Thanks!! That is a good tip and will look into it. Nancy
On Aug 7, 2012, at 2:12 AM, Niall Martin wrote: > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
