On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:00:25 -0700 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/18/2008 01:25 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote: > > James Knott wrote: > >> Fred A. Miller wrote: > >>> Ok...I have 3.0 installed and the new extension to import a PDF. > >>> However, in Draw and Impression it won't work. What am I missing? > >>> 'Using openSUSE Linux 11.0 > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Fred > >>> > >> You should be able to click on File > Open and select the PDF > >> file. It should then open in Draw. > > > > No....doesn't work. :( Get the same "garbage" I'd get in OO 2.4. > > > > Fred > > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=94784 > [Sun PDF Import Extension [Beta] 0.3.1-LinuxIntel does not open PDF in > OOo 3.0_m9(RC4)] > > It doesn't work in linux in OOo 3.0. It does work in StarOffice 9 (OOo > 3.0 equivalent), so please be sure to add a comment that it doesn't > work with openSUSE either. Note that the bug has been opened for 10 > days, *and* a comment also left on > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport > but Sun has yet to acknowledge the OOo problem or assigned it to > anyone. I reckon as long as it's working on StarOffice 9, then OOo > 3.0 is a low priority. >
I've just downloaded the extension and it works (sort of) for me, using Ubuntu 8.04. It opened the entire Evolution manual (slowly) as expected and as far as I could see allowed me to edit line by line. OTOH I opened an invoice that may have been produced by MSO and while it opened fine, the embedded text was garbled. -- God bless you, Keith Bates www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
