trimming pdf's?

washburn — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:43:47 -0800

Without "pro" software, how can I trim pages from large pdf files? There are a lot of public domain pdf texts out there on the internet, but they are frequently scans of old "collected works" editions, etc., with a thousand pages or so.

How can I use free software to save just, say, 100 pages of a thousand public domain .pdf?

I've not yet had much help trying to use openoffice Writer or Foxit reader/editor (the option is blocked out or available only to paid Foxit users, I think).

Thanks much for any help.

Foxit, Firefox and PDF opening issues

Nugget — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:53:07 -0800

Why do some PDF's open in Acrobat instead of Foxit when using Firefox, even when Foxit is the default reader? I'm having issues with Firefox and PDF's, and would appreciate some help and suggestions.

I use Foxit as my default PDF reader in both Firefox and Windows (WinXP), and I use the PDF Download extension for Firefox.

However, some PDF links in web pages continue to open in Acrobat (6.0, Professional edition). I also have bookmarks set up for a couple of PDF files that I use regularly, but these open in Acrobat as well.

This is only happening in FF, so apart from uninstalling Acrobat (which I don't want to do at the moment), is there any way to stop this from happening?

Thanks in advance.

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