[Solved] PDF to text conversion
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[Solved] PDF to text conversion
does Open Office have a way to convert a PDF file back into either text or open office format?
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:15 am, edited 1 time in total.
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open office 3.3 / windows vista, windows xp and windows 7
Re: pdf to text conversion
No. Frequently one can select text in a PDF and Copy/Paste it into an .odt file; if it is a very large file, it is often better to pass the PDF through an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) application, which will translate the PDF into editable text. Some or much reformatting and correction may be required.
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Re: pdf to text conversion
See [Tutorial] How do I view or edit a PDF file with OpenOffice?
You will find much useful information in the User Guides, the Writer, Base and Calc Tutorials and the AOO Frequently Asked Questions. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.
You will find much useful information in the User Guides, the Writer, Base and Calc Tutorials and the AOO Frequently Asked Questions. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.
LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
Re: pdf to text conversion
The LibreOffice can save into "hybrid PDF format". The result file contains the ODF an PDF version of the file in same time. You can view and print it with a PDF reader software, but you can edit it with the LibreOffice.
I know it: it is not a solution for an existing PDF file, that contain the text as a picture or as text labels... Note:
the original PDF fpormat was not developed for re-editing.
I know it: it is not a solution for an existing PDF file, that contain the text as a picture or as text labels... Note:
the original PDF fpormat was not developed for re-editing.
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Re: pdf to text conversion
So can AOO.Zizi64 wrote:The LibreOffice can save into "hybrid PDF format".
PDF stands for Portable Document Format and was designed by Adobe for ease of reading on any system.Zizi64 wrote:Note: the original PDF format was not developed for re-editing.
See the tutorial. PDF files can easily be fully edited with Adobe Acrobat. I think that the PDF format must be protected by patents or similar because, while many applications can write PDF files, very few exist which can edit PDF files.
Edit: This may soon change - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF which says:
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LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
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Re: pdf to text conversion
thank you all for your responses. Adobe actually has such a program but it requires a subscription service and the program was taking so long to install that I contacted Adobe and cancelled that attempt. I ended up manually inputting the 2-page document (a resume - for a friend) and saving it in Office format before converting to pdf. This way it can be edited again in future. The original non-prf was on her work computer BUT eliminated her position and she did not back it up to a flash drive. All is well though. Again - thank you all.
open office 3.3 / windows vista, windows xp and windows 7