Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > For major edits (such as relayout or rewrite of the text) you need to use > an OCR utility to read the text in the PDF Rory, There is a fundamental misconception here. A PDF is NOT a bitmap. A PDF, more often than not, contains the TEXT

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Julian Thomas
On 29 Nov 2013, at 13:40, Maurice Howe wrote: >> How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it? There seem to be [at least] two types of PDF files. One are essentially scanned images. The others are formatted text files that can be converted to .doc or .txt by either Adobe [fu

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Dave.Mainwaring
I use Google drive for conversion.{Not the desktop version.} I copy or upload the file directly to Google drive. https://drive.google.com/ Then I select convert and down load, choose the type of file wanted, then download. {more button} Convert and Download Choose how you want to download each ki

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Allen Schaaf, CISSP
There is another another possible solution that works for me when I get a PDF: FreeOCR This free OCR software uses the Tesseract OCR engine. Tesseract OCR code was developed at HP Labs between 1985 and 1995 and is currently with Google. It is thought of as one of the most accurate open source

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Maurice Howe
Yes, thanks. I'd already tried that (with moderate success). The newsletter editor is sending me her MS Publisher ".pub" file, so I'm in good shape. Maurice -Original Message- From: Clarence Weaver [mailto:cmweav...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 3:18 PM To: users@openoffi

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Clarence Weaver
Maurice, Another alternative to the last two options is to "save the PDF as a text file from the free Adobe Reader XI. Cheers, Clarence On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Maurice Howe wrote: > Thanks to Brian & Rory for their help. They gave 4 answers: find the > original DOC/ODT/etc file, use

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Maurice Howe
Thanks to Brian & Rory for their help. They gave 4 answers: find the original DOC/ODT/etc file, use the PDF-to-DRAW facility of AOO, scan the PDF, or hammer on the keyboard. Thanks again! Maurice On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500 "Maurice Howe" wrote: > How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DO

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:50:39 + Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500 > "Maurice Howe" wrote: > > > How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it? > > > > Cheers, > > Maurice Howe > > For minor edits OpenOffice's PDF import extension will allow it be ed

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500 "Maurice Howe" wrote: > How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it? > > Cheers, > Maurice Howe For minor edits OpenOffice's PDF import extension will allow it be edited in Draw. For major edits (such as relayout or rewrite of the text) you

PDF-to-ODT conversion

2013-11-29 Thread Maurice Howe
How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it? Cheers, Maurice Howe