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Asked: 2015-03-01 20:29:41 +0800 CST

How to change pdf title in Kubuntu? [duplicate]

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After I asked this question I found that title and file name are pretty much different, so then I tried changing the pdf document's title to whatever I want to?.

I tried with Okular, but it doesn't let me change the title, I also tried GIMP but it just don't seem to have the option. I even tried verifying the document properties with Dolphin and it does not work either. How to change the title then?.

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    Solution:

    After a deep web search using Google, I found a tool called pdftk (Title in the manual: pdftk - A handy tool for manipulating PDF). To install the pdftk use the below line on the command line;

     sudo apt-get install pdftk

    then created a file named updateTitle.txt containing the following information:

    InfoKey: Title
InfoValue: New Title

    And saved it in the same location the PDF is, then I ran in a terminal (in the PDF’s location):

    pdftk input.pdf update_info updateTitle.txt output output.pdf

    The PDF’s title is now "New Title".

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