cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58911678

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.

  • jeffreydbrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    I have used Master PDF Editor happily for several years.

    I don’t work in the legal field, and I can’t/don’t affirm that it meets all of your requirements.

  • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    9 hours ago

    You work for a legal firm?

    While I fully support the embracing of Linux by the corporate world, make sure clients and especially courts can actually use the files your firm sends out.

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 hours ago

    Excellent question. You may find the answers disappointing. Personally I use xournal for pasting signatures (sigh) into PDFs. UX is rubbish but it works. I do a bunch of other stuff to PDFs with command-line tools, which is extremely efficient and fast once it’s set up. Doubtful this will fit your requirements, alas.

  • flyingSock@feddit.orgEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    okular supports signing. But you have to set up your signing certificate outside it and then point it at the certificate database in the backend settings. Creating a signing certificate in adobe, saving that to a file, registering that file with nsdb, setting nsdb as backend in okular, works. Only have to do the setup obcr, then just works.

  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    3·
    10 hours ago

    Most more advanced pdf handling tools I’ve used on linux were cli based.

    Not ideal.

    Were I responsible, I think I might look into creating a self-contained executable, wine wrapper and all, for whatever windows editor ends up being used. That way IT can forget about setting up wine on each machine, and just ship the whole thing ready to run. For updates, just rebuild the executable with the new exe or wine version.

    PDF is such a mess of a format, feature complete “editors” are few even on windows, and essentially a giant collection of hacks around the limitations and features of the format. I’m not aware of anything linux native that’s even close to parity.