Much depends on the type of pdf file.
If the pdf file is an image (what you normally get when you scan a
document into the computer), then a program with OCR capabilities is
needed to try to recognize the text in the image and either add that
text to the pdf document or save that text into a document that text
editors, word processors, or spreadsheets can use. (I use Nuance Power
PDF on Windows - a commercial product - for that, and know of other
commercial alternatives. Other people here may know of open source
alternatives.)
If the pdf file is NOT just a scanned document, then it probably
actually contains the text (not just a photo) in the file. In that
case, you can highlight the text you want to copy and do a
copy-and-paste into Writer. As Rory wrote, spreadsheet use may need
much more care. Special-purpose programs like Acrobat, Nuance, Foxit,
etc. can make such tasks easier -- but they still need careful
proof-reading.
-- Tim
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On 7/3/2014 3:05 AM, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote:
John
The solution is much simpler, at least on a Mac. Simply mark, copy, and paste
to wherever you want the text to be. However, you loose formatting. As to
spreadsheets, copy the table to a temporary file, replace whatever separates
the cell contents with a comma or semicolon, and read the temporary file as a
.CSV file.
On 2. Jul 2014, at 22:21 , Baccara <bbacc...@tstonramp.com> wrote:
Rory O'Farrell wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 13:39:12 -0400
"Thomas, John" <john.tho...@daytonohio.gov> wrote:
Can open office translate .pdf files to spreadsheets or word documents?
Sincerely,
John Thomas
No. You need to use an OCR (Optical Character recognition) application to do
that. For spreadsheets and other work involving figures most careful
proof-reading of the OCR output is required.
OCR - does that equate to Adobe creates an image (jpg or ?) from any document
"printed to / saved as" a pdf document?
PDF document can be opened with a pdf reader (free from Adobe and other
sources), content highlighted, copied then pasted to another program such as OO
Writer; MS Word then saved in the new format?
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