[AT] Off topic Open Office and computer associations. OT

Howard Fleming hfleming at moosebird.net
Fri Oct 17 04:12:24 PDT 2008


It works fairly well, I have used it for couple of years.

Open Office 2.x can not import pdf files, but I believe the next version 
will with a plugin from sun.

Howard


David Bruce wrote:
> Larry,
> The wordprocessor (OO Writer) has an option to export to PDF.
> I haven't used it so I have no idea if it works well or not.
> I have no idea if there is bidirectional capability.
> 
> If you have broadband the download isn't all that heavy.
> www.openoffice.org
> 
> David
> NW NC
> 
> Larry Goss wrote:
>> For those of you who are using Open Office, I have a question -- does the program have a direct method for generating PDF files?  PDF file generation is now a feature of Word and WordPerfect.  Is it available directly in Open Office?
>>
>> BTW, the feature is not bundled with Word as it comes from the company.  You have to ask for it on-line or have it sent to you by mail, but it is free.
>>
>> With the late versions of Adobe Acrobat, bi-directional file translation through PDF is possible.  The instructions say that you can only go back from PDF to the word processor that was originally used for the material, but I have found that is not a hard and fast restriction.
>>
>> Larry
> 
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