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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 5 09:16:20 -0800 2007 ------- . . . . .The functionality of a "PDF Editor" is not needed. What is sorely needed is the ability to import a xx.pdf document (into OOo Writer) so that the information (text, graphics, formats) may be written/saved/edited as an OOo document (not PDF). . . . . .The Portable Document Format is NOT as portable as one may believe. The worst event a writer can run into in a search is to get/hit-on information in PDF format. What happens here is that one can only immediately read or save (in PDF since export is limited) the document. This format is bloated, restrictive, a thought interruption, portable only between OS file systems, not usable (portable) in word-processing programs generally and then only if one has the necessary escape to a proprietary image editor/reader. The format was never intended to: .... . . . . .The single most portable format now is/has been, TEXT ! During the APRAnet days the DOD needed.... let a contract to .... then developed the spec to .... out of .... came ... so that documents could be transmitted to other event sites so that information could be distributed in real time to needed national defense agencies for .... Let there be a PDF. Who owns the format specified by, purchased and developed by the American Taxpayer ??? Modern day computers and OS's are so standard and open (except for a few hang in's) that, the best that, could happen is for the unnecessary format to just go away and disappear ... PDF quietly just go away. Develope better Open Systems Format (OSF), text Word Processing Systems that can handle text intermixed with graphics. Hello OOo good-bye PDF :>). PaulT --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
