Editing a PDF

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I know this topic has been done to death after searching I tried 3-4 of the suggestions but I'm out of luck. I'm trying to update some product factsheets either changing pictures or altering the descriptions slightly, should be a simple task however all the files are PDFs.

Programs I've tried:

Adobe: Opens and displays fine, can't edit text AT ALL due to embedded font, cannot get hold of font. There's 2 pages of text so lack of characters isn't an issue.

Nitro PDF: Allows text editing, but you're out of luck where it goes or how its displayed, basically only allows the removal of text which is useless for what I need.

Infix: Hit and miss, some PDF's it can read and edit fine but crashes when you try to save, others it just displays complete rubbish.

OpenOffice PDF plugin: Half the PDF missing/misaligned.

Foxit: Text completely screws up when trying to edit with the embedded font, spacing/lineheights completely ignored.

I'm starting to think it might be easier to start again with these PDFs but with ~40 to do when most of the data is already in pdf format it's a bit pointless. I'm a PDF first timer (apart from printing) and I'm struggling for ideas if anyone else has any :(
 
Not sure if when you said you tried Adobe you also meant Adobe Acrobat X, which you can DL a free trial and use to edit etc.
 
Adam_101 said:
Not sure if when you said you tried Adobe you also meant Adobe Acrobat X, which you can DL a free trial and use to edit etc.
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Sorry forgot to make tha clear, yes it was adobe acrobat X free trial (only just built this PC so not installed the company copy yet) but it won't let me edit any of the text at all due to the font :(
 
I have a feeling you can edit PDFs with Gimp?
Not saying that it will do what you want (in fact it probably won't), but it might be worth a try as a last resort.
 
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