Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Gordon Joly
On 03/04/12 20:10, Thehelpfulone 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. Unles

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Richard Symonds
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, Develop

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Gordon Joly
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.pdf&page=1 -- This is PDF 1.3 format. There are n

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Jon Davies
No urgent deadline - about 16th of April in reality. Thanks. Quoting James Farrar : 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 wrote: Thanks for trying - all my fault - ac

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread James Farrar
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 wrote: > Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the > document :( > > Quoting Thehelpfulone : > > It's

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Christophe Henner
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 wrote: > It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic > converters, but the PDF format is horrib

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-03 Thread Jon Davies
Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the document :( Quoting Thehelpfulone : 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,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-03 Thread Thehelpfulone
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,

[Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-03 Thread Jon Davies
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.pdf&page=1 -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 tweet @jonatreesdav