On 03/10/17 01:01, jorge Rodríguez wrote: > Hi Thomas: > > I think that I have a solution using GNU / Linux Ubuntu, or > maybe the solution it would be able with other program similar that you > can find: > > 1) Install the program: gpdftext (GTK+ text editor for ebook PDF > files, gpdftext opens a simple text-based PDF file, typically > intended for reading on an ebook reader and loads the text into a text > editor window, autoformatting the text for long lines and paragraph breaks. > gpdftext is useful when the downloaded PDF uses a small font or wastes a > lot of space in the margins so that a plain text file would display in a > more comfortable font. gpdftext supports spell checking and editor font > selection > and can save ASCII content as PDF.) Web site: > https://sourceforge.net/directory/os:linux/?q=gpdftext > > 2) Save the Impress Presentation in .pdf format > > 3) Open the Impress Presentation with gpdftext > > 4) gpdftext convert the .pdf document in simple format text > > 5) Save the document as .txt > > 6) Open the document with Writer an use the tool that it has: Menu-> > Word Count
Thank you Jorge for bringing gpdftext to my attention. Amazing how one can still find new tools within systems already in use since several years. I hope the OP doesn't require too high a level of precision in his count of the words. I just tested a pdf file with gpdftest. Then I opened it in gedit [a text editor which provides stats] which gave me 553 words. Then I tried Writer and it gave 567 words. OK - that is not a large discrepancy and there again the document was very small but 2 1/2% could be significant. The only stat that gedit and Writer did agree on was the number of characters excluding spaces. Philip -- To unsubscribe 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
