Give "'xsane" a look... featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). Simple, easy to use.

I use it often for work similar to yours

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XSane

• Supports several scanning protocols; handles multiple image acquisition devices efficiently: scanners, cameras, video devices
• Allows detailed prescan adjustments w/preview -- for example: select area ("...pick out individual photographs from the scan surface") , contrast, brightness, dpi, to name a few
• Settings for professional scanning; available but not necessary to 'fiddle' with: https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/computing/printing/xsane

Thank you

nano, vi, geany, kate...

I prefer nano - simple to use & always available. I manage remote systems often from my mobile using termius: config file editing, writing simple scripts for some analysis/automation tasks and recording task notes and status. Using a tablet I might use vi but generally prefer nano.

My right leg is injured and I'm old so I limp and am old and in the way. I don't give a damn if you call me gimp, a gimp, old or old gimp.

Geez, grow up already ya bunch cry babies. It's just a friggin name for an app. If you're insulted, hurt by that you really need to get a life.

An OLD adage: "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me"

Huh..? Unstructured..? Please explaln or are you just a troll or a lenfart puttering lover..?

How about you list ALL your questions in one post... or is that too difficult for you

I'm an old buzzard and walk with a limp so I'm certainly a gimp... and don't mind being called a gimp... or an old buzzard... even both at the same time... (and using '...' is a privelege of being "Old & In The Way" [band name, album & song title 1975...]...)...

OP is a troll. Likes windoze and clearly states doesn't like or use Linux so why TF even ask, especialy in a Linux community...

Too bad that reproductive harm doesn't work eliminating the birth of politicians

Politician: The lowest form of life on earth (lower than slime mold... sorry for insulting slime mold).

They produce nothing of value, never have and never will, true sociopaths, total liars, elitest narsacistc parasites and oxygen wasters and generally evil...

Rather than editing PDFs directly, might it be possible to use LibreOffice (LO) Writer? Write, with all the features/facilities of a document editor that will likely meet all your needs. When the document is complete, export as PDF and e-sign the PDF with LO as well..

LibreOffice is community driven and developed software project, not the product of an American company.

'Bates' numbering: LO Writer supports creating custom page numbering formats/styles.

e-sign: e-sign the PDF with LO as well, reference links below

Workflow

an example workflow might be:

• Create document templates, save read-only in network accesible location; only the template maintainer can edit/save the templates; law firm logo, letter head, watermarks, Bates numbering, etc.,
• Author copies desired template to author's system and makes the copy writable,
• Edits/saves drafts locally on author's system, or in a central, network accessible repository; backups, team access, preliminary/formal reviews, etc.
• When final version is complete, export as PDF, and of course, save it as well
• e-sign PDF using LO

References

https://knowledge.digicert.com/tutorials/sign-openoffice-libreoffice-documents https://duckduckgo.com/?q=libreoffice+pdf+esign&t=vivaldim&ia=web