[discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-01 Thread Girard Aquino
I am a new convert from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice, and I must say that I have completely made the shift, from using OpenOffice, to creating document in the open document format. I made an effort to disseminate the application to my students as well, believing in the creed of the opensource

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-02 Thread Johnny Andersson
2007/4/29, Girard Aquino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I am a new convert from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice, and I must say that I have completely made the shift, from using OpenOffice, to creating document in the open document format. I made an effort to disseminate the application to my students as w

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-02 Thread Lars D . Noodén
Print preview (called Page Preview, found in the File menu) should show you how the PDF will turn out. PDF is generally considered the end of the line for data: Write once, print zero or more times to paper, then delete. Most systems have a PDF viewer of some kind built in, so you don't have

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-02 Thread Chris Monahan
Afraid that I think that the OP's suggestion would probably be quite a project and as Lars Nooden has pointed out it might not exactly fit in with what most people would use PDF's for - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] F

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-03 Thread Johnny Andersson
2007/5/2, Chris Monahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Afraid that I think that the OP's suggestion would probably be quite a project and as Lars Nooden has pointed out it might not exactly fit in with what most people would use PDF's for Maybe not, but there have been some questions about that lately,

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-03 Thread Chris Monahan
On 03/05/07, Johnny Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/5/2, Chris Monahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Afraid that I think that the OP's suggestion would probably be quite a > project and as Lars Nooden has pointed out it might not exactly fit in > with what most people would use PDF's for > >

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-03 Thread Robert Derman
Chris Monahan wrote: On 03/05/07, Johnny Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/5/2, Chris Monahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Afraid that I think that the OP's suggestion would probably be quite a > project and as Lars Nooden has pointed out it might not exactly fit in > with what most people

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-03 Thread William W. Austin
On 2007-05-03 13:03:21, Robert Derman wrote: Chris Monahan wrote: On 03/05/07, Johnny Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/5/2, Chris Monahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Afraid that I think that the OP's suggestion would probably be quite a > project and as Lars Nooden has pointed out it

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-03 Thread Benjamin Huot
So if you want to restore them in a complex document, it the task can lie somewhere between tricky and virtually impossible. They claim this software can do just that. Windows and Mac OS X versions available. PDF2Office http://www.recosoft.com/products/pdf2office/index.htm ---

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-04 Thread Lars D . Noodén
On Thu, 3 May 2007, Robert Derman wrote: IMHO all that is really needed is a program to convert PDFs to ODF files. Once they are in the ODF form, OOo can then edit them. Interesting, except that PDF is a wrapper format and could contain just about anything. Anyway, as mentioned editing PDFs

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-04 Thread André Wyrwa
Hei, > Anyway, as mentioned editing PDFs largely goes against their apparent > purpose which is as a terminal stage format. It's not for working > documents. Data spends a while in PDF form before heading off to the > printer and then the circular file system. i'd think that's a bit of a his

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-04 Thread Lars D . Noodén
Thanks for the well thought out and articulate reply, André. A distinction has to be maintained regarding finished documents and working documents. And in the former, a further distinction needs to be made between the media used to render the document. On Fri, 4 May 2007, Andr� Wyrwa wrote:

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-04 Thread André Wyrwa
Hei Lars, thanks for your detailed reply. I think we agree on most stuff, and i'm short on time right now, so i'll just give you the pointers to the software i know of: > > b) There are already OpenSouce solutions that can do quite a bit of PDF > > editing. > > Can you point to a few? I've been

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-04 Thread Robert Derman
André Wyrwa wrote: Hei Lars, thanks for your detailed reply. I think we agree on most stuff, and i'm short on time right now, so i'll just give you the pointers to the software i know of: b) There are already OpenSouce solutions that can do quite a bit of PDF editing. Can you point

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-04 Thread André Wyrwa
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 15:05 -0500, Robert Derman wrote: > André Wyrwa wrote: > > >Hei Lars, > > > >thanks for your detailed reply. I think we agree on most stuff, and i'm > >short on time right now, so i'll just give you the pointers to the > >software i know of: > > > > > > > >>>b) There are al

Re: [discuss] PDF Viewer/Editor for OpenOffice?

2007-05-10 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi André, *, André Wyrwa schrieb: [..] >c) Basic functionality like opening a PDF, splitting and re-arranging >pages, extracting content and the likes would make some sense. except "opening" everything and more should be done by pdftk http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/ [..] Gruß/regards -- Fri