Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
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Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
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Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#2I used this today but then I had to delete a page and couldn't do that in the browser so I had to do it with python code. I'm not a fan of the browser becoming the everything app but pdf software feels particularly shitty to have to install so I'd welcome more pdf features in firefox.
Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#3I used this today but then I had to delete a page and couldn't do that in the browser so I had to do it with python code. I'm not a fan of the browser becoming the everything app but pdf software feels particularly shitty to have to install so I'd welcome more pdf features in firefox.
The “PDF software” is great for basic tasks like these — you don't even need to write any code, just use pdftk or mutool. It's the Web that is full of junk semi-malware tools that prevent people from finding the right solution.
Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#4I used this today but then I had to delete a page and couldn't do that in the browser so I had to do it with python code. I'm not a fan of the browser becoming the everything app but pdf software feels particularly shitty to have to install so I'd welcome more pdf features in firefox.
I'm also not a fan of browsers doing everything, but this fills a niche that is often occupied by a much more bloated suite like Adobe Acrobat.
Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#5Is this online-only, or can you use it to edit PDFs without the "cloud"?
Can you save the edited PDF locally?
The page is kind of light on details.
Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#6I used this today but then I had to delete a page and couldn't do that in the browser so I had to do it with python code. I'm not a fan of the browser becoming the everything app but pdf software feels particularly shitty to have to install so I'd welcome more pdf features in firefox.
I'm also not a fan of browsers doing everything, but this fills a niche that is often occupied by a much more bloated suite like Adobe Acrobat.
There are pdf apps that aren't as bloated as either Adobe Acrobat or the browser
Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#7Is this online-only, or can you use it to edit PDFs without the "cloud"? Can you save the edited PDF locally? The page is kind of light on details.
It's not online-only and doesn't talk to the cloud. Here's the workflow:
1. Open a PDF in Firefox (this can be a remote or local file)
2. Make edits
3. Click the save button to save it locally
Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#8Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are pdf apps that aren't as bloated as either Adobe Acrobat or the browser
Can you list a few?
I've been using Foxit Reader https://www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/ for years to mark up PDFs. The new Firefox feature seems to be a pared-down version of Foxit Reader, which seems kind of redundant to me. I would much rather have the ability to actually edit a PDF, i.e. change existing text and images.
Re: Edit PDFs for Free with Firefox PDF Editor
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are pdf apps that aren't as bloated as either Adobe Acrobat or the browser
Can you list a few?
Foxit, Pdf-xchange, a few others from this list