Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem

       Thank you.



On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013, anne-ology wrote:
>        Curiously wondering what this 'new' PDFtk is -
> >           and how to acquire it ...
> >              or is this something only for Linux users  ;-)
>
> you can find information about versions for Windows at <
> http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/**pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/<http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/>>;
> looks like the direct link to the Windows stuff is: <
> http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/**pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_**
> server-1.45-windows-setup.msi<http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_server-1.45-windows-setup.msi>
> >
>
> I find pdftk a god-send.
>
> F.
>
>
>
> >       The longer I'm on this amazing list, the more I'm learning about
> > these 'glorified-typewriters'  :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Apr 2013, David Ronis wrote:
> >
> > >  Hi Jay,
> > > > Thanks for the reply.  I'm using Linux (Slackware).  Unfortunately,
> > > > exporting to text is not an option here as the PDF's contain various
> > > > drawings that can't be omitted.
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > what format does this 'single file' have to be in? if it can be itself a
> > > pdf then use pdftk.
> > >
> > > pdftk allows you to 'join' multiple pdfs into one.
> > >
> > > take the .doc stuff and convert to pdf then put it all together via
> > > pdftk.
> > >
> > > the syntax for pdftk is a bit weird (I find it hard to remember) but at
> > > the same time very simple.
> > >
> > > Felmon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  From: Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com>
> > > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing PDF problem
> > > > Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:18:42 -0400
> > > >
> > > > On 04/05/2013 04:18 PM, David Ronis wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  I'm currently working on a large project that requires me to import
> > > > > many
> > > > > documents from my colleagues, some in word or PDF formats, into a
> > > > > single
> > > > > file.  Libreoffice doesn't work if I try Insert->File... on a PDF file
> > > > > (I get an error popup saying Error rereading the file).
> > > > >
> > > > > I can open the PDF file (in draw) and cut and paste each PDF page into
> > > > > the document, but that is painful.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a way to make File->Insert work, perhaps via a macro?  If not,
> > > > > consider this a feature request.
> > > > >
> > > > > David
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  What OS are you using?
> > > >
> > > > In some pdf readers you can export the entire file as a plain text file
> > > > and this file can be opened in Writer or imported into Calc. I do not
> > > > know if this would less or more painful. You would have the entire file
> > > > at once but would need to format the text.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  --
> > > Felmon Davis

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