The law firm that I work for is has finally decided that we should embrace Linux.

When of the key programs that we use a PDF Editor that has e-sign capabilities. Most people use Adobe and I use Foxit.

The problem with Foxit is that it doesn’t run natively on Linux. I have to use WINE which is already going to be a problem cause we need a program that works out of the box. Having a program work out of the box cuts down on IT support and makes it easier for everyone to use.

The features needed:

  1. Bookmark
  2. Move/delete/insert pages
  3. Redact
  4. Bates numbering
  5. E-sign
  6. Change orientation of the page
  7. Resize pages
  8. Add notes
  9. Highlight
  10. Charges in Canadian dollars
  11. Offline program
  12. User friendly

Bonus points: It’s a non-American company

The ones that I have looked at:

  1. PDF Filler (not a fan of it being almost 100% cloud based)
  2. Master PDF Editor
  3. PDF Studio

Edit: Distro would most likely be Mint or Zorin.

  • Kr4u7@discuss.tchncs.de
    19·
    4 months ago

    If you’d be fine with having a docker container running, have a look at Signature PDF.

    I’ve been using it to manipulate pdfs in similar ways you described and put it on a pi in my homenetwork (autostarting docker would also work).

    They have a tester here.

    (Also: french open source project)

  • db2@lemmy.world
    212·
    4 months ago

    Bonus points: It’s a non-American company

    As an American, keep doing this. Make it fucking hurt them. A lot.

  • SilentStoat@lemmy.ml
    14·
    4 months ago

    I remember Okular having a decent set of features. It might be worth checking out. The webpage says it supports digital signing, which is a suprise to me because that’s always been a hassle on linux for me. https://okular.kde.org/

    • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      I didn’t realize okular supports a lot of other formats. As singular user I think this fits my needs. I’m especially interested that it can view .md files as well as open cbr and cbz files as well.

    • Bluefruit@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 months ago

      I was also gonna say Okular. It does everything I need it to do and more. Digital signing when I used it recently was pretty simple.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
    141·
    4 months ago

    Editor, guys. They want a pdf editor.

    That said, editing pdf is kinda a broken concept. Pdf is made to represent, not to edit. Better edit the source that created the pdf.
    But if you have to, look for a vector editor, like Inkscape. To save again as pdf, use export.

  • paradox2011@lemmy.ml
    91·
    4 months ago

    BentoPDF - bentopdf.com. It can handle anything you might need to do with a PDF. It requires docker, but thats easy enough to do on an individual machine. Your corporate setting adds some complications no doubt, and they may be looking for an actual company-backed app. I’m not very familiar with the commercial PDF editor market.

  • azimir@lemmy.ml
    8·
    4 months ago

    I don’t know every detail of your use cases, but my offline go to is xournal++ (xournalpp).

    I use it for many of those actions. We moved to Germany and having a GUI pdf editor for signing, highlighting, redacting, pulling pages, etc has been invaluable.

    My wife also uses it for her class lectures. She does math, so she uses a tablet to write on her slides (pdfs) live in class to talk through the material. Then, she saves the lecture PDF to give to students with the notes.

  • obnomus@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    Once I needed to edit text under pdf and onlyoffice worked for me and okular can handle all of those

  • biber@feddit.orgDeutsch
    1·
    4 months ago

    I personally decided for master PDF Editor and I’m pretty, happy. I do not need e-sign though but stamp-signatures.

  • spacetff@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    4 months ago

    Rather than editing PDFs directly, might it be possible to use LibreOffice (LO) Writer? Write, with all the features/facilities of a document editor that will likely meet all your needs. When the document is complete, export as PDF and e-sign the PDF with LO as well…

    LibreOffice is community driven and developed software project, not the product of an American company.

    ‘Bates’ numbering: LO Writer supports creating custom page numbering formats/styles.

    e-sign: e-sign the PDF with LO as well, reference links below

    Workflow

    an example workflow might be:

    • Create document templates, save read-only in network accesible location; only the template maintainer can edit/save the templates; law firm logo, letter head, watermarks, Bates numbering, etc.,
    • Author copies desired template to author’s system and makes the copy writable,
    • Edits/saves drafts locally on author’s system, or in a central, network accessible repository; backups, team access, preliminary/formal reviews, etc.
    • When final version is complete, export as PDF, and of course, save it as well
    • e-sign PDF using LO

    References

    https://knowledge.digicert.com/tutorials/sign-openoffice-libreoffice-documents https://duckduckgo.com/?q=libreoffice+pdf+esign&t=vivaldim&ia=web

  • jcr@jlai.luFrançais
    11·
    4 months ago

    Libreoffice suite allows you to export any document in pdf. Libreoffice Draw I use to edit pdf content. PdfArranger is a very nice tool to change the structure of a pdf (like adding a pdf file to an existing pdf, or deleting pages, you see all the pages at once on the screen and can see the content when you zoom, very intuitive). When I need to add signatures or raster pictures with transparency, I open the required page on Gimp and “File->Open as layer” the picture. Usually it works with Draw directly.

    I have been working several years like this and it is pretty much a no-brainer now.

  • Mactan@lemmy.ml
    34·
    4 months ago

    in this decade my worst Linux experience has been attempting to digitally sign a document what a wasteland of decrepit and poorly documented tools