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joewolz
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 Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:01 am Post subject: Can Writer read PDFs? |
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I'm considering switching to Open Office and I have one question left before I make my decision:
Can Writer (or any program in the suite) read PDFs? I don't need to edit anything, I would just like to know if any of the programs in the suite read PDFs.
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DGehman
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It all depends on what you mean by 'read.'
In Writer, the wordprocessing module, I was just able to use Insert > Object > OLE Object and select a 250-page nVidia manual in PDF.
It appears as a small thumbnail in the document. Double-clicking it or right-click > Open spawns Adobe Reader and there it all is...
If you mean, does Writer tuck a PDF full-size into a frame, readable without opening Adobe Reader, I don't think so.
EDIT: of course, you could painstakingly screen-capture each page of the PDF and insert it as a graphic.
This would get old very quickly with the 250-pp. manual...
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It won't read PDF's. That is what PDF reader software is for and there is more to PDF software than Adobe.
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David
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| 9point9 wrote: | | It won't read PDF's. That is what PDF reader software is for and there is more to PDF software than Adobe. |
I use Foxit freeware reader. It has some nice options including "typewriter". You can add tex ...not to the document, but essentially to the temp view for pinting to paper. I haven't tried printing to a new PDF, but don't see why yhta wouldn't work either.
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