Hi :) This was the post that sent me veering off-course. Gtk or Tk apps often seem to have been ported to Windows but that might just be because i notice them more Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Felmon Davis <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, 12 April 2013, 17:15 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem > > >On Fri, 12 Apr 2013, anne-ology wrote: > >> Curiously wondering what this 'new' PDFtk is - >> and how to acquire it ... >> or is this something only for Linux users ;-) > >you can find information about versions for Windows at ><http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/>; looks like the >direct link to the Windows stuff is: ><http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_server-1.45-windows-setup.msi> > >I find pdftk a god-send. > >F. > >> >> The longer I'm on this amazing list, the more I'm learning about >> these 'glorified-typewriters' :-) >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Felmon Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 5 Apr 2013, David Ronis wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Jay, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the reply. I'm using Linux (Slackware). Unfortunately, >>>> exporting to text is not an option here as the PDF's contain various >>>> drawings that can't be omitted. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>> >>> what format does this 'single file' have to be in? if it can be itself a >>> pdf then use pdftk. >>> >>> pdftk allows you to 'join' multiple pdfs into one. >>> >>> take the .doc stuff and convert to pdf then put it all together via pdftk. >>> >>> the syntax for pdftk is a bit weird (I find it hard to remember) but at >>> the same time very simple. >>> >>> Felmon >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: Jay Lozier <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem >>>> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:18:42 -0400 >>>> >>>> On 04/05/2013 04:18 PM, David Ronis wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm currently working on a large project that requires me to import many >>>>> documents from my colleagues, some in word or PDF formats, into a single >>>>> file. Libreoffice doesn't work if I try Insert->File... on a PDF file >>>>> (I get an error popup saying Error rereading the file). >>>>> >>>>> I can open the PDF file (in draw) and cut and paste each PDF page into >>>>> the document, but that is painful. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to make File->Insert work, perhaps via a macro? If not, >>>>> consider this a feature request. >>>>> >>>>> David >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What OS are you using? >>>> >>>> In some pdf readers you can export the entire file as a plain text file >>>> and this file can be opened in Writer or imported into Calc. I do not >>>> know if this would less or more painful. You would have the entire file >>>> at once but would need to format the text. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Felmon Davis >>> >> > >-- >Felmon Davis > >Ralph's Observation: > It is a mistake to let any mechanical object realise that you > are in a hurry. > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
