

That being said, I have never found this extension to be that useful for me because it works in two ways:ġ The PDF is a "normal PDF" - as in the vast majority of cases If you want to do minor, cosmetic edits to a PDF using OpenOffice Draw (not Writer), you can install Oracle PDF Import Extension (for OpenOffice 3.x). If you want to do major edits to a PDF you need toĪ) buy Adobe Acrobat or a similar PDF editor ī) obtain a free PDF editor like PDFEscape orĬ) use a File Conversion site like to convert the PDF to an editable format like. It is best to view PDFs with a PDF Viewer like Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. You cannot view or edit a PDF file with AOO alone. Does anyone know any other ways of editing a PDF? or other free PDF editors?

We often get PDF questions so I will post this as a tutorial.

See How do I view or edit a PDF file with OpenOffice? in the Tutorials where it is kept up to date.
