Re: [libreoffice-users] Save and Edit Text document

How was the document created in LibreOffice saved?  It you are in the 
habit of storing all your documents as PDF files then this would be 
expected.

~~R

On 10/29/23 16:43, Mike Flannigan wrote:
> On 10/29/23 18:41, Kenneth Groninga wrote:
> > There are 2 instances.  I have an old written document that I want to 
> > edit.. So I scan it and file it in My Documents . Then I open it in 
> > Libre Office Writer to edit it and I can not edit the document.
>
> That is normal.  If scanning turns the documents into
> an image file, it cannot be edited by Writer or Draw.
> I mean you can make marks on the document, but you
> cannot change the text.
>
> > Also I type a document in Libre Office Writer and save it in My 
> > Documents.  Later I want to edit it so I open it in Libre Office 
> > Writer and again I can not edit it.  Why can I not edit these documents?
>
>
> That is not normal.  You should be able to edit it.
>
> So when you type something to edit it, does anything
> happen?  Can you get a blinking cursor?
>
>
> > Kenneth Groninga
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:58 PM Mike Flannigan <mflan@mflan.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     What you are doing is not normal.  Why scan it?  Why not
> >     just open the text file in anything and edit it?
> >
> >     If you want to go back and forth between text and image file,
> >     you can.  On Linux I use tesseract to do ocr.
> >
> >
> >     Mike
> >
> >
> >     On 10/26/23 10:05, users+help@global.libreoffice.org wrote:
> >
> > >     How do I scan a text document and save it and then later open it 
> > > and edit
> > >     it?
> > >
> > >     Kenneth Groninga

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