How to make editable PDFs (hybrids)

Un Hybrid PDF it is basically a PDF document containing the embedded original document In the PDF itself, that is, among the "metadata" contained in the document, there is also the original document. In this way it is possible to carry out new versions of the document without modifying its final presentation and allowing its reproduction in almost any device.

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I had always considered the PDF file as a fixed document, which could not, or rather, should not be modified, and this was for me the reason and the main reason for the files in PDF format, however, when reading a magnificent article from Simon Phipps, I have realized that the objective does not have to be the inviolability of the document, but rather the portability of the document, hence, the name "p" for "portable", is what not paying attention to things.

How to create a hybrid PDF?

From LibreOffice it is very easy.

1.- Choose: File - Export in PDF format.

2.- Check the option Embed OpenDocument file.

In this way, the hybrid PDF can be opened from LibreOffice as if it were a normal ODF, without losing the original format of the document and with all the editing possibilities that the program allows.

However, users who do not have LibreOffice will be able to continue opening the PDF with any PDF viewer.

How to re-edit Hybrid PDF?

Supposedly, since LibreOffice 3.3 the extension to import PDFs should already be installed. In case when trying to open a PDF you get a lot of strange symbols, first you have to download this extension.

This extension is available in repositories of almost all popular distros.

In Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install libreoffice-pdfimport

In Fedora:

yum install libreoffice-pdfimport 

In Arch:

pacman -S libreoffice-extension-pdfimport

In case it is not available for your distro (or if you are a malicious Windows user), you can download it from here.

Once the extension is installed, it is as simple as opening LibreOffice and going to File - Open and select the hybrid PDF you have created.

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