Re: Re[2]: [users] PDF Conversion
On 10 December 2010 20:43, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 2010-12-10 21:13:38 skrev Douglas Hinds douglas.hi...@gmail.com: Todd Goatley suggested: Try Adobe Reader. You can save the doc in text, then open it in OO. Thank you for your response, but: Adobe Acrobat Reader is a Windows Program There is a Linux version of Adobe Reader, I've used it for years. For Adobe Acrobat however, there is no Linux version as far as I know, but that was not what was suggested. snip Will Acrobat run under WINE? -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
Re: Re[2]: [users] PDF Conversion
Den 2010-12-12 12:18:58 skrev Harold Fuchs hwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com: On 10 December 2010 20:43, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com wrote: Den 2010-12-10 21:13:38 skrev Douglas Hinds douglas.hi...@gmail.com: Todd Goatley suggested: Try Adobe Reader. You can save the doc in text, then open it in OO. Thank you for your response, but: Adobe Acrobat Reader is a Windows Program There is a Linux version of Adobe Reader, I've used it for years. For Adobe Acrobat however, there is no Linux version as far as I know, but that was not what was suggested. snip Will Acrobat run under WINE? http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appId=847 -- Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re[2]: [users] PDF Conversion
Todd Goatley suggested: Try Adobe Reader. You can save the doc in text, then open it in OO. Thank you for your response, but: Adobe Acrobat Reader is a Windows Program, and Saving to a text file (equivalent to extracting the text) means that I lose both the graphics and the rest of the page formatting, which Is not really what I was hoping for. I was hoping for a faithful reproduction of the pdf file in an editable format. In Windows (a now obsolete OS) Solid Converter PDF does a good job of doing that, but I have not been able to run under Wine (I'm using TheBat! version 3.99 - an email client for win - to write this with - WineHQ informer me that version 4 won't run, but v. 3.x will). Other commercial pdf editors/creators include Foxit but I was hoping an opensource app was available (Ghostscript will extract to text but as I mentioned, that's not what I have in mind). In any case, than you for your response. Douglas Hinds Email: tgoat...@gmail.com Mobile mail: 7752230...@tmomail.com C: 775-223-0839 Sent from myTouch 4G - Reply message - From: Daniel Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] PDF Conversion Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 10:51 Douglas Hinds wrote: OO's ability to create pdf files is a valuable asset. However, the need frequently arises to convert pdf files to a editable format. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: Re[2]: [users] PDF Conversion
Den 2010-12-10 21:13:38 skrev Douglas Hinds douglas.hi...@gmail.com: Todd Goatley suggested: Try Adobe Reader. You can save the doc in text, then open it in OO. Thank you for your response, but: Adobe Acrobat Reader is a Windows Program There is a Linux version of Adobe Reader, I've used it for years. For Adobe Acrobat however, there is no Linux version as far as I know, but that was not what was suggested. Best regards Johnny Rosenberg , and Saving to a text file (equivalent to extracting the text) means that I lose both the graphics and the rest of the page formatting, which Is not really what I was hoping for. I was hoping for a faithful reproduction of the pdf file in an editable format. In Windows (a now obsolete OS) Solid Converter PDF does a good job of doing that, but I have not been able to run under Wine (I'm using TheBat! version 3.99 - an email client for win - to write this with - WineHQ informer me that version 4 won't run, but v. 3.x will). Other commercial pdf editors/creators include Foxit but I was hoping an opensource app was available (Ghostscript will extract to text but as I mentioned, that's not what I have in mind). In any case, than you for your response. Douglas Hinds Email: tgoat...@gmail.com Mobile mail: 7752230...@tmomail.com C: 775-223-0839 Sent from myTouch 4G - Reply message - From: Daniel Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] PDF Conversion Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 10:51 Douglas Hinds wrote: OO's ability to create pdf files is a valuable asset. However, the need frequently arises to convert pdf files to a editable format. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re[2]: [users] PDF Conversion
It might help if you had stated what you meant by the results were not adequate. OO writer can now open pdf files, but it opens them in OO Draw and each and every line is included in it's own text box so the documents flow is totally lost for the purpose of editing. The letterhead didn't appear, either. And we are describing a pdf document created in writer and exported to pdf from there. What type of editing do you want to do? I want a faithful reproduction of the pdf file in a totally editable form. Where does OOo fail to do what you want? It doesn't do the above. OO opens pdf files in Draw - that means it's a graphics rather than a document file. Perhaps there's a configuration that can change this - which is the reason for my post today to users at oo.org. Any ideas? Douglas Hinds - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: Re[2]: [users] PDF Conversion
Den 2010-12-10 21:47:08 skrev Douglas Hinds douglas.hi...@gmail.com: It might help if you had stated what you meant by the results were not adequate. OO writer can now open pdf files, but it opens them in OO Draw and each and every line is included in it's own text box so the documents flow is totally lost for the purpose of editing. The letterhead didn't appear, either. And we are describing a pdf document created in writer and exported to pdf from there. What type of editing do you want to do? I want a faithful reproduction of the pdf file in a totally editable form. Where does OOo fail to do what you want? It doesn't do the above. OO opens pdf files in Draw - that means it's a graphics rather than a document file. Perhaps there's a configuration that can change this - which is the reason for my post today to users at oo.org. Any ideas? Douglas Hinds Well, there are a few PDF editors out there, most of them are crap, but you have to find out for yourself what suits your need best. Someone has already mentioned PDF Editor. You can also edit PDF files in Scribus I think, and maybe even Incscape. There are also commercial software, one of them is PDF Studio, which I installed on my system. You can use it without paying anything for a short period of time and after that you need to purchase or use a somewhat crippled version… But not everything is free in life, not even for Linux users some times… -- Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
