User: jpmcc Date: 2008-06-12 11:59:55+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Thu Jun 12 13:00:14 BST 2008 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.558&r2=1.559 Delta lines: +72 -73 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-06-12 05:59:48+0000 1.558 +++ atom.xml 2008-06-12 11:59:51+0000 1.559 @@ -5,9 +5,72 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2008-06-12T06:00:22+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:24+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">OpenOffice PDF Import Extension</title> + <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/820"/> + <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=820</id> + <updated>2008-06-12T10:14:54+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>The famous <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport">OpenOffice PDF Importer Extension</a> is now available in beta form for OpenOffice.org 3.0, <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/editing_pdf_files_with_openoffice">announces Erwin Tenhumberg</a> (among others).</p> +<p>From its home on the extensions website: &#8220;The PDF Import Extension allows modifying existing PDF files for which the original source files do not exist anymore. PDF documents are imported in Draw and Impress to preserve the layout and to allow basic editing. It is the perfect solution for changing dates, numbers or small portions of text.&#8221;</p> +<p>Not all features are complete yet, but this is a major step forward in providing very useful capabilities to OOo users.</p> +<p>Erwin also highlights the cool Hybrid PDF capability it provides, and which I&#8217;ve written about recently:</p> +<p>&#8220;Once the extension is installed, the PDF export feature shows a new option at the bottom as well. With the Sun PDF Import Extension, OpenOffice.org allows creating so-called &#8220;hybrid files&#8221;. These are PDF files that also include the ODF content, i.e. the original source document. As a consequence, everybody can view these hybrid files with a simple PDF viewer. However, OpenOffice.org users can also edit these PDF files without any information loss, since OpenOffice.org will simple recognize and open the ODF content instead of trying to import the PDF information.&#8221;</p></content> + <author> + <name>Benjamin Horst</name> + <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> + <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en-us"> + <title type="html">Video showing the new PDF import feature for OpenOffice.org</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf</id> + <updated>2008-06-12T10:12:35+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">I just created <a href="http://mediacast.sun.com/users/tenhumbe/media/ooo-sun-pdf-import-extension-Web-800x600.mov">a short video</a> in which I demo the new Sun PDF Import Extension (beta) for OpenOffice.org. Don't expect a perfect screencast! It's just a quick hack. It was more of an experiment! It was interesting for me to realize that I started to "stutter" and to have my brain "go blank" the more the longer I played with the screencast software. I'm sorry that I can't offer more / different video formats right now! Anyway, I think the video should still give a good impression of the new PDF import feature. Have fun!</content> + <author> + <name>Erwin Tenhumberg</name> + <uri>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Erwin's StarOffice Tango</title> + <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:24+00:00</updated> + <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en-us"> + <title type="html">Already 1,800 downloads of the Sun PDF Import Extension</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of</id> + <updated>2008-06-12T07:19:17+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">The new <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport">Sun PDF Import Extension (beta)</a> for OpenOffice.org and StarOffice could quickly become the most popular extension for OpenOffice.org. It has been available less than 24 hours, but has already been downloaded more than 1,800 times. Very cool!</content> + <author> + <name>Erwin Tenhumberg</name> + <uri>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Erwin's StarOffice Tango</title> + <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> + <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:24+00:00</updated> + <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> + </source> + </entry> + <entry> <title type="html">How will 3.0 look like?</title> <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-will-30-look-like.html"/> @@ -62,7 +125,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-06-12T06:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -87,7 +150,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-06-11T18:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:24+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -107,7 +170,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-06-11T18:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:24+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -158,7 +221,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-06-11T18:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:24+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -245,7 +308,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-06-11T18:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -272,7 +335,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-06-12T06:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -342,7 +405,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-06-12T06:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -383,7 +446,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-06-11T18:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-06-12T12:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -408,68 +471,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">OOoCon 2008 and the Temple of Heaven</title> - <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/06/04/ooocon-2008-and-the-temple-of-heaven/"/> - <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=512</id> - <updated>2008-06-04T20:20:13+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p><img class="alignright" title="OOoCon2008 logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/oooconlogo.gif" alt="" width="180" height="118" />The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/index.html">OpenOffice.org Annual Conference</a> is the premier get together of the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> Community, including developers, users, supporters, etc from all round the world. Florian and I have been busy with the organisers of <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OOoCon 2008 in Beijing</a>, working out timetables, sponsorship packages, encouraging potential speakers, and most important of all, choosing the OOoCon 2008 logo. The winning image - a stylised image of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altar_of_Heaven">Temple of Heaven</a> - is shown on the right (ok, I admit, I voted for a cute panda, but I was outvoted&#8230;)</p> -<p>Following an evening of updates, the results are now visible on the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OOoCon 2008 website</a>. If you haven&#8217;t already marked the date in your diary, do so now - Beijing, November 5th-7th. If you are planning to present a paper, check the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfp/index.html">Speakers&#8217; page</a> now. If your organisation, company, public administration, etc would like to show its support for OpenOffice.org in a very public way, now is your opportunity. Please see the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/sponsors.html">Sponsors&#8217; page</a> for further details.</p></content> - <author> - <name>John McCreesh</name> - <uri>http://www.mealldubh.org</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org</title> - <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed"/> - <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-06-06T18:00:15+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Import and Edit PDFs with OpenOffice.org</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/814"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=814</id> - <updated>2008-06-04T18:58:10+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>Andrew Ziem, of <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/">OpenOffice.org Ninja</a>, writes about OpenOffice&#8217;s upcoming <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/06/pdf-import-hybrid-odf-pdfs-extension-30.html">PDF importing and hybrid PDF capabilities</a>.</p> -<p>The capability will be delivered as an <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Pdf_Import_Extension">extension</a> and will let you open and edit any PDF. It also supports a new format called a Hybrid PDF, which can be displayed by PDF viewers but edited by ODF editors.</p> -<p>Ziem gives credit where it&#8217;s due with regard to editing PDFs: &#8220;OpenOffice.org did not pioneer PDF importânot even in the open source market. Some of the work in OpenOffice.org is done by xpdf, a PDF viewer. To import PDFs, open source alternatives include pdftohtml, Abiword, KWord, and Inkscape. Adobe Acrobat Reader includes a text extractor and an image scraper, and there are a host of commercial applications. What makes OpenOffice.org stand out is hybrid PDFs.&#8221;</p> -<p>Hybrid PDFs provide the best of both worlds: consistent display anywhere via its PDF component, and editability via its ODF component.</p> -<p>&#8220;Most applications (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader) ignore the ODF bits and treat the whole hybrid file as a normal PDF. Presentation is pixel perfect. Wait. That&#8217;s not all. OpenOffice.org 3.0 with this extension treats the hybrid as a normal ODF, so the ODF document opens in Writer, Impress, Calc, or Draw according on the original. (You didn&#8217;t just expect Writer, did you?) Now you have lossless, editable, round-trip PDFs.&#8221;</p> -<p>The extension is still in development, but will be available on the <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/">OOo Extensions site</a> when it&#8217;s ready for mass deployment.</p></content> - <author> - <name>Benjamin Horst</name> - <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title> - <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-06-11T18:00:15+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en-us"> - <title type="html">"Polish Walmart" selling laptops with OpenOffice.org pre-installed</title> - <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/polish_walmart_selling_laptops_with"/> - <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/polish_walmart_selling_laptops_with</id> - <updated>2008-06-03T18:49:43+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">I just received a link to <a href="http://www.biedronka.pl/img/promocja/3NextWeek/2008.06.16/s13_b.gif">this Polish offer</a>. A Polish store similar to Walmart is selling a laptop with Kubuntu and OpenOffice.org pre-installed. Cool! I guess this means even more OpenOffice.org and ODF users!</content> - <author> - <name>Erwin Tenhumberg</name> - <uri>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">Erwin's StarOffice Tango</title> - <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> - <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-06-11T18:00:21+00:00</updated> - <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.558&r2=1.559 Delta lines: +48 -50 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-06-12 05:59:49+0000 1.558 +++ index.html 2008-06-12 11:59:52+0000 1.559 @@ -34,8 +34,55 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: June 12, 2008 06:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: June 12, 2008 12:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<h2>June 12, 2008</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> +Benjamin Horst</a> : +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/820";> +OpenOffice PDF Import Extension</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>The famous <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport";>OpenOffice PDF Importer Extension</a> is now available in beta form for OpenOffice.org 3.0, <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/editing_pdf_files_with_openoffice";>announces Erwin Tenhumberg</a> (among others).</p> +<p>From its home on the extensions website: “The PDF Import Extension allows modifying existing PDF files for which the original source files do not exist anymore. PDF documents are imported in Draw and Impress to preserve the layout and to allow basic editing. It is the perfect solution for changing dates, numbers or small portions of text.”</p> +<p>Not all features are complete yet, but this is a major step forward in providing very useful capabilities to OOo users.</p> +<p>Erwin also highlights the cool Hybrid PDF capability it provides, and which I’ve written about recently:</p> +<p>“Once the extension is installed, the PDF export feature shows a new option at the bottom as well. With the Sun PDF Import Extension, OpenOffice.org allows creating so-called “hybrid files”. These are PDF files that also include the ODF content, i.e. the original source document. As a consequence, everybody can view these hybrid files with a simple PDF viewer. However, OpenOffice.org users can also edit these PDF files without any information loss, since OpenOffice.org will simple recognize and open the ODF content instead of trying to import the PDF information.”</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/820";>by Benjamin Horst at June 12, 2008 10:14 AM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> +<h3> +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/"; title="Erwin's StarOffice Tango"> +Erwin Tenhumberg</a> : +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf";> +Video showing the new PDF import feature for OpenOffice.org</a> +</h3> +<p> +I just created <a href="http://mediacast.sun.com/users/tenhumbe/media/ooo-sun-pdf-import-extension-Web-800x600.mov";>a short video</a> in which I demo the new Sun PDF Import Extension (beta) for OpenOffice.org. Don't expect a perfect screencast! It's just a quick hack. It was more of an experiment! It was interesting for me to realize that I started to "stutter" and to have my brain "go blank" the more the longer I played with the screencast software. I'm sorry that I can't offer more / different video formats right now! Anyway, I think the video should still give a good impression of the new PDF import feature. Have fun!</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf";>by dancer at June 12, 2008 10:12 AM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> +<h3> +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/"; title="Erwin's StarOffice Tango"> +Erwin Tenhumberg</a> : +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of";> +Already 1,800 downloads of the Sun PDF Import Extension</a> +</h3> +<p> +The new <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport";>Sun PDF Import Extension (beta)</a> for OpenOffice.org and StarOffice could quickly become the most popular extension for OpenOffice.org. It has been available less than 24 hours, but has already been downloaded more than 1,800 times. Very cool!</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of";>by dancer at June 12, 2008 07:19 AM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>June 11, 2008</h2> <h3> <a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog"> @@ -358,55 +405,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> -John McCreesh</a> : -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/06/04/ooocon-2008-and-the-temple-of-heaven/";> -OOoCon 2008 and the Temple of Heaven</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p><img class="alignright" title="OOoCon2008 logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/oooconlogo.gif"; alt="" width="180" height="118" />The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/index.html";>OpenOffice.org Annual Conference</a> is the premier get together of the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org";>OpenOffice.org</a> Community, including developers, users, supporters, etc from all round the world. Florian and I have been busy with the organisers of <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html";>OOoCon 2008 in Beijing</a>, working out timetables, sponsorship packages, encouraging potential speakers, and most important of all, choosing the OOoCon 2008 logo. The winning image - a stylised image of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altar_of_Heaven";>Temple of Heaven</a> - is shown on the right (ok, I admit, I voted for a cute panda, but I was outvoted…)</p> -<p>Following an evening of updates, the results are now visible on the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html";>OOoCon 2008 website</a>. If you haven’t already marked the date in your diary, do so now - Beijing, November 5th-7th. If you are planning to present a paper, check the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfp/index.html";>Speakers’ page</a> now. If your organisation, company, public administration, etc would like to show its support for OpenOffice.org in a very public way, now is your opportunity. Please see the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/sponsors.html";>Sponsors’ page</a> for further details.</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/06/04/ooocon-2008-and-the-temple-of-heaven/";>by John at June 04, 2008 08:20 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/814";> -Import and Edit PDFs with OpenOffice.org</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>Andrew Ziem, of <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/";>OpenOffice.org Ninja</a>, writes about OpenOffice’s upcoming <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/06/pdf-import-hybrid-odf-pdfs-extension-30.html";>PDF importing and hybrid PDF capabilities</a>.</p> -<p>The capability will be delivered as an <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Pdf_Import_Extension";>extension</a> and will let you open and edit any PDF. It also supports a new format called a Hybrid PDF, which can be displayed by PDF viewers but edited by ODF editors.</p> -<p>Ziem gives credit where it’s due with regard to editing PDFs: “OpenOffice.org did not pioneer PDF importânot even in the open source market. Some of the work in OpenOffice.org is done by xpdf, a PDF viewer. To import PDFs, open source alternatives include pdftohtml, Abiword, KWord, and Inkscape. Adobe Acrobat Reader includes a text extractor and an image scraper, and there are a host of commercial applications. What makes OpenOffice.org stand out is hybrid PDFs.”</p> -<p>Hybrid PDFs provide the best of both worlds: consistent display anywhere via its PDF component, and editability via its ODF component.</p> -<p>“Most applications (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader) ignore the ODF bits and treat the whole hybrid file as a normal PDF. Presentation is pixel perfect. Wait. That’s not all. OpenOffice.org 3.0 with this extension treats the hybrid as a normal ODF, so the ODF document opens in Writer, Impress, Calc, or Draw according on the original. (You didn’t just expect Writer, did you?) Now you have lossless, editable, round-trip PDFs.”</p> -<p>The extension is still in development, but will be available on the <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/";>OOo Extensions site</a> when it’s ready for mass deployment.</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/814";>by Benjamin Horst at June 04, 2008 06:58 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h2>June 03, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/"; title="Erwin's StarOffice Tango"> -Erwin Tenhumberg</a> : -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/polish_walmart_selling_laptops_with";> -"Polish Walmart" selling laptops with OpenOffice.org pre-installed</a> -</h3> -<p> -I just received a link to <a href="http://www.biedronka.pl/img/promocja/3NextWeek/2008.06.16/s13_b.gif";>this Polish offer</a>. A Polish store similar to Walmart is selling a laptop with Kubuntu and OpenOffice.org pre-installed. Cool! I guess this means even more OpenOffice.org and ODF users!</p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/polish_walmart_selling_laptops_with";>by dancer at June 03, 2008 06:49 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.558&r2=1.559 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-06-12 05:59:49+0000 1.558 +++ opml.xml 2008-06-12 11:59:52+0000 1.559 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:00:22 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:00:25 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.305&r2=1.306 Delta lines: +25 -27 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-06-11 23:59:48+0000 1.305 +++ rss10.xml 2008-06-12 11:59:52+0000 1.306 @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=820"; /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf"; /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6445610450610215858" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/06a75985a82cf2ce" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/editing_pdf_files_with_openoffice"; /> @@ -30,13 +33,32 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-4579943621648685696" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=815"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-7949833899193293259" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=512"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=814"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/polish_walmart_selling_laptops_with"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=820";> + <title>Benjamin Horst: OpenOffice PDF Import Extension</title> + <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/820</link> + <content:encoded><p>The famous <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport">OpenOffice PDF Importer Extension</a> is now available in beta form for OpenOffice.org 3.0, <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/editing_pdf_files_with_openoffice">announces Erwin Tenhumberg</a> (among others).</p> +<p>From its home on the extensions website: &#8220;The PDF Import Extension allows modifying existing PDF files for which the original source files do not exist anymore. PDF documents are imported in Draw and Impress to preserve the layout and to allow basic editing. It is the perfect solution for changing dates, numbers or small portions of text.&#8221;</p> +<p>Not all features are complete yet, but this is a major step forward in providing very useful capabilities to OOo users.</p> +<p>Erwin also highlights the cool Hybrid PDF capability it provides, and which I&#8217;ve written about recently:</p> +<p>&#8220;Once the extension is installed, the PDF export feature shows a new option at the bottom as well. With the Sun PDF Import Extension, OpenOffice.org allows creating so-called &#8220;hybrid files&#8221;. These are PDF files that also include the ODF content, i.e. the original source document. As a consequence, everybody can view these hybrid files with a simple PDF viewer. However, OpenOffice.org users can also edit these PDF files without any information loss, since OpenOffice.org will simple recognize and open the ODF content instead of trying to import the PDF information.&#8221;</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-06-12T10:14:54+00:00</dc:date> +</item> +<item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf";> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Video showing the new PDF import feature for OpenOffice.org</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf</link> + <content:encoded>I just created <a href="http://mediacast.sun.com/users/tenhumbe/media/ooo-sun-pdf-import-extension-Web-800x600.mov">a short video</a> in which I demo the new Sun PDF Import Extension (beta) for OpenOffice.org. Don't expect a perfect screencast! It's just a quick hack. It was more of an experiment! It was interesting for me to realize that I started to "stutter" and to have my brain "go blank" the more the longer I played with the screencast software. I'm sorry that I can't offer more / different video formats right now! Anyway, I think the video should still give a good impression of the new PDF import feature. Have fun!</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-06-12T10:12:35+00:00</dc:date> +</item> +<item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of";> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Already 1,800 downloads of the Sun PDF Import Extension</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of</link> + <content:encoded>The new <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport">Sun PDF Import Extension (beta)</a> for OpenOffice.org and StarOffice could quickly become the most popular extension for OpenOffice.org. It has been available less than 24 hours, but has already been downloaded more than 1,800 times. Very cool!</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-06-12T07:19:17+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6445610450610215858"> <title>OOo Marketeers: How will 3.0 look like?</title> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-will-30-look-like.html</link> @@ -226,29 +248,5 @@ <dc:date>2008-06-04T22:28:14+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>Leif Lodahl</dc:creator> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=512";> - <title>John McCreesh: OOoCon 2008 and the Temple of Heaven</title> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/06/04/ooocon-2008-and-the-temple-of-heaven/</link> - <content:encoded><p><img class="alignright" title="OOoCon2008 logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/oooconlogo.gif" alt="" width="180" height="118" />The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/index.html">OpenOffice.org Annual Conference</a> is the premier get together of the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> Community, including developers, users, supporters, etc from all round the world. Florian and I have been busy with the organisers of <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OOoCon 2008 in Beijing</a>, working out timetables, sponsorship packages, encouraging potential speakers, and most important of all, choosing the OOoCon 2008 logo. The winning image - a stylised image of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altar_of_Heaven">Temple of Heaven</a> - is shown on the right (ok, I admit, I voted for a cute panda, but I was outvoted&#8230;)</p> -<p>Following an evening of updates, the results are now visible on the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OOoCon 2008 website</a>. If you haven&#8217;t already marked the date in your diary, do so now - Beijing, November 5th-7th. If you are planning to present a paper, check the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfp/index.html">Speakers&#8217; page</a> now. If your organisation, company, public administration, etc would like to show its support for OpenOffice.org in a very public way, now is your opportunity. Please see the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/sponsors.html">Sponsors&#8217; page</a> for further details.</p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-06-04T20:20:13+00:00</dc:date> -</item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=814";> - <title>Benjamin Horst: Import and Edit PDFs with OpenOffice.org</title> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/814</link> - <content:encoded><p>Andrew Ziem, of <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/">OpenOffice.org Ninja</a>, writes about OpenOffice&#8217;s upcoming <a href="http://www.oooninja.com/2008/06/pdf-import-hybrid-odf-pdfs-extension-30.html">PDF importing and hybrid PDF capabilities</a>.</p> -<p>The capability will be delivered as an <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Pdf_Import_Extension">extension</a> and will let you open and edit any PDF. It also supports a new format called a Hybrid PDF, which can be displayed by PDF viewers but edited by ODF editors.</p> -<p>Ziem gives credit where it&#8217;s due with regard to editing PDFs: &#8220;OpenOffice.org did not pioneer PDF importânot even in the open source market. Some of the work in OpenOffice.org is done by xpdf, a PDF viewer. To import PDFs, open source alternatives include pdftohtml, Abiword, KWord, and Inkscape. Adobe Acrobat Reader includes a text extractor and an image scraper, and there are a host of commercial applications. What makes OpenOffice.org stand out is hybrid PDFs.&#8221;</p> -<p>Hybrid PDFs provide the best of both worlds: consistent display anywhere via its PDF component, and editability via its ODF component.</p> -<p>&#8220;Most applications (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader) ignore the ODF bits and treat the whole hybrid file as a normal PDF. Presentation is pixel perfect. Wait. That&#8217;s not all. 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PDF documents are imported in Draw and Impress to preserve the layout and to allow basic editing. It is the perfect solution for changing dates, numbers or small portions of text.&#8221;</p> +<p>Not all features are complete yet, but this is a major step forward in providing very useful capabilities to OOo users.</p> +<p>Erwin also highlights the cool Hybrid PDF capability it provides, and which I&#8217;ve written about recently:</p> +<p>&#8220;Once the extension is installed, the PDF export feature shows a new option at the bottom as well. With the Sun PDF Import Extension, OpenOffice.org allows creating so-called &#8220;hybrid files&#8221;. These are PDF files that also include the ODF content, i.e. the original source document. As a consequence, everybody can view these hybrid files with a simple PDF viewer. However, OpenOffice.org users can also edit these PDF files without any information loss, since OpenOffice.org will simple recognize and open the ODF content instead of trying to import the PDF information.&#8221;</p></description> + <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:14:54 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Video showing the new PDF import feature for OpenOffice.org</title> + <guid>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/video_showing_the_new_pdf</link> + <description>I just created <a href="http://mediacast.sun.com/users/tenhumbe/media/ooo-sun-pdf-import-extension-Web-800x600.mov">a short video</a> in which I demo the new Sun PDF Import Extension (beta) for OpenOffice.org. Don't expect a perfect screencast! It's just a quick hack. It was more of an experiment! It was interesting for me to realize that I started to "stutter" and to have my brain "go blank" the more the longer I played with the screencast software. I'm sorry that I can't offer more / different video formats right now! Anyway, I think the video should still give a good impression of the new PDF import feature. Have fun!</description> + <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:12:35 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> + <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Already 1,800 downloads of the Sun PDF Import Extension</title> + <guid>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/already_1_800_downloads_of</link> + <description>The new <a href="http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport">Sun PDF Import Extension (beta)</a> for OpenOffice.org and StarOffice could quickly become the most popular extension for OpenOffice.org. It has been available less than 24 hours, but has already been downloaded more than 1,800 times. Very cool!</description> + <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:19:17 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>OOo Marketeers: How will 3.0 look like?</title> <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6445610450610215858</guid> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-will-30-look-like.html</link> @@ -210,33 +235,6 @@ <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:28:14 +0000</pubDate> <author>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leif Lodahl)</author> </item> -<item> - <title>John McCreesh: OOoCon 2008 and the Temple of Heaven</title> - <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=512</guid> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/06/04/ooocon-2008-and-the-temple-of-heaven/</link> - <description><p><img class="alignright" title="OOoCon2008 logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/oooconlogo.gif" alt="" width="180" height="118" />The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/index.html">OpenOffice.org Annual Conference</a> is the premier get together of the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> Community, including developers, users, supporters, etc from all round the world. Florian and I have been busy with the organisers of <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OOoCon 2008 in Beijing</a>, working out timetables, sponsorship packages, encouraging potential speakers, and most important of all, choosing the OOoCon 2008 logo. The winning image - a stylised image of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altar_of_Heaven">Temple of Heaven</a> - is shown on the right (ok, I admit, I voted for a cute panda, but I was outvoted&#8230;)</p> -<p>Following an evening of updates, the results are now visible on the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/index.html">OOoCon 2008 website</a>. If you haven&#8217;t already marked the date in your diary, do so now - Beijing, November 5th-7th. If you are planning to present a paper, check the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfp/index.html">Speakers&#8217; page</a> now. 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It also supports a new format called a Hybrid PDF, which can be displayed by PDF viewers but edited by ODF editors.</p> -<p>Ziem gives credit where it&#8217;s due with regard to editing PDFs: &#8220;OpenOffice.org did not pioneer PDF importânot even in the open source market. Some of the work in OpenOffice.org is done by xpdf, a PDF viewer. To import PDFs, open source alternatives include pdftohtml, Abiword, KWord, and Inkscape. Adobe Acrobat Reader includes a text extractor and an image scraper, and there are a host of commercial applications. What makes OpenOffice.org stand out is hybrid PDFs.&#8221;</p> -<p>Hybrid PDFs provide the best of both worlds: consistent display anywhere via its PDF component, and editability via its ODF component.</p> -<p>&#8220;Most applications (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader) ignore the ODF bits and treat the whole hybrid file as a normal PDF. Presentation is pixel perfect. Wait. That&#8217;s not all. 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