Anyone know how to edit large files?

[CupcakeNinja]

so i was writing a chapter and needed to go back to a previous volume to confirm something, but since the second half of said volume was taken down I needed to use the pdf file I had of it....i started searching, and as i read this one chapter in particular i realized "holy fuck there's like five misspellings here...in DIALOGUE, too!"

I'm usually pretty good in my grammar, but i must've been drunk or high and forgot to do an edit of that chapter. So now that it got taken down and uploaded to other places, its just there. i use a cheap Chromebook for stuff, so i dunno if i even have access to software that can edit pdf.

And in any case, its a large file

I tried converting to text then pasting it to wattpad writing tool and then Google docs. My idea was I'm gonna edit that way, convert back to pdf, then reupload it. But they fucking crashed on me.

Any way to solve this? Its just irritating. People paid a few bucks for that shit, i don't like that there's so many mistakes in that chapter. I probably gotta edit others too.

 

[greyblob]

so i was writing a chapter and needed to go back to a previous volume to confirm something, but since the second half of said volume was taken down I needed to use the pdf file I had of it....i started searching, and as i read this one chapter in particular i realized "holy fuck there's like five misspellings here...in DIALOGUE, too!"

I'm usually pretty good in my grammar, but i must've been drunk or high and forgot to do an edit of that chapter. So now that it got taken down and uploaded to other places, its just there. i use a cheap Chromebook for stuff, so i dunno if i even have access to software that can edit pdf.

And in any case, its a large file

I tried converting to text then pasting it to wattpad writing tool and then Google docs. My idea was I'm gonna edit that way, convert back to pdf, then reupload it. But they fucking crashed on me.

Any way to solve this? Its just irritating. People paid a few bucks for that shit, i don't like that there's so many mistakes in that chapter. I probably gotta edit others too.

use word or libre?

 

[CupcakeNinja]

use word or libre?

Wouls they handle such a large vol of text? i got like 40-50 chapters with 2k words on average. My cheaper laptop also may be a factor, I dunno

 

[greyblob]

Wouls they handle such a large vol of text? i got like 40-50 chapters with 2k words on average. My cheaper laptop also may be a factor, I dunno

should be fine i think. libreoffice is free and light maybe try that first.
i have both, could try dropping a random book and test it but that'll have to wait for a couple of hours

 

[Kassel]

so i was writing a chapter and needed to go back to a previous volume to confirm something, but since the second half of said volume was taken down I needed to use the pdf file I had of it....i started searching, and as i read this one chapter in particular i realized "holy fuck there's like five misspellings here...in DIALOGUE, too!"

I'm usually pretty good in my grammar, but i must've been drunk or high and forgot to do an edit of that chapter. So now that it got taken down and uploaded to other places, its just there. i use a cheap Chromebook for stuff, so i dunno if i even have access to software that can edit pdf.

And in any case, its a large file

I tried converting to text then pasting it to wattpad writing tool and then Google docs. My idea was I'm gonna edit that way, convert back to pdf, then reupload it. But they fucking crashed on me.

Any way to solve this? Its just irritating. People paid a few bucks for that shit, i don't like that there's so many mistakes in that chapter. I probably gotta edit others too.

I don't think you will really need to fret over it. Most people won't care about a spelling mistake or two. It isn't like the world is coming to end because of it.

 

[greyblob]

Wouls they handle such a large vol of text? i got like 40-50 chapters with 2k words on average. My cheaper laptop also may be a factor, I dunno

libre and my version of word didn't work. you could cut the pdf online and upload the cut part to a pdf to wordfile online

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Wouls they handle such a large vol of text? i got like 40-50 chapters with 2k words on average. My cheaper laptop also may be a factor, I dunno

I use Word for that, using the 'replace' function so I won't have to hunt for every single mistake and edit it (if the mistake has the same spelling). As for the speed and crash risks, it depends on your computer specs.

My files got around 50k to 80k words per manuscript, and I can edit just fine. Specs are 16gb RAM and 2gb VRAM on an AMD Ryzen 3 processor.

But I guess a minimum of 8gb RAM and 1gb VRAM on an Intel i3 can work smoothly too.

If you got an Adobe Acrobat, you can edit your PDF file without having to convert it to a text file.

 

[CupcakeNinja]

I use Word for that, using the 'replace' function so I won't have to hunt for every single mistake and edit it (if the mistake has the same spelling). As for the speed and crash risks, it depends on your computer specs.

My files got around 50k to 80k words per manuscript, and I can edit just fine. Specs are 16gb RAM and 2gb VRAM on an AMD Ryzen 3 processor.

But I guess a minimum of 8gb RAM and 1gb VRAM on an Intel i3 can work smoothly too.

If you got an Adobe Acrobat, you can edit your PDF file without having to convert it to a text file.

Sadly Reader doesnt give the option to download with Chrome Os just Windows. But I think I can use Android so its more tedious but doable.

I don't think you will really need to fret over it. Most people won't care about a spelling mistake or two. It isn't like the world is coming to end because of it.

see but i give fuck all about them. Its more of a personal thing. I usually hold a certain standard. Seeing so many errors fucks with me.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Don't accept manuscripts in PDF. If someone submits a PDF to my press, we kindly ask for a .doc or .docx.

 

[KiraMinoru]

Just search an online PDF to doc converter. Example pdf2doc.com. May screw with formatting though. Once in doc format should be able to open in google docs just fine. Google docs can handle 100k words pretty easy. Mine handles 200k words just fine, just have to give it a minute or so to load everything.

Another option may be to split the PDF file into smaller pieces with an online tool(just Google PDF splitter). You could extract the chapter you want that way and just convert that chapter alone to a doc file. Then have two separate PDF files for before and after that chapter. Then download the edited chapter back as a PDF file then use a PDF combiner tool to combine the three PDF files.

 

[expentio]

Sadly Reader doesnt give the option to download with Chrome Os just Windows. But I think I can use Android so its more tedious but doable.

see but i give fuck all about them. Its more of a personal thing. I usually hold a certain standard. Seeing so many errors fucks with me.

I'm usually using RTF (rich text format) for my texts on word. In those I have the comple 500000 words versions of my stories and can work on them without issues. Even saving files works in an instant (far quicker than on a normal format). Yet the necessary data load is around double, however, we're talking about text, that's like one megabite.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Wouls they handle such a large vol of text? i got like 40-50 chapters with 2k words on average. My cheaper laptop also may be a factor, I dunno

use txt format. Takes no space. If you use vim (like a really based fella not a windowscuck) it will be even easier and more convinient