The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agoGimme like $300+ per year, chump.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1imageGimme like $300+ per year, chump.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down2·6 months agoPDF is not a format designed for editing. It’s an export format designed to be a middle ground between a word processor and a printer. You can bastardise extra layers onto it, but that’s about it.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·6 months agoBut sometimes you need to edit it. Checking boxes. Signing things. Changing numbers so you can lie about things.
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoIt was designed for that but not really marketed to be used that way so it’s thought of as a lockable universally supported document format.
PDF is not a format designed for editing. It’s an export format designed to be a middle ground between a word processor and a printer.
You can bastardise extra layers onto it, but that’s about it.
But sometimes you need to edit it. Checking boxes. Signing things. Changing numbers so you can lie about things.
/c/yesyesyesno
What’s wrong with forgery?
It was designed for that but not really marketed to be used that way so it’s thought of as a lockable universally supported document format.