Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Export to PDF

Peter,

Your solution was exactly what mine was after going round and round on this many times.  You've 
reawakened by curiosity on the internal mysteries of the .pdf structure and formating.  I think 
I'll go on a scavenger hunt for the file structure and linkages.

Maybe we can create an xml converter which would be easier for the various wp programmers to 
integrate.

Come to think of it, an xml interconversion standard may be just what we're looking for to foster 
interoperability and compatibility with the many variants of document processing software.  We if 
we could find a reliable way to convert .pdf structure/formating and content/formating and maintain 
the integration it might be feasible.

Or at least some thing to keep me from doing what I should be doing.

Walt





On Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 at 19:22, Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> wrote:

> On 08/02/2026 21:19, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > You may also be able to open the PDF in Libreoffice draw and copy/paste
> > the text back into a writer document.
> > Steve
> >
> > On 8/02/26 2:38 am, Robert Funnell wrote:
> > > On 2026-02-07 08:25, Dave Howorth wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 13:11:45 +0000
> > > > Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello All,
> > > > >
> > > > > I recently created a file consisting of 1 page, containing a 4 column
> > > > > table and exported it to PDF, foolishly failing to save the original
> > > > > in ODT. Does anyone know of a means of reversing the export to
> > > > > reproduce the original, editable ODT file?
> > > > >
> > > > > I know that this is not very important, but it would be nice if the
> > > > > possibility existed, thus avoiding the tedium of re-typing the
> > > > > document.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards.
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter HB


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