How to delete a certain element present on all pages of a pdf? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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So one of my pdfs has a page number and a link at the bottom of every page. It's around 500 pages so I dont want to edit it manually. Is there any way I can delete those things all at once from all pages of the pdf?

Maybe ghost script or python script can do this?

I also notice there isn't a PDF community in Lemmy, maybe somebody should create one.

Thanks a lot in advance.

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[-] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Much appreciated. Is there an Opensource alternative for this?

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The freemium, offline-capable software Stirling-PDF is king of open-source PDF-editing. Nothing else comes even close, despite how counterintuitive its UI can be. Ironically enough, the creator said it was originally a ChatGPT experiment, but once it went viral, he ended up hiring others and they all regularly improve it as its staff.

If you are on Windows, head over to @ahk@programming.dev and we'll see what we can do about automating the removal per pg. via AutoHotkey.