Re: Re: Replacing text in a PDF file

I think PDF::Reuse will be just what you need. I had a look at it yesterday after nite_man's recommendation. It looks like an excellent module, and has the very useful PDF::Reuse::Tutorial to accompany it. Example 15 of this tutorial appears to be very much along the lines of what you're describing. The only thing is that it uses absolute x/y positions for insertion, rather than searching and replacing a specified string, so it's no good for me.

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Re: Re: Re: Replacing text in a PDF file by mkenney (Beadle) on Jun 20, 2003 at 03:24 UTC
This PDF::Reuse looks pretty good from what I can see so far, 5 minutes. Looks like I would just need to specify where I want to put my info on the form, text and font etc. My ultimate goal is to let the graphics department freely(almost) manipulate the layout and fonts, etc. without me having to make constant changes. If they suddenly think the name or address need to be in a different font, just change the template and the problem is solved. I know it might be a pipe dream but it seems like this is a much needed function. There are LOTS of forms used everyday, why not be able to lay them out in anything and then fill them out as you go...	[reply]

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by mkenney (Beadle) on Jun 20, 2003 at 03:24 UTC

This PDF::Reuse looks pretty good from what I can see so far, 5 minutes. Looks like I would just need to specify where I want to put my info on the form, text and font etc. My ultimate goal is to let the graphics department freely(almost) manipulate the layout and fonts, etc. without me having to make constant changes. If they suddenly think the name or address need to be in a different font, just change the template and the problem is solved. I know it might be a pipe dream but it seems like this is a much needed function. There are LOTS of forms used everyday, why not be able to lay them out in anything and then fill them out as you go...

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