[Solved] Just open a PDF file

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[Solved] Just open a PDF file

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Solved because there are other ways for pdf opening. All I want to do is open a pdf file on open office. when i try now all i get is gibberish
Last edited by floris v on Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:41 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Hagar Delest
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Re: just open a pdf file

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Hi and welcome to the forum!

You can't.
PDF is an output format, not something to be edited.
AOO and LibreOffice have some capabilities to import PDF files but it remains very basic.
With AOO, you may need an extension for that: PDF Import for Apache OpenOffice.

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Re: Just open a PDF file

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As an add-on to Hagar's comment: If you only want to view or read the PDF, any PDF reader will do, including the one that comes with your browser. Because there are so many PDF viewers, there's no reason to include one in OpenOffice or LibreOffice.
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