Rene Engelhard: > severity 814598 wishlist > reassign 814598 libreoffice-writer > close 814598 > thanks > > Hi, > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 10:41:16PM +1100, Fulano Diego Perez wrote: >> Severity: important > > definitely not. Maybe wishlist or something as it's a wish for a feature. > But see below.
a wishlist request would constitute a feature request for something not currently implemented as an operable function of the software if this isn't an operable function i do not know why the menu item functionality exists > >> selecting insert > document >> >> the enclosed error occurs >> >> read error >> error reading file > > Correct. Writer is not supposed to be able to import PDF. why is the menu item there allowing pdf import ? > > There is libreoffice-pdfimport which is makes LO being able to open PDFs > but it mostly will have it as a image (in Draw). Which you then probably > can cut'n'paste or whatever into Writer it was already installed libreoffice-pdfimport is already the newest version (1:5.0.5~rc1-1). This package contains a component enabling LibreOffice to import PDF Documents. Is this for writer or draw ? > >> for writer to be a fully-fledged MS word replacement, this is pretty >> important > > Nope. It's a text processor, not a PDF editing program. it follows that it can't be a text processor _only_ if it processes images > > Install libreoffice-pdfimport, maybe it will help you. see above > > Otherwise: this is no bug and it will be closed. im still not entirely sure if i should make a feature request > > Regards, > > Rene >
