Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?
Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the document :( Quoting Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com: It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a proper pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original... You could try http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that. THO On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :( http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.**pdfpage=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1 -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk __**_ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Thehelpfulone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone English Wikipedia Administrator -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?
Hi Jon Have you tried to use an OCR ? You would be able to get back the content and put it back in a spreadsheet. Best, -- Christophe On 3 April 2012 21:10, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a proper pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original... You could try http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that. THO On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :( http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.**pdfpage=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1 -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk __**_ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Thehelpfulone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone English Wikipedia Administrator ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?
Jon, I have some decent OCR software at work - will try running it through that this afternoon/evening. Do you have a deadline? On 4 April 2012 07:50, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the document :( Quoting Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com: It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a proper pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original... You could try http://extensions.services.**openoffice.org/en/project/**pdfimporthttp://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that. THO On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :( http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:**http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1http://uk.** wikimedia.org/w/index.php?**title=File:**FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.** pdfpage=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1 -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l **http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l ** WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Thehelpfulone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**User:Thehelpfulonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone English Wikipedia Administrator -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk __**_ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?
No urgent deadline - about 16th of April in reality. Thanks. Quoting James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com: Jon, I have some decent OCR software at work - will try running it through that this afternoon/evening. Do you have a deadline? On 4 April 2012 07:50, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the document :( Quoting Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com: It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a proper pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original... You could try http://extensions.services.**openoffice.org/en/project/**pdfimporthttp://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that. THO On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :( http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:**http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1http://uk.** wikimedia.org/w/index.php?**title=File:**FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.** pdfpage=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1 -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l **http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l ** WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Thehelpfulone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**User:Thehelpfulonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone English Wikipedia Administrator -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk __**_ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?
On 03/04/12 16:14, Jon Davies wrote: Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :( http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1 -- This is PDF 1.3 format. There are no text strings at all. OCR? Or just ask somebody to re-type it. It will be quicker. Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?
All sorted now folks! Thanks for your help :-) Richard Symonds Office Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0992 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in England and Wales, No: 6741827. Charity No:1144513 Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. Wikimedia UK is the local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. On 03/04/2012 16:14, Jon Davies wrote: Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :( http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?
It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a proper pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original... You could try http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that. THO On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :( http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.**pdfpage=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdfpage=1 -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk __**_ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Thehelpfulone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone English Wikipedia Administrator ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
