For dealing with PDFs I use thee Foxit reader which has a facility to show the underlying plain text, which you can then highlight and copy.
Best wishes On 6 Aug 2012 at 13:13, Nancy Rothwell wrote: Send reply to: [email protected] From: Nancy Rothwell <[email protected]> Subject: Software assistance needed Date sent: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 13:13:44 -0700 To: [email protected] > Hi. I have a Mac OS X version 10.7.4 and I just successfully > downloaded OpenOffice thru my web browser Safari. (I need to edit a > PDF file, that is why I downloaded OpenOffice)). > > My problem: I can't get it to work. When I attempt to open my PDF > file in OpenOffice the text shows up as gobbledygook! Not sure what I > am doing wrong. I am not a "techie" so I need patient hand holding. > I am following a specific How To edit a PDF file (found off internet) > with OpenOffice and here are the steps and my status: > > 1. "After installing OpenOffice run the PDF Import Extension" not > sure I did that right. > > 2. "Next, open OpenOffice Draw" I could do that OK > > 3. "Once open, browse to the PDF file you want to edit and open the > file" I did this but the document was gobbledygook. > > I basically need to delete sections of my current PDF file, so it > should be simple huh? Any advice you can give me would be > appreciated. Thanks, Nancy in Seattle Niall Martin Phone 0131 4678468 Please reply to: niall<at>rndmartin.cix.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
