C [24.01.2014 08:18]:
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:31 AM, John Andersen
wrote: C
wrote: OK, done that. What I get is an image. Each line of text is a separate image thing. So if I were to compose a document with -writer and export as a PDF
import, what it imports into is -draw. I can edit it as a drawing, a picture, but not as a text.
If I were to compose as a proper graphic, and here my experience with with InkScape rather than -draw, then the text boxes flow, they are not
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Anton Aylward
wrote: then the disjointed things like this.
Is there no way I can get the PDF back into the -writer?
Maybe hand editing is doable for a one page document but not for some of the longer ones.
All this discussion and no one mentions the Hybrid PDF option?
Assuming you are the one creating your documents, drawings etc., and exporting to PDF, add a check next to "Embed OpenDocument file" when you create your PDF. Presto magic, next time you open the PDF with LibreOffice, you can edit and work on the original document used to create the PDF.
This doesn't help with 3rd party PDFs, but it works perfectly for your own documents.
How does that possibly help a man recover files from PDFs created a long time ago?
Let me quote what I said:
This doesn't help with 3rd party PDFs, but it works perfectly for your own documents.
And from Anton....
So if I were to compose a document with -writer and export as a PDF then import, what it imports into is -draw. I can edit it as a drawing, a picture, but not as a text.
Seems like it answers at least this question/scenario...
C.
C., pardon, but I do not understand this. Anton, the OP, asked how he could re-extract text from an old PDF, because he lost the original document (in Message-ID: <52E176EC.8080405@antonaylward.com>). Now there is an answer that, in the case you enable a certain option when exporting the PDF, you get an embedded editable document inside the PDF. I still do not see how this answer may work with the old PDFs, where he might not have the check mark set. However, if it is only one PDF, I'd try good ole KPDF from KDE3, where you have the possibility to mark rectangular areas in the PDF and copy the content as text into the cliboard. The line breaks are copied as well, so after pasting into a new file reformatting might be needed, but at least you get the text. Werner -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org