On 08/02/2026 21:19, 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
On 8/02/26 2:38 am, Robert Funnell wrote:
On 2026-02-07 08:25, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 13:11:45 +0000
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
Sorry to hear of that. Did you have Autorecovery enabled? Maybe it's
worth checking.
Alternatively, there are free services online to convert a PDF to a
spreadsheet. Adobe has one that converts to Excel format for example.
You can import the Excel sheet into Libreoffice.
You may also be able to select all of the text in the PDF file, copy
it with Control-C, and paste it into a new Writer document. The
formatting would probably need to be cleaned up.
Many thanks to all who responded with a variety of ideas. In view of the
time element, I decided to re-create the document and saved it via
"Export to PDF" with the .odt file embedded, as I should have done in
the first place.
All is now well.
Peter HB
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