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word-sys's PDF Editor

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Key Features

• Create PDF files with customizable page dimensions and unit auto-conversion (mm, cm, in, pt, px)
• Open and view PDF files
• Merge PDFs
• Interactive Quick Start Guide & Manual with keyboard shortcuts cheatsheet (F1)
• Select existing text blocks within a page
• Edit or delete selected text
• Add new text blocks to a page
• Add images to a page with alpha transparency preservation
• Font width/family support with Linux Fontconfig (fc-match) engine
• Move/reposition objects within the PDF
• Change font type, size, color, and decoration
• Granular Word Selection and precise highlighting
• Add shapes to PDFs (Rectangles, Ellipses, Checkmarks, Crosses)
• Draw freehand Pen and Highlighter strokes with Bézier smoothing and vector scaling
• Special Characters, Symbols & Emojis
• Save edited PDFs
• Quick Save (Ctrl + S)
• Export PDFs to DOCX, PPTX, ODT, ODP, and TXT formats using the native anyconvert engine
• User-friendly interface with live thumbnail drag-and-drop reordering
• Safe Save
• Restricted Mode (Safe Mode)
• Full multi-level Undo/Redo tracking (Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + Y)
• Precision pointer-centered focal zoom (Ctrl + Scroll and Ctrl + + / - / 0)
• Add/remove pages in PDFs

Native Document Export (anyconvert)

word-sys's PDF Editor includes the pure-Python anyconvert (PyPI) document engine for exporting PDFs without external dependencies such as LibreOffice.

Supported formats:

• Microsoft Word (.docx)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx)
• OpenDocument Text (.odt)
• OpenDocument Presentation (.odp)
• Plain Text (.txt)

• Pixel-Accurate Canvas (mode='canvas'): Preserves exact 1:1 visual positions of text, shapes, and images. Recommended for edited PDFs.
• Semantic Flow (mode='flow'): Reconstructs headings, paragraphs, and reflowable text structure.

anyconvert input.pdf -f docx -m canvas -o output.docx

Installation

There are several ways to install word-sys's PDF Editor on your system:

1. Flatpak / Flathub (Recommended Method)

word-sys's PDF Editor is officially available on Flathub.

Install using Flatpak:

flatpak install flathub io.github.word_sys.word-sys-pdf-editor

Run the application:

flatpak run io.github.word_sys.word-sys-pdf-editor

2. Debian / Ubuntu / Pardus Package (.deb)

This method is the easiest installation path for Debian, Ubuntu, and Pardus distributions.

1. Download the latest .deb package from the GitHub Releases page. The file will typically be named word-sys-pdf-editor_1.11.2_amd64.deb (or _arm64.deb for ARM64).

1. Open a terminal in the directory where you downloaded the .deb file.
2. Run the following command to install the package:

sudo apt update
    sudo apt install ./word-sys-pdf-editor_1.11.2_amd64.deb

1. If you encounter a dependency error during installation, it may happens because of you existing broken system, firstly try running the following command to fix missing dependencies or problems on your other packages:

sudo apt --fix-broken install

1. Once installation is complete, you can launch word-sys's PDF Editor from your application menu.

3. AppImage and Binary Release

This method is the easiest usable path for all Linux distributions.

1. Download the latest .AppImage or -linux-.tar.gz package from the GitHub Releases page. The file will typically be named word-sys-pdf-editor-x86_64.AppImage (or -aarch64.AppImage) or word-sys-pdf-editor-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.

A. AppImage Installation

1. Open a terminal in the directory where you downloaded the word-sys-pdf-editor-x86_64.AppImage file.

1. Run this command to make it executable:

chmod +x word-sys-pdf-editor-x86_64.AppImage

1. Double-click the AppImage file or run in terminal:

./word-sys-pdf-editor-x86_64.AppImage

B. Binary Release Installation (tar.gz)

1. Open a terminal in the directory where you downloaded the word-sys-pdf-editor-linux-x86_64.tar.gz file.

1. Unzip the archive:

tar -xzf word-sys-pdf-editor-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

1. Navigate to the extracted directory:

cd AppDir

1. Make the AppRun executable:

chmod +x AppRun

1. Run the application:

./AppRun

4. Manual Installation (For Developers or Those Who Want to Build from Source)

This method is suitable for users who want to run the application directly from source code or contribute to development.

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For a stable experience, use the v1.11.2 tag when cloning. If you want to test the latest development changes, you can clone the main branch directly — but note that it may be less stable.

Pardus 23.4, Debian 12, and Ubuntu < 24.04 — Manual Installation

1. Install Required Dependencies:

sudo apt update
    sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-venv \
                     python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-4.0 gir1.2-adw-1 libgirepository1.0-dev \
                     python3-numpy \
                     python3-dev libcairo2-dev build-essential \
                     fonts-noto-core fonts-liberation2

1. Download the Source Code:

git clone --branch v1.11.2 https://github.com/word-sys/word-sys-pdf-editor.git
    cd word-sys-pdf-editor

For testing / latest development build (may be unstable):

git clone https://github.com/word-sys/word-sys-pdf-editor.git
    cd word-sys-pdf-editor

1. Create and Activate a Virtual Environment (Recommended):

python3 -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate

1. Install Python Dependencies:

pip install PyMuPDF numpy anyconvert pygobject==3.50.0

1. Run the Application:

python3 run-editor.py

Ubuntu 24.04+, Debian 13 Trixie — Manual Installation

1. Install Required Dependencies:

sudo apt update
    sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-venv \
                     python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-4.0 gir1.2-adw-1 libgirepository-2.0-dev \
                     python3-numpy \
                     python3-dev libcairo2-dev build-essential \
                     fonts-noto-core fonts-liberation2

1. Download the Source Code:

git clone --branch v1.11.2 https://github.com/word-sys/word-sys-pdf-editor.git
    cd word-sys-pdf-editor

For testing / latest development build (may be unstable):

git clone https://github.com/word-sys/word-sys-pdf-editor.git
    cd word-sys-pdf-editor

1. Create and Activate a Virtual Environment:

python3 -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate

1. Install Python Dependencies:

pip install PyMuPDF numpy anyconvert pygobject

1. Run the Application:

python3 run-editor.py

Arch Linux and Derivatives — Manual Installation

1. Download the Source Code:

git clone --branch v1.11.2 https://github.com/word-sys/word-sys-pdf-editor.git
    cd word-sys-pdf-editor

For testing / latest development build (may be unstable):

git clone https://github.com/word-sys/word-sys-pdf-editor.git
    cd word-sys-pdf-editor

1. Create and Activate a Virtual Environment:

python3 -m venv venv
    source venv/bin/activate

1. Install Python Dependencies:

pip install PyMuPDF numpy anyconvert pygobject

1. Run the Application:

python3 run-editor.py

CONGRATULATIONS! You have successfully launched word-sys's PDF Editor!

Arch Linux and Derivatives — From AUR

THIS PACKAGES ARENT CREATED OR MAINTAINED BY ME, CONSIDER CHECKING THEM ON AUR TO MAKE SURE THEY RIGHT, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS OR GONNA HAPPEN AFTER INSTALLING FROM AUR CAUSE IM NOT THE CREATOR OR MAINTAINER OF THAT AUR PACKAGES, THEY ARE NOT TESTED BY ME SO BE CAREFULL! CONTACT WITH MAINTAINERS FOR ANY AUR CONNECTED ISSUE, NOT ME! IM NOT ARCH USER SO DONT EXPECT AUR PACKAGES CREATED OR MAINTAINED BY ME! ALL OFFICIAL PACKAGES BUILDED BY GITHUB ACTIONS ON RELEASES PAGE!

1. Download, build and install:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/word-sys-pdf-editor
    makepkg -sfi

People using the yay AUR helper could build and install it using:

yay -S word-sys-pdf-editor

paru -S word-sys-pdf-editor

yay -S word-sys-pdf-editor-bin

paru -S word-sys-pdf-editor-bin

1. Run the Application:

word-sys-pdf-editor

You can also use your application launcher to execute word-sys's PDF Editor

Bug Reports and Feedback

If you encounter any bugs, have a feature request, or want to leave general feedback, please use the GitHub Issues section.

Contributing

word-sys's PDF Editor is an open-source project and welcomes contributions! If you'd like to contribute, please follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create your own branch for a new feature or bug fix (git checkout -b feature/new-feature or git checkout -b fix/bug-name).
3. Make your changes and commit them (git commit -am 'Added new feature').
4. Push your branch to GitHub (git push origin feature/new-feature).
5. Open a Pull Request (PR).

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.