How to convert pdf back to libre office?

John Kerr johneddie.kerr at gmail.com
Mon Sep 2 02:59:13 UTC 2013 

David

I am sorry that you had problems. Perhaps you should go back to Ubuntu and
post your questions here. Other great Linux groups are KWLUG WFTL-LUG. Both
are on line. I am an old geezer too, just one year behind you so you are
not alone.

Cheers

John


On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 10:46 PM, David M. Pelly <david.pelly at hotmail.ca>wrote:

> Colin,
>
> Any product is only as good as it's service.
>
> I tried to use Ubuntu for a few months and I had too many problems and too
> poor service.
>
> Sometimes it takes days or weeks to get a reply.
>
> And often with a sarcarstic   "attitude", often talking down to me, like
> you are.
>
> Very, very  unprofessional.
>
> No people skills.
>
> Poor communication skills.
>
> No customer service skills.
>
> Very low calibre.
>
> More like:  "Pool room-  bar attitude"
>
> Pretty much "smart ass"  talk.
>
> Very much unrefined- rogue  people.
>
> Very low on the scale of intellectual and professional development.
>
> Not everyone, but most.
>
> Bob in KW and a guy in Calgary  stand above the crowd.
>
>
>
> And often I get an answer in "computer speak" , which a person has to
> have  a degree in computer science or something equivalent  to understand.
>
> I am 60 yrs old and getting a bit senile already.
>
>
>
>
> If a person is a "geek"  then I can see the good in Ubuntu.
>
> But Ubuntu is not user friendly for non geeks  or old foggies.
>
>
>
> So I switched back to Windows.
>
> I use Rogers telecom Techxpert for $10  per months.  If I have any
> problem,  I click on "chat with a Techxpert" on my desk top screen icon and
> they come on line in minutes and and I get the problem solved quickly  and
> with very good attitudes.
>
> Rogers is a major IP - phone and cable tv  provider  in Ontario.
>
>
>  They will bend over backwards to help with just about anything on the
> computer or on line.
>
> And as soon as I am done, I get a "customer satisfaction"  questionaire,
> where I evaluate the service I got and send it to them.
>
> All true professionals and respectable companies and people who want to be
> the best,  use customer satisfaction questionnaires now.
>
> Professionals know that critics are their best teachers.
>
>
>
>
>
> Rogers  will not help with Ubuntu.
>
> I am using "Ubuntu list"  because Libre is a Linux product.
>
> I was on the Libre page and I can't make head or tail from it.
>
>
> Thanks for the rest of your information.
>
> Will give a shot tomorrow.  Too late tonight.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 19:12:42 -0700
> From: colinmcc at direct.ca
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>
> Subject: Re: How to convert pdf back to libre office?
>
> David,
>
> I'm somewhat confused.. If you are using libre under windows, why post to
> an Ubuntu list?
>
> In future before converting *anything* from one format to another, always
> save a backup, for example your original xyz.doc also saved as xyz.doc.bak
> so if things go awry you can go back to the original and start again. This
> will save you many hours of head scratching and frustration both now and in
> the future.
>
> You could try an online service such as
>
> http://www.pdfonline.com/pdf-to-word-converter/
>
> To get your .doc back from the .pdf, depending on how 'sensitive' the .pdf
> content is of course.  Let us know if this works please.
>
> Colin
> Osoyoos
> BC
>
>
>
>
> .  On 09/01/13 17:27, David M. Pelly wrote:
>
> Jun,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
>
> I am using libre on windows.
>
> This is what I found:
>
>
> PDF Import does not show in Extension Manager<http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/18201/pdf-import-does-not-show-in-extension-manager/>
>
>    - pdf<http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/questions/scope:all/sort:activity-desc/tags:pdf/page:1/>
>    - import<http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/questions/scope:all/sort:activity-desc/tags:import/page:1/>
>    - pdf-import<http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/questions/scope:all/sort:activity-desc/tags:pdf-import/page:1/>
>    - draw<http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/questions/scope:all/sort:activity-desc/tags:draw/page:1/>
>
>   asked *May 28 '13*
> [image: this post is marked as community wiki]
>
> This post is a wiki. Anyone with karma >75 is welcome to improve it.
>
> updated *Jun 11 '13*<http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/questions/18201/revisions/>
>  [image: manj_k gravatar image]<http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/users/360/manj_k/>
> manj_k <http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/users/360/manj_k/>
> 6546 ●7 ●39 ●67
>   PDF Import does not show in Extension Manager. It was installed on LO4
> and Debian Testing (Wheezy) via "aptitude install libreoffice-pdfimport".
> It is interesting to see that the very first item under features (/
> www.libreoffice.org/features/extensions/) is PDF Import, but it not found
> anywhere at the Extension Center (
> extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center). This needs to be corrected,
> too.
> Also, it still very problematic with many PDF files.
> Last, but not least, the TAGS box below needs to be adjusted to allow more
> than 20 characters per tag. For example, I just tried to enter
> "libreoffice-pdfimport", but it did not allow.
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 18:34:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: How to convert pdf back to libre office?
> From: johneddie.kerr at gmail.com
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>
> Hi David
> There is a PDF importer for LibreOffice. You can download it from the
> extensions download.
> Cheers
> Jun Kerr
> On Sep 1, 2013 10:02 AM, "David M. Pelly" <david.pelly at hotmail.ca> wrote:
>
>
> I made a libre office document.
>
> I wanted to send it to someone, so I converted it to pdf.
>
> Now, I want to edit it and I see the original libre doc is gone.
>
>
> And the pdf won't let me edit it.
>
> If it is possible, I don't see how?
>
>  It is not user friendly.
>
> I would prefer to be able to convert the pdf back to libre office doc.
>
>
> Can that be done?
>
> If so how?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> David
>
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