Help with...Adobe Acrobat DC Pro
2026-06-08 05:52 UTC
Replies (16)
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@lime@feddit.nu 2026-06-08 06:00
stop editing pdfs, that’s like scrapbooking. put the stuff into a mutable format and generate a pdf when you’re done.
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@velummortis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-08 06:26
LibreOffice Draw is a decent alternative IMO
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@gabmus@retrolemmy.com 2026-06-08 07:22
Take a look at Xournal++, it’s not precisely the same workflow but if “scrapbooking” is what she’s looking for then it’s quite good for that
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@Fizz@lemmy.nz 2026-06-08 07:43
Off topic but isnt KDE Neon a test distro? if I recall its maintained by 1 guy and its purpose was a KDE demo environment. How do people end up putting new users on these obscure alpha distros.
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-06-08 09:54
Inkscape. And tell her that’s not how pdf works; she relies on a hack.
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@zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 2026-06-08 08:01
May I suggest Master PDF Editor? It’s proprietary, and I think you may need to pay for some of the features, but I’ve used it for years and have generally been pretty happy with it. An open source alternative that I’m not as familiar with is PDF4QT, which is still a bit rough around the edges last time I checked. As far as Wine goes, I have never gotten it to work with any Adobe product, ever, period. If you really need to use Adobe stuff, I suggest using it from a Virtual Machine with Windows.
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@commonmarmoset@reddthat.com 2026-06-08 12:10
I use Adobe Acrobat professionally. I am also on Linux as a daily driver. Bad news, it’s very very difficult. If your gf’s use case involves sharing PDFs with other people at scale, there just isn’t a “low tech” solution. Every workaround I use involves some level of programmatic nonsense. For reading and relatively simple tasks, many of the open source alternatives do wonders, but they aren’t able to replicate some of the heavier features. Even when they are, you loose compatibility; something critical in certain workflows. I am stubborn. I force my gimp files upon my Photoshop using colleagues. I edit videos in Blender instead of Premiere Pro (would recommend). I send open source documents and spreadsheets that work neither with my Google nor Microsoft devoted co-workers. But Adobe Acrobat wins. The FOSS readers are probably better, but for interactive, highly formatted outputs you can’t get around it. I have a lonely second box at my work that I reluctantly boot windows on. I too would love an alternative.
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@utopiah@lemmy.ml 2026-06-08 15:25
Sorry to be that guy but… why? The whole motivation behind PDF is precisely NOT to be edited, NOT to be responsive, but rather to provide the SAME output, mostly text based, anywhere and everywhere. I’m not saying she shouldn’t edit PDF but I also have to clarify it is not "normal’. I’ll refrain from recommending anything before actually understanding the motivation behind her workflow.
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@umbrella@lemmy.ml 2026-06-08 18:39
sounds like she need to switch applications before switching oses. switching to linux gets much much easier when you get used to the foss apps first. acrobat might run fine on wine but there are other editors that are better in every way and not dependent on wine or adobe.
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@mushimas@lemmy.ml 2026-06-09 01:51
In this thread: “stop wanting to do what you want to do”. honestly this is why Linux desktop isn’t viable short term.
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@isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2026-06-08 22:59
To everyone in the thread going "ugghhhh this isn't what PDF is intended for!!!!!1!!1!!!" Please stop. We know. We all know. It's irrelevant to this conversation. In an ideal world, PDF would be an output only format. Meanwhile, I have to manually apply text to PDFs and paste my signature as an image to file both my Canadian and Quebec taxes. Reality doesn't care about technical perfection and is run by a bunch of senile luddites. A PDF editor is basically a requirement for anyone who files their own taxes here, and it's a requirement for many, many industries, where they may need to doctor a document whose source is long gone to the winds of time. To answer your question: * Foxit (wine) * Qoppa PDF Studio (native) * An older version of Acrobat Pro (Wine) GNOME's papers now supports basic file editing, but no image pasting, which may be required for """signing""" documents (how is this even legally binding? anyway).
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@nyan@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-09 12:51
Another program you can try that no one has mentioned yet is Scribus. You will need at least version 1.5 to be able to open PDFs properly. Be aware that it is a desktop publishing program (analogous to InDesign if you're looking at the Adobe family), so there are likely to be differences in the workflow. (The method of absolute desperation is, of course, to install a Windows VM just to support that one program while you wait for the RFEs you filed against the piece of software that's closest to being useful for her to be dealt with.)
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@InnerScientist@lemmy.world 2026-06-09 04:55
Use [Winapps](https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps) while you look for alternatives/until you've found a good replacement.
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@loppwn@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-08 21:11
There is also a web editor from Adobe: https://acrobat.adobe.com/ Of course you need a subscription.. but i assume she is already paying Adobe
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@swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-08 15:00
You could try running Acrobat in a VM, stuff like WinBoat makes it easier for apps to feel "integrated"
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@plutopos@lemmy.zip 2026-06-15 08:05
May I ask why she’s moving away from Mac? And also what problems are you having with bottles? As for the alternatives, OnlyOffice is really good at editing PDF files. It treats them like their own office format, on the same level as docx and ppt