On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:07:44 +0000 "W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof." <robert.funn...@mcgill.ca> wrote:
> I assume that by 'totally distorted' Yvonne meant that the text was present > but the formatting was scrambled. If that is the case, I don't think that > optical character recognition (OCR) software would do any better, and it > might introduce errors in the text itself. > > I'm not aware of any better solution than using PDF-to-text conversion > software, which is what I assume the Best Buy people did. It might be worth > looking for such software that does a better job of reproducing the original > formatting. In my experience, a fair amount of manual editing is required, > depending on how complicated the formatting was. > > - Robert Almost every OCR program which produces plain text will require substantial reformatting, which the proposed alterations may well require anyway. OCR, no matter how accurately carried out, will have a small error rate: in my experience 1% to 2%, which will require detailed proofreadng and correction. 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 > ________________________________ > From: Terence Warby <twcw.chenh...@gmail.com> > Sent: December 15, 2023 10:38 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org <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 the text and you can the edit this in OpenOffice writer. > Hope this helps. > ________________________________ > From: AOL Mail <radiogoodh...@aol.com.INVALID> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2023 1:14:50 AM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org <users@openoffice.apache.org> > Subject: PDF to odt problem > > I am trying to change a PDF file to odt. I also take it to Best Buy and when > the techs converted it to odt and wanted to open it on Open Office --- it was > totally distorted. If I send you a PDF file can you convert it for me to > odt, please. It is a book my husband, who is an author, wrote, and it needs > some changes. My odt files disappeared, so the only way out is converting a > PDF to odt. > I will really appreciate it very much > Yvonne Barkhuizen -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
