Re: [discuss] PDF file handling
Ian Lynch wrote: On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 21:49 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote: Consider a transformation that turns a Draw vector graphic into a PNG bitmap. It would be impossible to turn that PNG back into a usable vector graphic. Not entirely true. There is software around that will make a pretty good job of tracing edges and turning some bit maps into usable vectors. trivia: do you know even OOo Draw can do that? insert a raster drawing in Draw and use Modify-Convert-To Polygon. (other programs able to do this are autotrace and potrace) BUT, depending on the complexity of the drawing the result may or may not be usable or even accurate. the same is true for PDF: a simple PDF file, containing only plain text, can be easily imported (for example using pdftotext, part of the xpdf package) but when formatting is more complex it may be impossible to obtain something usable. -- nicu my OpenOffice.org pages: http://ooo.nicubunu.ro Open Clip Art Library: http://www.openclipart.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Need a how-to, converting large doc to book/chapters
William W. Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: In adding to this doc (350 or so pages, lots of tables, scatter plots (ole objects), footnotes, etc. - over 9Mb for the .odt file to begin with), including the equations I am afraid that I'm fighting a losing battle, and it would seem simpler to break this down into chapters to form a book (as in the old applix book-building process). That way I could still do my TOC, index, lists of tables, equations, and figures, etc. fairly easily. Is there any equivalent in OOo? Any pointers, docs, etc. would be greatly appreciated. What works a bit like that is the master document feature. I have never tried breaking down anything as husge as what you have into that; but I know that using it is covered in some detail i some of the OOo books, presumably since the authors had to master the feature themselves to get the books out. If the document is already broken into chapters, then save each, individually as a file, and read up on master documents before reassembling them. I know that you have to do a certain amount of preparation and make the right choices when setting up the MD. But it sounds as if that would be time well spent. -- Andrew Brown The email in the header does not work. Contact details and possibly useful macros from http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Re: Need a how-to, converting large doc to book/chapters
Andrew Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there any equivalent in OOo? Any pointers, docs, etc. would be greatly appreciated. More sefully: http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/writer/draft_pub/0213WG- WorkingWithMasterDocuments.sxw -- Andrew Brown The email in the header does not work. Contact details and possibly useful macros from http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Open Office Calc
Hi Jonathan, On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:49:17 +0100, Jonathan Spencer wrote: I've been using Open Office Calc for about 3 weeks, I've noticed there's no datedif function (there's one in excel). But only documented in Excel 2000, not in earlier (though around since Excel 5 it seems) and not in later versions. See also http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/odd/odd03.htm You can use the functions YEARS(), MONTHS() and DAYS() instead. Eike P.S.: You're not subscribed to the mailing list you were posting to. You will miss replies that are directed to the list only. Please reply only to the list (Reply-To header is set), not to my personal account. Thanks. -- OOo/SO Calc core developer. Number formatter bedevilled I18N transpositionizer. GnuPG key 0x293C05FD: 997A 4C60 CE41 0149 0DB3 9E96 2F1A D073 293C 05FD - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Converting Presentation to Flash?
Was recently presented with a problem for which I hope someone on this list can offer a solution. I was given a simple PowerPoint presentation that a minister friend of mine uses in a Bible Study that he presents. The idea was to expand the presentation to outline the various talking points he uses on each scripture (he normally just puts up the scripture and talks about it), attach audio to each slide, then export the entire presentation to Flash or some other multimedia format suitable for use on a web site. He has a series of lessons that we hope to upload if I can solve this problem. I got 1.9.118 since I was hearing how much better it than 1.1.4 (have been a user since 1.0.1). Got a proof-of-concept presentation put together, complete with audio, but when I did the export to Flash (as many of you probably already know) the audio and transitions didn't survive. Here's the question. Do any of you know of a decent converter from Impress or PowerPoint to Flash, AVI, or some other web-friendly multimedia format that is available: (1)Win98-compatible, (2)open-source or freeware? Is 2.0 final expected to have Flash improvements over 118? I can wait a little if that is the case. Any advice or constructive suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks- David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] (am subscribed to discuss-digest) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[discuss] Page numbering
Hi there-- Just wanted to drop a suggestion regarding the upcoming version of OpenOffice... I LOVE this program, especially writer, and regard it as superior to MS Word...except in one instance: page numbering. I want to be able to insert page numbers in a document OUTSIDE the margin formatting, and I want to be able to start at any number, not just 1. Unfortunately the offset command doesn't seem to work, the footer steals page space from the main body, and all of this takes half a dozen commands to execute. I have to load things into Word just to print, because I often print separate chapters of a large document-in-progress (in my case, a novel). Please provide an easy page number insertion command in the next version! JRL - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [discuss] Page numbering
Have you considered writing a macro ? Just use the macro recorder to record a typical page number insert then if needed change the critical values to variables And prompt the user for the value, you can then assign the Macro to a toolbar. e.g. Dim Pageoffset as Integer Pageoffset = InputBox( Please enter the page offset: ) -Original Message- From: J. Robert Lennon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 5:33 AM To: discuss@openoffice.org Subject: [discuss] Page numbering Hi there-- Just wanted to drop a suggestion regarding the upcoming version of OpenOffice... I LOVE this program, especially writer, and regard it as superior to MS Word...except in one instance: page numbering. I want to be able to insert page numbers in a document OUTSIDE the margin formatting, and I want to be able to start at any number, not just 1. Unfortunately the offset command doesn't seem to work, the footer steals page space from the main body, and all of this takes half a dozen commands to execute. I have to load things into Word just to print, because I often print separate chapters of a large document-in-progress (in my case, a novel). Please provide an easy page number insertion command in the next version! JRL - 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]
Re: [discuss] Page numbering
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 00:56 +, William W. Austin wrote: SNIP! Anybody know how to change (reset) a page number easily? Oops, I see that Justin Fitzgibbon [EMAIL PROTECTED] just posted the how-to on that. Hi William, This information is also in the OOo Knowledgebase at the link below. Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips (RSS) - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ Cybersite Consulting - http://www.cybersite.com.au/ Training4Linux - http://www.training4linux.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [discuss] Open Office Calc
Eike Rathke wrote: But only documented in Excel 2000, not in earlier (though around since Excel 5 it seems) and not in later versions. See also http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/odd/odd03.htm Microsoft knowledge base does not know anything about this function. I searched with : http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=datedifx=14y=11catalog=LCID%3D1033spid=1741qryWt=mode=rcus=False It is in the help system on my daughters MAC for Excel dated 2001. Alex - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
