Thanks. editing PDFs is something on my shortlist for later, i would love to have a program to do that. Closed source makes me pause briefly at least, but I will definitely check that out thanks
LibreOffice is able to directly save as .doc, .docx, .odt, and various other formats. It is also able to directly export a document as pdf so that is not limited to closed source software.
libreoffice-draw is able to open and edit many PDF files as well.
MasterPDFeditor is closed source but available for free and able to edit most pdf files as well.
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Gimp will also open and edit PDF docs, but it is entirely graphics oriented. I do a lot with PDF documents including using portions of one or many PDF’s to create a new PDF. There are also copious command line tools for manipulation of PDF files. If you have tab completion active (it should be by default on Fedora using Bash) you can type in pdf in a terminal and using <ctrl><tab> scroll through the various pdf tools available on your system. In LibreOffice, if you open a pdf document, it will provide the choice of open with Impress (think PowerPoint) or Draw.
Doing a search in Gnome Software for “PDF” results in …
The list goes off the window and has 76 more results. Not all are going to be PDF modifying capable, but it is an old doc format with lots of support.
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This is kindo where I interject and say Inkscape is a superior PDF editor. Page for Page with an XML editor . . . And a whole lot more.
But I am an Inkscape Connoisseur.
+1 for PDF Arranger as well.
Definitely Inkscape is a choice I should have mentioned as I use it on frequent occasions, but usually never for manipulating PDF documents. In truth, when I am making a manual for equipment, I tend to use LaTex via TexStudio (as flatpak) to produce a final pdf document from many input sources, even PDF documents, like data sheets or tech bulletins from manufacturers.