Re: [libreoffice-users] PDF Extnension for Libre Office/Writer or Open Office

On 12/27/2014 09:14 PM, Cley Faye wrote:
> A recent installation of LibreOffice is able to open almost any PDF through
> the Draw module. From there, it is possible to redo the placement and
> extract part of the file.
>
> Note that it won't open in Writer (or other modules), and that opening a
> PDF for editing is not a pixel-perfect process; there can be some issues
> with the import (but if all you want is get a picture it's alright).

Sometimes it is better to find a free PDF editor [Windows or Linux] to 
do the needed editing for PDF forms and other "interactive" PDF files.

LibreOffice is a great office package, but it was not meant to do 
everything. [Unlike MSO wants to become]

To do "everything", LO would become a very large install that would be 
too packed with options that would make it too "complex" for a lot of 
users, since the navigation menu[s] would be so large and layered that 
you could get lost in them trying to find the option you want to use.

For me, I use dedicated packages for things like web page development 
and modification.  Writer can do this, but having a package that only 
does HTML and web page scripting seems easier to use.  I also use 
dedicated packages for image/photo editing and another one for "raster" 
based image editing.  I never learned to use Draw for my needs, since I 
have been using other product[s] for more years than LO has been out.

I use LO a lot, but like a large percent of its users, I used it for 
word processing [Writer], spreadsheets [Calc], presentations [Impress].  
When I go beyond the "basics" of each module, I tend to fall back to 
both paid and free packages that I have been using for over ten years, 
through the original packages and their upgrades.

We all choose the software that is best for our needs, one reason I 
choose LO.  But unless you created a PDF form with Writer, I would use a 
package that was meant to edited PDF interactive forms.  There are free 
ones out there.  It is worth a look-see.



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