How to convert pdf back to libre office?
Darcy Casselman
dscassel at gmail.com
Mon Sep 2 05:11:42 UTC 2013
Thanks, Aruna. I think you summed it up quite nicely. :)
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Aruna Hewapathirane <
aruna.hewapathirane at gmail.com> wrote:
> Colin,
>
> You *were* helping no apology needed.
>
> As pointed out most of us are volunteers who freely give our time because
> it is a worthy cause to support FOSS.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
>
> There is a IRC channel ( Internet Relay Chat ) for LibreOffice where one
> can access live help and guidance:
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/irc-help/
>
> This is a support list not a place for disgruntled rants no matter how
> well justified. It would be nice to see a honest effort at seeking possible
> solutions and workarounds on available knowledge bases out there in the
> public domain and after exhausting those then one asks here or elsewhere.
>
> Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power
> of *distributed peer review and transparency of process.* The promise of
> open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower
> cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
>
> If am out of line my apologies to all others on the list but sometimes it
> is necessary to speak from the heart and I hope all what I have said will
> be taken in the spirit it is meant in.
> Aruna ( Infantile ? I think more like disgruntled and sadly lacking in
> powers of analysis or observation to identify and relate to the service we
> provide when it comes to assisting others for FREE ! )
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Colin McCubbin <colinmcc at direct.ca>wrote:
>
>> Wow, David,
>>
>> How did I talk down to you? I suggested that you made copies of stuff
>> before converting it. I'm actually older than you and started writing
>> assembler for Control Data when you, if you are 60 were probably still in
>> School, and device drivers for CP/M in the UK before Garry (or, some say
>> his wife) had a falling out with IBM and Bill stepped in, thus Windows
>> appeared.. My advice that you should make copies was based on making many,
>> many screw ups myself and was intended to be helpful.
>>
>> I also pointed you at a service that would take your .pdf and convert
>> back to a .doc. Wasn't that what you wanted to do?
>>
>> If your infantile response was intended to reinforce your observation "I
>> am 60 yrs old and getting a bit senile already." you sure did a good job of
>> emphasizing that!
>>
>> So, again, my advice is 1. Back up before converting. 2. After failing to
>> do so, take 10 seconds on Google to find a way to convert back, don't blame
>> FOS software, simply go pay a high price and buy some bug ridden windoze
>> stuff, it apparently makes you feel better to know that their bugs are
>> 'features'...
>>
>> Colin
>> (With apologies to others on this list, I really thought I was helping
>> this guy..)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/01/13 19:46, David M. Pelly 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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