On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:08:43 -0800 Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Phil, > > It is not completely impossible that an extension could be added to AOO to > read and write Publisher files. It just takes one or two Java programmers > with the time and interest. See [1] for where the effort could start. > > On Nov 22, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Fernand Vanrie wrote: > > > Juergen, > > > > Maybe 1 machine has a MS office package for the "unsalvable problems" the > > 99 others have Windows with LO ,OO, Thunderbird, Inkscape, Gimp, Image > > Magick and a free Adobe PDF reader > > > > We can read and write MS text and spreadsheets, in the "editing world" PDF > > is the exchange format by exelence. (For that reason PDF must been a > > graphic format in LO and LO :-) > > It would great if PDF could be imported into any of Presenter, Writer and > Draw. Perhaps this can be a goal of the new Drawing work. > > BTW - Postscript lives inside the PDF file format all of the drawing > primitives are very close to postscript and operate the same way. > > SVG is also a descendent of Postscript. (as Postscript is a descendent of > Xerox Interpress plus III) > > But I'm biased and have built a publishing chain based on applications > producing postscript pages with special comments, shell scripts to collate > into postscript documents, conversion to PDF w/ghostscript or editable PPTX > using Java and Apache POI. > > We've also done PDF into editable shapes and text in PPTX using Apache PDFBox > and Apache POI. Should we make the effort to go to ODF we will likely be > using ODFToolkit. > > To close the loop if you want to process Publisher files and help with > understanding the files format Apache POI is a good place. [1] > > Regards, > Dave > > [1] http://poi.apache.org/hpbf/index.html > > > > > Maybe you comes to Fosdem in Brussels, we would be happy to invite you to > > show on the work floor how is works here > > > > Greetz > > > > Fernand > >> Hi Fernand, > >> > >> I would love to read a more detailed public success story about your > >> experience and work with writer. It sounds very interesting especially > >> when you stay in one world, means no heavy exchange of MS formats. > >> > >> Thanks for sharing > >> > >> Juergen > >> > >> Am Donnerstag, 15. November 2012 um 09:34 schrieb Fernand Vanrie: > >>> Alexandro , > >>> > >>>> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Phillip Zadro > >>>> <ricaza1...@hotmail.com.au>wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> hi Is there any likelihood that OpenOffice will one day include a > >>>>> desktop > >>>>> publisher? There is only one thing that is stopping me from migrating > >>>>> completely from Microsoft Office to either OpenOffice or LibreOffice > >>>>> and it > >>>>> is their lack of a Desktop Publisher comparable with MS Publisher. I > >>>>> have > >>>>> used Publisher for over 15 years and love its practicality, particularly > >>>>> with paginating of booklets. Even a separate program like Serif PagePlus > >>>>> cannot save in MS format either, so I am obliged to stay with MS Office. > >>>>> Pity.. Thanks Phil > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Draw is a perfect Desktop publisher, is so perfect is compatible with > >>>> other > >>> We uses exclusifly Writer (+ lot of basic macro's) to make over 8.000 > >>> full color magazine pages par year. This pages are all i2 languages > >>> versions, with cutouts (we uses Edit Contour) transparancies etc...) > >>> Our Editors places lowres images "embedded" in there documents, a final > >>> macro checks the resolution quality and changes the lowres with the > >>> highres (stored on a server) just before exporting to PDF > >>> Sinds there is SVG, we no longer use EPS and "Adobe" to make our PDF's. > >>> PostScript is dead anyhow (lack of transparency) the LO/OO- PDF export > >>> is with use off a Lanczos filter nearly perfect. > >>> We only needs a "payed" Color Server to transfer our RGB PDF's to CMYK > >>> Our magazines are printed by different print houses (15.000-3.000 exp.) > >>> on high quality paper, there are no complaints from our printers and the > >>> readers can not sea the difference between our Magazines an thus maded > >>> by payed DTP applications > >>> Just a pitty thats SVG is still exported as bitmap (sould been repaired > >>> in 3.7) and PDF is still not a accepted as a graphic format like we can > >>> use (Tiff, jpg, etc...) > >>> > >>> Greetz > >>> > >>> Fernand > >>>> desktop publishers like Scribus and is based on a frame based paradigm. > >>>> There are some features that would be desirable but is pretty easy to > >>>> complete basic and medium tasks like Flyers, Booklets and all it has > >>>> layers > >>>> which keeps design separated from content. And have multiple layouts and > >>>> use of vectorial forms. > >>>> > >>>> With improved use of SVG Draw is also gaining strenght in the area of > >>>> design compatibility and would be improving as more features are > >>>> considered. One of my suggestions on the Google whatever it was called page was that Frame support should be improved so that DTP capabilities improved. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie>
