later. When I'm done I want to save it as an uneditable .pdf and submit it by email.

[jrtom]

ah. Sorry, I don't have any immediately useful information here.