Re: Can't open a story I wrote -help!
On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:50:20 -0800 Loretta Chardin wrote: > Thanks so much. I installed pdf reader, but (I'm not computer savvy). I > don't know what to do next, Please advise step by step. > > Thanks again, > Loretta A PDF reader is precisely that - a READER, not an Editor. In your PDF reader you should select your text, Copy it (Ctrl C - Cmd C on a Mac) and then Paste it (Ctrl V - Cmd V on Mac) into a blank OpenOffice Writer document. Then, in Writer, you can edit it, Save it, and generate (/File /Export as PDF) a fresh PDF for distribuution. For future revisions, edit the Writer document. RoryOF > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 4:56 AM Felmon Davis wrote: > > > On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Loretta Chardin wrote: > > > > > I wrote a story in pdf and saved it in Apache Open Office and when I > > > try to open it I just get a bunch of symbols. This hasn’t happened > > > with other stories. > > > > > > Please help, thanks! > > > > > > Loretta > > > > To my knowledge OpenOffice doesn't read pdf's. you need a pdf reader. > > > > sometimes your browser will do it, Firefox does; trick is to point the > > browser to the file. > > > > Don't know if you are using Windows or something else but there are > > plenty of free pdf readers. > > > > You probably 'exported' your story to pdf while you actually 'saved' > > your other tales in OpenOffice format (.ods). > > > > fjd > > > > -- > > Felmon Davis > > > > Verbum sat sapienti. > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > -- > "When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to > change ourselves." - Victor Frankl -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Can't open a story I wrote -help!
On Mon, 21 Dec 2020, Loretta Chardin wrote: Thanks so much. I installed pdf reader, but (I'm not computer savvy). I don't know what to do next, Please advise step by step. Thanks again, Loretta I or someone else may be able to help more specifically but you have omitted some details: what is the name of this 'pdf reader' and are you using Windows 10 or something else? I wonder how you "wrote a story in pdf" but anyway, the main thing is we assume the pdf is the only copy you have. f. On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 4:56 AM Felmon Davis wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Loretta Chardin wrote: I wrote a story in pdf and saved it in Apache Open Office and when I try to open it I just get a bunch of symbols. This hasn’t happened with other stories. Please help, thanks! Loretta To my knowledge OpenOffice doesn't read pdf's. you need a pdf reader. sometimes your browser will do it, Firefox does; trick is to point the browser to the file. Don't know if you are using Windows or something else but there are plenty of free pdf readers. You probably 'exported' your story to pdf while you actually 'saved' your other tales in OpenOffice format (.ods). fjd -- Felmon Davis Verbum sat sapienti. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org -- Felmon Davis Verbum sat sapienti. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Can't open a story I wrote -help!
Thanks so much. I installed pdf reader, but (I'm not computer savvy). I don't know what to do next, Please advise step by step. Thanks again, Loretta On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 4:56 AM Felmon Davis wrote: > On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Loretta Chardin wrote: > > > I wrote a story in pdf and saved it in Apache Open Office and when I > > try to open it I just get a bunch of symbols. This hasn’t happened > > with other stories. > > > > Please help, thanks! > > > > Loretta > > To my knowledge OpenOffice doesn't read pdf's. you need a pdf reader. > > sometimes your browser will do it, Firefox does; trick is to point the > browser to the file. > > Don't know if you are using Windows or something else but there are > plenty of free pdf readers. > > You probably 'exported' your story to pdf while you actually 'saved' > your other tales in OpenOffice format (.ods). > > fjd > > -- > Felmon Davis > > Verbum sat sapienti. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org -- "When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Victor Frankl
Re: Can't open a story I wrote -help!
On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 20:47:45 -0800 Loretta Chardin wrote: > I wrote a story in pdf and saved it in Apache Open Office and when I try to > open it I just get a bunch of symbols. This hasn’t happened with other > stories. > > Please help, thanks! > > Loretta PDF is designed as a read-only format; it is a bad idea to work in that. One should work, if using OpenOffice, in .odt format (OO's native format) and when the work is finished /File /Export as PDF to generate PDF files for distribution; if further editing or revision is needed, edit and Save in the .odt file, regenerating the distribution PDF. OpenOffice needs an extension installed to allow it do simple editing on PDF files. This extension can be downloaded from https://extensions.openoffice.org/en/node/17351, It is possible that you may be able to cut and paste the text from the PDF file into a blank OpenOffice Writer file, whether in one unit or in chunks. Remaking such a Writer file is in my opinion a better way to proceed than attempting to edit a PDF file, whether using OpenOffice or LibreOffice, where the editing facilities for a PDF file are rudimentary. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Can't open a story I wrote -help!
What I forgot to say is that LibreOffice opens PDFs easily, even very old PDFs I have. On 12/20/2020 2:30 PM, Allen Schaaf wrote: This problem with Apache's Open Office is why I moved to LibreOffice. While I've only used it for about two years and sometimes have trouble finding out how to handle some issues, on the whole it is better than Apache's Open Office and Microsoft Word. Because I deal with a lot of people who use Microsoft Word I have to save my files as *.doc and that works for all the people who I work with, even the Mac users, so I suggest you check out LibreOffice to solve this problem. Best, Allen On 12/20/2020 4:14 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Loretta Chardin wrote: I wrote a story in pdf and saved it in Apache Open Office and when I try to open it I just get a bunch of symbols. This hasn’t happened with other stories. Please help, thanks! Loretta To my knowledge OpenOffice doesn't read pdf's. you need a pdf reader. sometimes your browser will do it, Firefox does; trick is to point the browser to the file. Don't know if you are using Windows or something else but there are plenty of free pdf readers. You probably 'exported' your story to pdf while you actually 'saved' your other tales in OpenOffice format (.ods). fjd - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Can't open a story I wrote -help!
This problem with Apache's Open Office is why I moved to LibreOffice. While I've only used it for about two years and sometimes have trouble finding out how to handle some issues, on the whole it is better than Apache's Open Office and Microsoft Word. Because I deal with a lot of people who use Microsoft Word I have to save my files as *.doc and that works for all the people who I work with, even the Mac users, so I suggest you check out LibreOffice to solve this problem. Best, Allen On 12/20/2020 4:14 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Loretta Chardin wrote: I wrote a story in pdf and saved it in Apache Open Office and when I try to open it I just get a bunch of symbols. This hasn’t happened with other stories. Please help, thanks! Loretta To my knowledge OpenOffice doesn't read pdf's. you need a pdf reader. sometimes your browser will do it, Firefox does; trick is to point the browser to the file. Don't know if you are using Windows or something else but there are plenty of free pdf readers. You probably 'exported' your story to pdf while you actually 'saved' your other tales in OpenOffice format (.ods). fjd - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Can't open a story I wrote -help!
On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Loretta Chardin wrote: I wrote a story in pdf and saved it in Apache Open Office and when I try to open it I just get a bunch of symbols. This hasn’t happened with other stories. Please help, thanks! Loretta To my knowledge OpenOffice doesn't read pdf's. you need a pdf reader. sometimes your browser will do it, Firefox does; trick is to point the browser to the file. Don't know if you are using Windows or something else but there are plenty of free pdf readers. You probably 'exported' your story to pdf while you actually 'saved' your other tales in OpenOffice format (.ods). fjd -- Felmon Davis Verbum sat sapienti. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
