On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 02:57:12 -0400, Paul wrote:

Carl Kaufmann wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:
Fremantle wrote:

Libre or Open Office.

You want LibreOffice (a supported fork of OpenOffice). OpenOffice,
was discontinued by Corel back in 2011 and dumped, er, donated to the
Apache Foundation (and why OpenOffice became Apache OpenOffice) to
keep available an archived copy of that old software.


You mean Oracle, rather than Corel, but otherwise correct.


1986 StarDivision StarOffice 1999 Sun Microsystems buys StarDivision.
StarOffice becomes OpenOffice.
2009 Oracle buys Sun.
Some forking happens. OpenOffice to Apache OpenOffice.
OpenOffice to LibreOffice etc.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ns/thumb/f/fb/
StarOffice_major_derivatives.svg/1100px-
StarOffice_major_derivatives.svg.png

The diagram there doesn't necessarily have everything in it.

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And don't expect miracles when editing PDF. A person should always
attempt to get source (.doc or .docx) when editing documents, as this
gives the most accurate reproduction and ability to edit. Editing a
derivative such as a PDF is bound to have cases where an object cannot
be edited when you really needed it.

Paul

Well he isn't editing the .pdf which is a good thing for despite claims
to the contrary, none of the software that claims to do this only do so
in certain cases. I suspect most software that exports to .pdf will read
it back, but I haven't tested this. I've had .pdf's that were editable in
one or another of the packages to which I have access and in some cases
not at all. I've no idea why some do and some don't, maybe depends on how
the .pdf was generated.
I have used Libre Office, Serif PagePlus in windows and Scribus to name a
few.
Note, almost all editing programs these days will export to .pdf as does
my bank statements. As an exercise, try exporting the same document using
one of the many printer drivers available. You will find while they all
do the job, file sizes vary widely. For file size, Scribus is the worst,
creating a huge 350mb file when PagePlus produces a 50mb file for the
same publication. A Scribus forum poster claimed Scribus more accurately
rendered the text attributes but I'm not sure. I can print the Scribus
file using one of the .pdf print drivers, but since the file size isn't a
problem for the local print shops, I leave things as are. The downsize to
large files is if you want to email to a group.
It would be interesting to know how genuine Adobe products handle this.