On 08/02/2026 22:44, V Stuart Foote wrote:
On 2026-02-08 16:19, Steve Edmonds wrote:
You may also be able to open the PDF in Libreoffice draw and copy/
paste the text back into a writer document.
Steve
Peter Hillier-Brook <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello All,
I recently created a file consisting of 1 page, containing a 4 column
table and exported it to PDF, foolishly failing to save the original
in ODT. Does anyone know of a means of reversing the export to
reproduce the original, editable ODT file?
I know that this is not very important, but it would be nice if the
possibility existed, thus avoiding the tedium of re-typing the
document.
Regards.
Peter HB
Actually, LibreOffice also provides a PDF import filter *directly* into
the Writer module.
In your os/DE Open file dialog, rather than the "All files (*.*)"
filter, scroll through the list of file types and
select the LibreOffice provided filter "PDF - Portable Document Format
(Writer) (*.pdf)"
The result will import to a new document in Write, but the text spans in
the PDF will be sd text boxes rather than styled
paragraphs. There is a Consolidate Text function (multi-select and then
context menu apply) but results will depend on the PDF.
You may be able to use the result of the consolidation directly as copy
and paste.
Either way you'll need to copy the text spans in the text boxes from the
PDF and assemble them into new Writer paragraphs,
and then delete the text boxes.
Should be left with a fully recovered document content where the text
can be styled and formatted as desired.
Sounds good, but it's an hour after mid-night here so it will be some
time in the forenoon before I will be able to experiment.
Regards.
Peter HB
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