The following two nodes may be of help: Re: How toread the contents of PDF and Re: text file to pdf file

    I made a script that opens a pdf file

I haven't done a single thing with PDF that I can remember.  But if you show us the script you've written, I'd be glad to try giving it a shot, and there's probably dozens of other "PDF neophytes" who would as well.

So show us what you have.  Then someone may notice that you're not using the right module.  Or that you're calling a method with the wrong arguments.  Or that you've got a simple typographical error somewhere.  Or a myriad of other possibilities ...

Oh ... and welcome to Perlmonks!

What have you tried (post code)? Personally, I've had very limited success in doing anything PDF-related - the perl modules have all completely garbled my PDFs when I try to work with existing PDFs that weren't originally made in perl. But perhaps someone can start with where you are to fix your code for what you need. It's just easier to do when you post your code.

Good luck!

#!/usr/bin/perl use PDF::API2; 
$pdf = DF::API2->open('Maturity Assess3.pdf');
$pdf->saveas("new.pdf"); 
#####to import a page and place it on another page 
## $pdf = PDF::API2->new; 
## $old = PDF::API2->open('my/old.pdf'); 
## $page = $pdf->importPage($old,2); 
# get page 2 into page 1 
## $pdf->saveas("our/new.pdf");
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Nothing to do with your immediate problem, but we strongly urge you to add use strict; use warnings; to all the Perl you write. In the long run it will save us a lot of time answering your questions ;).

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DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel

well I got as far as creating a pdf and then opening and writing text, i need to write the text on the first page of the opened file but every time i try it apends it to another page.

use PDF::API2;
use DBI;
use strict;
use constant mm => 25.4/72;
use constant in =>    1/72;
use constant pt =>    1;


$pdf = PDF::API2->open('Build.pdf');

my %font = (
    Helvetica => {
        Bold   => $pdf->corefont('Helvetica-Bold',    -encoding => 'la
+tin1'),
 #      Roman  => $pdf->corefont('Helvetica',         -encoding => 'la
+tin1'),
 #      Italic => $pdf->corefont('Helvetica-Oblique', -encoding => 'la
+tin1'),
    },
    Times => {
 #      Bold   => $pdf->corefont('Times-Bold',        -encoding => 'la
+tin1'),
        Roman  => $pdf->corefont('Times',             -encoding => 'la
+tin1'),
 #      Italic => $pdf->corefont('Times-Italic',      -encoding => 'la
+tin1'),
    },
 );

my $page = $pdf->page;
 my $headline_text = $page->text;
 $headline_text->font( $font{'Helvetica'}{'Bold'}, 18/pt );
 $headline_text->fillcolor( 'white' );
 $headline_text->translate( 19/mm, 131/mm );
 $headline_text->text_right( 'this is my new stuff' );

$pdf->saveas("Build2.pdf");
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It's your my $page = $pdf->page; that's creating the new page.

To put further content on an already existing page, simply use the method openpage instead, e.g. my $page = $pdf->openpage(1) for the first page -- see the section "PAGE METHODS" in the module's docs for the details.