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When you open a PDF with *GIMP*, each page is converted to a layer of an
image. You cannot edit the text of a PDF, move overlapping objects, or modify
vector-based graphics with *GIMP*.
 
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*GIMP* is an image editor for photos, PNG, and JPG images.
 
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[*GIMP*](https://www.gimp.org/)
 
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*Inkscape* is the best option for modifying the vector-based graphics
included in some PDFs. For example, you can create PDFs with *Inkscape* and
edit back the vector-based graphics in *Inkscape*. Editing the text of a PDF
with *Inkscape* is possible but cumbersome.
 
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*Inkscape* is a vector-based drawing application.
 
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[*Inkscape*](https://inkscape.org/)
 
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With *Draw*, you can open PDFs, remove pages, and change the order of pages.
*Draw* is the best option for changing the text of a PDF. You can move around
and resize the images of a PDF using *Draw*, but you cannot edit them.
 
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*Draw* is the graphics editor of the *LibreOffice* suite.
 
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[*LibreOffice Draw*](https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/draw/)
 
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Several applications included in Tails allow editing PDFs, even when it is not their primary function:
 
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Applications included in Tails
 
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[[!meta title="Editing PDFs"]]
 
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You cannot modify the content of pages using *PDF Arranger*.
 
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To reorganize the pages of very large PDFs or combine pages from several PDFs, [*PDF Arranger*](https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger) is faster and more convenient than *LibreOffice Draw*.
 
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See [[converting dangerous documents to safe PDFs using
Dangerzone|doc/persistent_storage/additional_software/dangerzone]].
 
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*Dangerzone* is particularly useful for journalists who might receive dangerous
documents from anonymous sources or download them from the Internet.
 
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If you receive untrusted documents, for example, email attachments, [*Dangerzone*](https://dangerzone.rocks/) allows you to convert them into safe PDFs before opening.
 
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Several other applications can be added to Tails as [[Additional Software|persistent_storage/additional_software]] to work on untrusted or very large PDFs:
 
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Applications not included in Tails by default
 
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