Re: .pdf files

On 26/3/24 22:23, ACG wrote: Dear All, I hope you will consider this problem for a future update: I get very frustrated with attached pdf files. If I want to open one, Thunderbird simply opens it in another tab within Thunderbird! This is absolutely not what I want. As a result I am faced

Re: .pdf files

Oooops... sorry about this... should have directed to Mozilla rather than OO Adrian Grant On 26/03/2024 14:23, ACG wrote: Dear All, I hope you will consider this problem for a future update: I get very frustrated with attached pdf files. If I want to open one, Thunderbird simply opens it in

Re: PDF to odt problem

obert From: ELAINE MURSZEWSKI Sent: December 15, 2023 13:21 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: PDF to odt problem Try a free program called FoxIt Reader. If I remember correctly you can take a pdf and save it as a word document. After it's in W

Re: PDF to odt problem

was. > > - Robert > > > From: Terence Warby > Sent: December 15, 2023 10:38 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: PDF to odt problem > > I think the best thing to do is to run the pdf file through an OC

Re: PDF to odt problem

; > Some careful searching may reveal PDF to ODT conversion programs that > preserve formatting, but the need for detailed proofreading and correction > will still exist. On the occasions I OCR long texts, I always reformat. > > Rory > > > >

Re: PDF to odt problem

n programs that > preserve formatting, but the need for detailed proofreading and correction > will still exist. On the occasions I OCR long texts, I always reformat. > > Rory > > > > > From: Terence Warby > > Sent: December 15, 2023 10:38 > > To: users@ope

Re: PDF to odt problem

, but the need for detailed proofreading and correction will still exist. On the occasions I OCR long texts, I always reformat. Rory > > From: Terence Warby > Sent: December 15, 2023 10:38 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: PDF to od

Re: PDF to odt problem

d, depending on how complicated the formatting was. - Robert From: Terence Warby Sent: December 15, 2023 10:38 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: PDF to odt problem I think the best thing to do is to run the pdf file through an OCR program. This will recover

Re: PDF to odt problem

I think the best thing to do is to run the pdf file through an OCR program. This will recover the text and you can the edit this in OpenOffice writer. Hope this helps. Sent from Outlook for iOS From: AOL Mail Sent: Friday, December 15, 20

Re: PDF question

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Re: PDF question

Original Message From: Karen Berinsky [mailto:pghzool...@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 19:46 UTC To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: PDF question > How do I open a PDF that was scanned and is in my OpenOffice? Also, I have > no idea how to ask a question

Re: PDF form text input font/size

On 23/1/19 05:08, Craig Russell wrote: Hi David, On Jan 22, 2019, at 6:33 PM, David Belina wrote: In Design mode if you left double click the field, about 2/3ds of the way down you can find font and colors/etc. I'm using a Mac and don't know how to left double click the field. This means

Re: PDF form text input font/size

Hi David, > On Jan 22, 2019, at 6:33 PM, David Belina wrote: > > In Design mode if you left double click the field, about 2/3ds of the way > down you can find font and colors/etc. I'm using a Mac and don't know how to left double click the field. If I control click or two-finger click the f

Re: PDF form text input font/size

In Design mode if you left double click the field, about 2/3ds of the way down you can find font and colors/etc.  The UI people really did this backwards of what Word, etc users are used to doing (right click for variations of the box). Not sure about the Field name, unless you use the option in

Re: PDF cpnverter

use this for your mac https://download.cnet.com/Easy-PDF/3000-2351_4-75446250.html - Davy Pribadi - Insurance Agent Fire | Marine Cargo | Motor Vehicle Ins | Travel Ins | Health | Bond Ins | Heavy Equipment | C.A.R On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 11:20 PM, Jul

Re: PDF cpnverter

> On Jul 22, 2018, at 04:25, heltai andras wrote: > > I downloaded it to my Mac, yet cannot open it, The sstem says: no program > for opening. You don't need any app. In the Mac print dialog, click PDF in the lower left, then select Save as PDF. Julian Thomas - http://jt-mj.net I

Re: PDF converter

:00) To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: PDF cpnverter What can you say about „pdf995“? I downloaded it to my Mac, yet  cannot open it, The sstem says: no program for opening. Any idea, what to do? Many thanks, Andras > On 2018. Jul 20., at 20:48, Alan Pearce > wrote: >

Re: PDF cpnverter

Was a quick answer, thanks, Rory! > On 2018. Jul 22., at 10:30, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 10:25:48 +0200 > heltai andras wrote: > >> >> What can you say about „pdf995“? >> >> I downloaded it to my Mac, yet cannot open it, The sstem says: no program >> for opening. >

Re: PDF cpnverter

On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 10:25:48 +0200 heltai andras wrote: > > What can you say about „pdf995“? > > I downloaded it to my Mac, yet cannot open it, The sstem says: no program > for opening. > > Any idea, what to do? > > Many thanks, > > Andras > A quick check suggests that pdf995 runs only

Re: PDF cpnverter

What can you say about „pdf995“? I downloaded it to my Mac, yet cannot open it, The sstem says: no program for opening. Any idea, what to do? Many thanks, Andras > On 2018. Jul 20., at 20:48, Alan Pearce > wrote: > > I use pdf995. It is free and works a treat. > > Origina

Re: PDF cpnverter

William, all the pdf converters for Windows that I've found recently come with bundled software that either I don't want or that flags the antivirus/malware program. Even using their custom install features I still see many adds or upgrade prompts after install. All undesirable. OpenOffice apps al

Re: PDF cpnverter

I use  pdf995. It is free and works  a treat. Original message From: William Hopkins Date: 20/07/2018 12:58 (GMT+00:00) To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: PDF cpnverter Hi, I wanted to download a PDF converter to go with Open Office but when I searched and came up

Re: PDF forms controls

Hi Craig, It has been 20 years since I generated Acrobat Forms. I did it with Postscript and Distiller (or what is now Ghostscript). Two thoughts. (1) Try dev@openoffice where the developer of the pdf feature might be hanging out - IIRC. (2) Try dev@pdfbox where someone may know how to help y

Re: PDF forms controls

On 16/03/18 2:26 PM, Craig Russell wrote: Hi Martin, On Mar 15, 2018, at 8:18 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: On 16/03/18 2:05 AM, Craig Russell wrote: Here is a link to a different document with the same issue. http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.pdf When opening the document

Re: PDF forms controls

Hi Martin, > On Mar 15, 2018, at 8:18 PM, Martin Groenescheij > wrote: > > > > On 16/03/18 2:05 AM, Craig Russell wrote: >> Here is a link to a different document with the same issue. >> >> http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.pdf >> >> When opening the document with Safari, Preview

Re: PDF forms controls

On 16/03/18 2:05 AM, Craig Russell wrote: Here is a link to a different document with the same issue. http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.pdf When opening the document with Safari, Preview, Firefox, or Chrome, the cursor is not positioned in any of the input fields. With Safari, whe

Re: PDF forms controls

Here is a link to a different document with the same issue. http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.pdf When opening the document with Safari, Preview, Firefox, or Chrome, the cursor is not positioned in any of the input fields. With Safari, when clicking inside a field, there is a regula

Re: pdf and word document doesnt look like it should

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:11:09 +1100 Martin Groenescheij wrote: > > > On 31/01/17 4:22 AM, Christian Dahlberg wrote: > > Greetings. > > > > > > As seen on the title I have a problem when I open a pdf or word program in > > open office. I have your latest product and the pdf extension. > > A PDF

Re: pdf and word document doesnt look like it should

On 31/01/17 4:22 AM, Christian Dahlberg wrote: Greetings. As seen on the title I have a problem when I open a pdf or word program in open office. I have your latest product and the pdf extension. A PDF file looks the best in a PDF viewer, a word document looks the best in the program whic

Re: PDF

File > Export as PDF, Works better than File > Print, PDFCreator, which is a Virtual Print Driver extension for the OS. Export produces pages that are easy to access, PDFCreator doesn't. jrh - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-uns

Re: PDF

> On Oct 16, 2016, at 18:01, stre...@citcom.net wrote: > > I would like to know if I can use Open Office to create PDFs. Please advise, Definitely. File - Export as PDF. Works very well. — jt - j...@jt-mj.net It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upo

Re: PDF editing

2015-12-01 0:28 GMT+01:00 Julian Thomas : > Some PDF's seem to have fields that can be filled in by the user - this is > useful for filling in various forms. > Yes, it is. I do that all the time with Evince. Works great if the PDF is correctly made. > > The all purpose Preview in OS X will do t

Re: PDF

On 11/30/2015 10:59 AM, Dave Barton wrote: > 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 >

RE: PDF

om: Dave Barton [mailto:d...@tasit.net] > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 01:29 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: Adam Urban > Subject: Re: PDF > > Original Message > From: Sylvia Sánchez > Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 17:44:35 -0200 > > > Hi! >

Re: PDF

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 Englis

Re: PDF

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 Englis

Re: PDF

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

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Re: PDF to Write (Word type file)

I find a free online pdf to word converter to convert pdf to editable word online . all the content will retain the original formatting in the converted word doc. -- View this message in context: http://openoffice.2283327.n4.nabble.com/PDF-to-Wri

Re: PDF export defaults background page color

Black background is unusual for a Writer file. Maybe Impress can do better. 2014-06-03 9:58 GMT+08:00 Tony Gallas : > I forgot to put on the end, that I checked the saved .pdf file and it came > out exactly the same as the .odt page, colours and everything, including a > web link. Didn't know ab

Re: PDF export defaults background page color

I forgot to put on the end, that I checked the saved .pdf file and it came out exactly the same as the .odt page, colours and everything, including a web link. Didn't know about your suggested method. Hope this is a bit clearer. Tony On 3/06/2014 2:28 AM, johnny smith wrote: On Mon, 02 Jun 20

Re: PDF export defaults background page color

On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 06:53:54 -, Tony Gallas wrote: I created a simple text page with a black background and white text, red text, green text, then exported as a .pdf file. The colours were not changed. please check 'tools - options - openoffice writer - print'. 'page background' should b

Re: PDF export defaults background page color

I created a simple text page with a black background and white text, red text, green text, then exported as a .pdf file. The colours were not changed. OO 4.1.0, Win 8.1. Does this help? Tony On 31/05/2014 6:07 PM, johnny smith wrote: On Sat, 31 May 2014 00:04:27 -, Chris Szott wrote:

Re: PDF export defaults background page color

On Sat, 31 May 2014 00:04:27 -, Chris Szott wrote: Trying to export an .ODT file to .PDF. I have the background colour for all pages set to black. When I export to PDF it reverts everything to white, and even inverts some of my text (white text is now black.) Also, some of the link colou

Re: PDF export defaults background page color

Forwarding to Chris. Chris, consider subscribing: http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html Regards, Andrea. Steve Ahlers wrote: Are you exporting to PDF or printing to PDF? Steve Sent from my iPad On May 30, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Chris Szott wrote: Hello, Trying to export an .ODT fil

Re: PDF export defaults background page color

Are you exporting to PDF or printing to PDF? Steve Sent from my iPad On May 30, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Chris Szott wrote: > Hello, > > Trying to export an .ODT file to .PDF. > I have the background colour for all pages set to black. When I export to PDF > it reverts everything to white, and even i

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

Thankyouthyankyouthankyou. It worked like a dream. I'm so used to my old Mac word processing apps not allowing copy-and-paste of pdf's that I never even tried with my new one. On Dec 2, 2013, at 5:07 PM, mt wrote: > Back to the original topic (but thanks for the useful info about download >

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

Back to the original topic (but thanks for the useful info about download sites!) - just thought I'd mention that "dragging" or copying-and-pasting text from any (text) PDF and OpenOffice works pretty well on a Mac. Not sure if this would apply to all platforms, but it's by far the easiest wa

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

I like sourceforge. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Julian Thomas [mailto:j...@jt-mj.net] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:58 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion On 1 Dec 2013, at 11:57, Think wrote: > Also, many people such as myself trust C

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

Thanks so much. Brenda -Original Message- From: Maurice Howe [mailto:maur...@stny.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 12:57 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion I've had years of success with http://www.filehippo.com/ If you've gotten snag

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

On 1 Dec 2013, at 11:57, Think wrote: > Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is > misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom? I trust sourceforge.net jt - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openo

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

3 11:58 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion I downloaded from freeocr.net and also got other software with the OCR program. It was an accept/decline statement and the first one got past me, but I saw the others and declined. So when my daughter went to use my browser

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

haaf, CISSP [mailto:netsecur...@sound-by-design.com] > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:09 AM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion > > Alas, CNET is a nest of vipers. Sorry, I should have mentioned > the best source: http://www.freeocr.net/. &g

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

iness. Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom? Brenda Hart Neihouse -Original Message- From: Allen Schaaf, CISSP [mailto:netsecur...@sound-by-design.com] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:09 AM To: users@openoffice.apach

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

Alas, CNET is a nest of vipers. Sorry, I should have mentioned the best source: http://www.freeocr.net/. NEVER TRUST CNET! Best, Allen On 11/30/2013 8:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500 "Maurice Howe" wrote: BEWARE !!! The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

from more important tasks. Maurice Howe -Original Message- From: Dave.Mainwaring [mailto:davemainwar...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 1:07 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion It took me hours to clean up the trash that came with the fre

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

It took me hours to clean up the trash that came with the free OCR, the program does work. On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500 > "Maurice Howe" wrote: > > > BEWARE !!! > > The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of ex

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500 "Maurice Howe" wrote: > BEWARE !!! > The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess > baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes, Spybot, > RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections. > T

RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion

] Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 5:11 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion 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

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

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

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

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

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

13 3:18 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion 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 & R

Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion

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

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

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

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