Hi, Martin Hollmichel schrieb:
I would like ask you to review the Feature List on http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Pdf_Import_Extension/Announcement and specify either concrete issues or features of what you think that should be in a 1.0 release.
I had already been looking at the Feature List. However, korrect positioning of text and graphics is not on this list. I guess this is self-evident and not to be mentioned explicitly.
The example files given in the issue are unusable after importing by the PDF Import Extension, because of heavy displacement of text and graphic objects. I could deliver countless PDF documents from different sources that suffer the same. This is definitely something one would *not* expect from a peace of software that passed the beta phase and became Version 1.0.
Sorry, I am not an expert enough in order to specify this more concrete. But what I can say for sure: I did get frequent complaints from disappointed users that had been trying PDF Import full of expectation after it had been greatly announced some months ago. The announcements did not always mention the beta status. What I fear now is a new wave of complaints when the extension is declared to have left beta stadium now, but still most of the PDF documents out in the wild will not be readable or usable after opening with OOo.
I personally do not need PDF import at all. So I wouldn´t care. But for the sake of the project´s reputation I would suggest *not* to claim that OOo is generally able to open PDF files. I would suggest to name it "still working on this feature".
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