Correcting typo in PDF, other solutions aren't working
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I have a job interview on Tuesday, and I need to correct a typo "obestiy" [sic] to "obesity" in a PDF from LaTeX that I cannot recompile due to missing images and tables.
I have tried
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as suggested by https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/17220/how-to-view-and-edit-the-code-of-a-pdf-file/109177#109177 , but when I try to edit the file, "obestiy" doesn't appear, so this method didn't work. 2. https://askubuntu.com/questions/803850/find-and-replace-with-on-pdf-file-from-command-line suggests that I can use qpdf thus:
but then the word "obestiy" [sic] never shows up. Perhaps there is/are some characters in between the letters, explaining why "obestiy" doesn't show up? How can I edit the PDF to correct the typo? 3. LibreOffice Draw distorts and ruins all of the text in the file, making the PDF unusable. Maybe there is a way for LibreOffice Draw to *not* alter the fonts?
qpdf general.audience.pdf --object-streams=disable expanded.pdf, as suggested by https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/17220/how-to-view-and-edit-the-code-of-a-pdf-file/109177#109177 , but when I try to edit the file, "obestiy" doesn't appear, so this method didn't work. 2. https://askubuntu.com/questions/803850/find-and-replace-with-on-pdf-file-from-command-line suggests that I can use qpdf thus:
pdftk general.audience.pdf output uncompressed.pdf uncompressbut then the word "obestiy" [sic] never shows up. Perhaps there is/are some characters in between the letters, explaining why "obestiy" doesn't show up? How can I edit the PDF to correct the typo? 3. LibreOffice Draw distorts and ruins all of the text in the file, making the PDF unusable. Maybe there is a way for LibreOffice Draw to *not* alter the fonts?
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Apr 21, 2023, 09:00 PM
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