Now. Why am I wrong for Libre
this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2025
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I feel seen. The number of times I've actually needed to do this is too damn high. Sure, I feel entitled to not have to pay for the privilege, as the task was usually thrust upon me by some bank, HR department, or legal firm. But the number of scummy websites online that will happily play with your doc's confidential info for free, is too damn high. I can't imagine anyone with average computer skills navigating this particular turing tarpit unscathed.
I (average user) was given a case of sensitive information and told to edit it/update it/reupload it. Using my work device was the expectation…but I had not been granted any paid software to do so.
The IT guy was like “you can use this website” which was almost certainly a violation given the nature of the data. It was maddening because I knew (I also did not use one of those websites).
You can also edit a PDF with LibreOffice Draw
I pay for Nitro PDF locally
Inkscape is a free vector editor that handles pdf edits relatively well. Always my goto.
* Assuming you're making minor changes.
I've used Inkscape for a lot of vector art. Using it to edit a PDF seems... overkill, but it's probably less likely to screw things up. I'll give that a shot next time, thanks!
Firefox now allows you to edit PDFs locally, for most use cases it is enough. There is also PDFsam Basic, an open-source tool to divide, merge, extract pages, rotate, etc.