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Douglas Hinds douglas.hi...@gmail.com typed:
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
On 12/10/2010 10:39 AM, 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.
I installed the extension OO offers for doing that but the results
were not adequate.
I no longer use
Twayne suggested:
If you have OCR, perhaps you can feed the documents to your OCR and get both
the images and text back that way. Just a passing thought.
That might prove useful (and the Mint Software Manager lists a
number of them) but would be far more complicated than a pdf
to .doc or .rtf
NoOp mentioned:
While doubling the size of the PDF, you can save as a 'hybrid' PDF. That
way you can open the PDF directly in Writer and edit.
That's definitely worth a try.
But if I open a pdf file as such from oo write it will open it in oo
draw which does not offer that format when I try
On Sat Dec 11 2010 14:45:54 GMT-0800 (PST) Douglas Hinds wrote:
One more thing: My own posts are not returning (so I'm bbc-ing
myself) and I'm wondering if this can be changed via my account's
configuration.
That is a Gmail thing. For some reason they figure that if you send it
you do not
Seasons Greetings!
I wish to transfer my Mac OOo Writer configuration files into Linux OOo
Writer (for Mint). The main Writer files in question would be
toolbar.xml and standard.soc, but despite hours of poking and shoving
through Mint's arcane OOo file folders, I can't find the Linux OOo
On 12/11/2010 02:45 PM, Douglas Hinds wrote:
NoOp mentioned:
While doubling the size of the PDF, you can save as a 'hybrid' PDF. That
way you can open the PDF directly in Writer and edit.
That's definitely worth a try.
But if I open a pdf file as such from oo write it will open it in
