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Where (how) to get editable PDFs? (piefed.social)

submitted 1 week ago by nocturne@piefed.social to c/pathfinder@ttrpg.network

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I have a large number of Pathfinder PDFs from Humble Bundle, however they are locked. I am unable to bookmark them or write any notes in them. Both things i like to do before running a module. And while them having my email address watermarked on them is annoying, it is not the end of the world.

Are there official PDFs that you can edit? Or do I need to check with Anna?

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[–] Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Sucks that legal options so very often lack functions that are more or less standard otherwise. Reminds me of unskippable piracy warnings on purchased movie media

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

I don't think many people will disagree with me when I say: if you've bought it legally already, there's nothing immoral about getting help from Anna.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ve actually never had a problem bookmarking and taking notes on a PDF, is this a new thing?

Editing the PDF content itself, no (like removing the email address watermark). But adding comments and bookmarks on top works fine. My PDF readers ask if I want to make a copy or put the edits on top of this PDF, and that’s all.

That being said, I agree with Zagorath. If you need to edit it and you already bought it, it’s ethical to ask Anna.

[–] nocturne@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So normally I download the pdf, then toss it into books on my iPad. I like books because it paginates like a book left to right. Rather than top to bottom.

I will try making a copy of it on my laptop and see if that changes anything.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh I wonder if Books is a little less feature-rich because it’s more of a (book) reader than an PDF reader/annotator.

I use GoodReader and have used PDF Expert as well in the past. Both have really good annotation support, and they both have an option for pagination as well.

[–] nocturne@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

I just tried drawing in a pdf, it is simply locked. I can fix this I think.

[–] nocturne@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I am able to bookmark and highlight sections in Books in other pdfs. But none that I have purchased from paizo.

It also has a writing feature that I use my stylus to add my own notes.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah you’re right, that would drive me nuts. I like having my tools that work.

I wonder if they have some sort of write protection set at the PDF level, so you’d have to import it into like the Acrobat editor and remove it.

I would definitely try to find one online and see if I could annotate that one. No doubt.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder if they'd get back to you if you explained the predicament to Paizo customer support.

[–] nocturne@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I tossed a pdf into an online pdf unlocker and it is working now.