Re: [libreoffice-users] Add pdf as page in document

On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:53:52 AM webmaster for Kracked Press 
Productions wrote:
> I use Linux [Ubuntu 10.04] and there are several free PDF editing
> packages for Linux.  One should do what you want.
>
> You also can print PDF through the CUPS-PDF driver.  So any package
> that prints, like Firefox or Thunderbird, can have its output in a
> PDF format.
>
> I am positive that there is a PDF-merge package that you can print out
> PDF from several packages and merge them into one PDF document.  I
> did this myself in 2010 a few times, but I do not remember what the
> package was called, but it was in the repository.
>
> On 01/24/2012 12:37 AM, upscope wrote:
> > On Monday, January 23, 2012 09:32:29 PM Jeff Prater wrote:
> > > Your best bet would be to convert your newsletter to a PDF
> > > first.
> > > Then, insert the form into the PDF using PDF authoring software
> > > like Adobe Acrobat. That's what I would do.
> >
> > This will not work. First I use Linux, Second I cannot afford
> > Adobe
> > Acrobat which to the best of my knowledge does not have a Linux
> > version. I can create pdf's from LibreOffice and Scribus. I have
> > not had time to try this in Scribus, it is supposed to import
> > pdf's, but latest update gives error on trying to open pdf. Need
> > to report bug.
> >
> > Thanks for your reply anyway.
> >
> > In order to get bulletin out I just recreated the whole document
> > as a pdf form in LibreOffice and then save whol bulletin as pdf.
> > Alot of extra work.
> >
> > > -----
> > > Jeff Prater
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:53 PM, upscope<upscope@nwi.net>  wrote:
> > > > Is there a way to put a pdf form into a page of a newletter? I
> > > > know you can create one, but this form was sent to me to be
> > > > included in the newsletter so people can fill it in and then
> > > > print it for mailing.>
> > > >
> > > > > From writer:
> > > > CODE:
> > > > -----------
> > > >
> > > >   file-->open and selected the document and file type as
> > > >   .pdf.
> > > >
> > > > /CODE:
> > > > -------------
> > > > It opens the pdf in draw instead of the select document page
> > > > in
> > > > writer. I know I save it as an image and insert it but then
> > > > the
> > > > users will not beable to use it.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any ideas.
> > > > --
> > > > Russ
> > > > LibreOffice 3.4.5 OOO340m1 (Build:502) [from L.O>  website]
> > > > openSUSE 12.1(Linux 3.1.0-1.2-desktop x86_64)|KDE Platform
> > > > Version 4.7.4 (4.7.4) Release "11"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,
> > > > |8GB
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Since I'm using openSUSE I will check repos for packages like you 
mentioned. I have tried pdfedit but it did not work, probably me, but I 
needed to get my bulletin out so I created in libroffice, then I save 
the whole bulletin as a pdf. Worked fine. 

Thanks for all the inputs.
-- 
Russ

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