How well would this work as an alternative to a PDF editor? I would use merge/split/reorder most as well as inserting text.
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I don't believe that WP will open a .pdf file. It can create, or open test or other formats, and then publish as .pdf.
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If you need a .pdf editor you can find older versions of Adobe Acrobat sold by online merchants at a reasonable price. I did a quick search of Amazon and came up with a seller of Acrobat 10 for $61.00. The older versions do just about everything you want, they just don't have the latest bells and whistles to try to convince you that you need to buy a new version.
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Yes. Page breaks are easily incorporated. The program also will compile directly into formats for Kindle and/or Nook.
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Sorry... I did not know there was a 20 page limitation. PDF files can be manually merged with a utility program.
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Other than text filtering, I think the program is only capable of importing PDF, Pageplus and Bookplus files. Pageplus does not have amazing import characteristics.
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I've only had to do this once...and it worked just fine. It will of course depend on your program the document is formatted in. But, we simply love this machine. The company we bought it from has always been happy to help me with any problems I encountered while learning to use it.
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The software comes with lots of premade templates. However you can put your own way of putting your text. I don't know if you can use other software.
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The short answer is yes, the longer answer is that what program you use to do it depends on your operating system. The Mac is easy, just use Preview and add the pages from one document to the other. If you have Adobe Acrobat Standard (or pro), on Windows there are complete instructions at http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/faq/mergepdfs/mergepdfs.html. Best general advice is to search on merging 2 PDF files plus your operating system, I suspect you will find a number of options
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I have never attempted that but i can see no reason why not. Like the other answer just save all pages to one single document.
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It is supposed to be able to do so, but I just tried and it did not work. However, I am a beta tester for Acrobat and the Acrobat file was created using a beta version of Acrobat, so I suspect it does work on files created by released versions of pdf programs.
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I have never done anything as big as that, but I believe you should be able to do that with PagePlus X6 or X7. I have done essentially the same thing with much smaller articles. Breaking it down into chapters may help. VR, Jim Nolan VR
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You can copy and paste, I do it in small increments, like the action then the dialog. If you do it all at once, it is a bit more complicated to get it all back to the correct format. I love writing with Final Draft 9. It makes writing a screenplay so much easier and much quicker.
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I've only used it for a few months and have just gotten by the learning curve, but Scrivener makes just a few auto corrections on it's own. However, that is a refreshing break from Word's incessant formatting and self-correcting when you don't want something rewritten, i.e. dialogue in a strange dialect or outlines. Scrivener will alert you to mispells, grammar screw-ups, et al with highlighted words and phrases, but you have to fix most of them yourself. i'm not sure about run on sentences yet. I am starting to like it better than Word, solely as a word processor. Learning curve is short, when in doubt, Google it.
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Last time I used it, I don't think you can. I do all my editing later anyway, with PS Elements, or other program. Ahhh... I may have spoken too soon ... lol As I indicated - I haven't used it in a few weeks now.:-)
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You scan 1 document at a time as a PDF file but in the editing you can combine multiple pages into one file. You can even arranged the order incase your page 1 becomes the page 5.
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Hey guys. There is free software that can do this. It is awesome, and easy to work up. If you like it, please donate: http://synergy-foss.org/ Note: I have a work computer and a personal computer, and one keyboard and one mouse. Works great.
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It isn't a complete substitute in that even thought it will open and edit Office files, there will be occasional incompatibility. It does have the functionality of Office and some nuances that many find to be big advantages, such as easily being able to "reveal codes" to see why a document is behaving the way it is. That is something that has been invaluable when formatting is an issue. I find I can do things with WP I just can't get Office to do.
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not with editor but you can add overlays with the program. Editor is wonderful for touching up.