I would like a software to edit Pdfs.
I have essentially margins on every page of the pdf I would like to take out before running it through OCR software. I would like to use free software.
They can not be programmatically removed to my knowledge.
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Why do you need to remove margins if you are planning on running it through OCR software? Once it's converted to text via OCR, margins are irrelevant.– RockPaperLz- Mask it or Casket ♦Apr 12, 2018 at 22:21
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The ocr is incorrectly rendering page creases and handwritten text in the margins as text.– WilliamApr 12, 2018 at 22:22
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So, you want margins to be removed at fixed distances, for instance 3 centimeters on the left, 2 centimeters at the top, etc, right? No automatic margin size detection, right?– Nicolas Raoul ♦Dec 10, 2018 at 10:53
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@Nicholas yes that is correct– WilliamDec 10, 2018 at 13:44
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Latest word will open PDF files for editing, think the online version through office365 will as well. Or the Adobe Acrobat Pro version.
As far as programmatically, not sure on Windows but if the margins are consistent then pdftk can do it on a Linux system (hint - live disc or virtual machine)
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pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-version-history PDFtk is available on Windows. Feb 8, 2017 at 7:50
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@SebastianSchulz that doesn't appear to let you do but a couple things like rotate the pdf and combine them– WilliamFeb 8, 2017 at 17:12
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I have down voted this because the only requirement was to remove margins which your software doesn't do.– WilliamApr 12, 2018 at 16:11
I just wanted to let you know that DeftPDF has a crop tool that can be used to crop specific parts of a PDF document. This means you can easily remove any unwanted areas from the document. Additionally, DeftPDF also has an OCR tool that can be used to recognize text in scanned documents or images, which could be useful to you after you crop the document. it's free to use! I hope this helps
disclosure: I'm a founder of DeftPDF.
