# Corrupt pdf **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117 "2016-04-26T00:32:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/1 "2016-04-26T00:32:12Z")
Anyone have any good tools (preferably free) for repairing a corrupt pdf file? It’s basically a document of scanned pages, and I’m not sure what happened but it cannot be opened. Everything I’ve found online doesn’t do anything to fix it, or it comes back as a document full of watermarks with nothing left of the document. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/2 "2016-04-26T02:07:38Z")
I have faced that problem several times but never found anything that was helpful, alas. ☹ On 4/25/2016 4:32 PM, Stevo wrote:[color=blue] > Anyone have any good tools (preferably free) for repairing a corrupt > pdf file? It’s basically a document of scanned pages, and I’m not sure > what happened but it cannot be opened. > > Everything I’ve found online doesn’t do anything to fix it, or it comes > back as a document full of watermarks with nothing left of the document. > [/color] ---
**Author:** ![lhaig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ec9cab/32.png) [@lhaig](https://forums.suse.com/u/lhaig)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/3 "2016-04-26T09:29:41Z")
On 2016/04/26 1:07 AM, Mary Wood wrote:[color=blue] > I have faced that problem several times but never found anything that > was helpful, alas. ☹ > > On 4/25/2016 4:32 PM, Stevo wrote:[color=green] > > > Anyone have any good tools (preferably free) for repairing a corrupt > > pdf file? It’s basically a document of scanned pages, and I’m not sure > > what happened but it cannot be opened. > > > > Everything I’ve found online doesn’t do anything to fix it, or it comes > > back as a document full of watermarks with nothing left of the document. > > [/color] > > [/color] Have you guys tried LibreOffice? I have used those to open and fix many PDF’s before Also I think Gimp opens the files as well ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/4 "2016-04-26T17:20:22Z")
Lance Haig sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Have you guys tried LibreOffice? > > I have used those to open and fix many PDF’s before > > Also I think Gimp opens the files as well[/color] So my response to Lance’s comment is… Neither one of them worked on the pdf I have…:-\ – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/5 "2016-04-26T17:21:23Z")
Have you tried opening it in a stand-alone PDF editor? 🙂 – Susan Novell Community Chat Moderator [http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules) [https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars) Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) ---
**Author:** ![lhaig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ec9cab/32.png) [@lhaig](https://forums.suse.com/u/lhaig)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/6 "2016-04-26T18:33:02Z")
On 2016/04/26 4:20 PM, Stevo wrote:[color=blue] > Lance Haig sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > Have you guys tried LibreOffice? > > > > I have used those to open and fix many PDF’s before > > > > Also I think Gimp opens the files as well[/color] > > So my response to Lance’s comment is… > > Neither one of them worked on the pdf I have…:-\ > [/color] Sorry Buddy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/7 "2016-04-26T21:04:24Z")
Susan sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Have you tried opening it in a stand-alone PDF editor? :)[/color] So my response to Susan’s comment is… We’ve tried it in (I can’t remember how many) PDF editors, repair packages. I found one yesterday that actually gave me the first page from the demo, so I tried their online version, recovered 266 of 267 pages. Only cost $5. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/8 "2016-04-26T22:05:23Z")
What’s the name of that? It could be good to have around, just in case! On 4/26/2016 1:04 PM, Stevo wrote:[color=blue] > Susan sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > Have you tried opening it in a stand-alone PDF editor? :)[/color] > > So my response to Susan’s comment is… > > We’ve tried it in (I can’t remember how many) PDF editors, repair > packages. > > I found one yesterday that actually gave me the first page from the > demo, so I tried their online version, recovered 266 of 267 pages. > Only cost $5. > [/color] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/9 "2016-04-27T00:22:37Z")
Mary Wood sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > What’s the name of that? It could be good to have around, just in > case![/color] So my response to Mary’s comment is… PDF Repair Toolbox – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/10 "2016-04-27T01:35:00Z")
Thank you! 🙂 On 4/26/2016 4:22 PM, Stevo wrote:[color=blue] > Mary Wood sounds like they ‘said’: > [color=green] > > > What’s the name of that? It could be good to have around, just in > > case![/color] > > So my response to Mary’s comment is… > > PDF Repair Toolbox > [/color] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/11 "2016-04-27T01:57:35Z")
Mary Wood sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > Thank you! :)[/color] So my response to Mary’s comment is… You’re welcome. =) – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/corrupt-pdf/28117/12 "2016-04-27T17:59:23Z")
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