-------- Original Message -------- From: Larry Evans Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:02:51 -0600
> > > On 11/30/2015 03:29 AM, Dave Barton wrote: >> -------- Original Message -------- >> From: Sylvia Sánchez >> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 17:44:35 -0200 >> >>> Hi! >>> Can you write your problem in English? >>> Thanks! >> Adam is not subscribed to this list and will not have seen your request. >> A rough English translation of his message in Slovak is: >> >> "You could add to the OpenOffice PDF document reader which could be >> edit, create and view PDF documents." >> >> In reply: > [snip] >> A better alternative might be to use a program or on-line service to >> convert the PDF to an Microsoft file format. An internet search will >> return links to a number of free and commercial PDF to Microsoft format >> converter programs. I can recommend Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/ an >> on-line conversion service which offers direct PDF -> ODF conversion. >> > I just tried zamzar on an unfilled f1040.pdf from the irs > and specified conversion to .odt. The result was viewed > with libreoffice (version 4.2.8.2). Unfortunately, the conversion > did not go well because there were many out-of-place lines > and characters and even several 'Manual Column Break' > values in blue ink, which, of course, appeared no where > when the original .pdf was viewed with my Document Viewer > application (https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince). > > In short, zamzar is no silver bullet :( > > -regards, > Larry No, I never claimed Zamzar was the perfect "Silver Bullet" solution to Adam's request/suggestion. I only mentioned it, because I have used it in the past to convert _SIMPLE_ PDF files to ODF and the results might not have been 100% perfect, but acceptable for my requirements. You certainly picked the worst possible sample to test. I just ran that horrendously complex form through the PDF to Word conversion of "Adobe Acrobat Pro 11.0.12" and the output was almost unreadable in Word 2013 and Word 2016. The same PDF to Word conversion through Zamzar was marginally better, but still unusable. I could have also mentioned the copy and paste method, but that would not work for image based PDF files. In short, there is no silver bullet for PDF to word processor format conversion. Regards Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
