Gene Young wrote: > Ian wrote: >> http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/index.html >> >> Rhetorical Question: Why are the above documents in .pdf format as >> opposed to the OOwriter format? >> >> It would be nice to be able to cut and paste certain sections so that I >> could refer to them. >> >> Ian >> >> PS: I am not subscribed to the list but I _will_ see any replies as I >> monitor the list from another site. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > Do you mean cut and paste kinda like this? > > "What is OpenOffice.org? > OpenOffice.org (OOo) is both a software product and a community of > volunteers who produce and support the software. > Note > Because someone else owns the trademark OpenOffice, the > correct name for both the open-source project and its software is > OpenOffice.org. > The OpenOffice.org software is a freely available, full-featured office > suite. > OOo 3 is a major upgrade of an already feature-rich office suite. If you > have used previous versions of OOo, please look over the new features > list on the OOo wiki. > OOo's native file format is OpenDocument, an open standard format > that is being adopted by governments worldwide as a required file > format for publishing and accepting documents. OOo can also open > and save documents in many other formats, including those used by > several versions of Microsoft Office. > OOo includes the following components." > > The above was cut and pasted from one of the pdf documents in question. > Perhaps I don't understand the problem/question. > > As to why PDF, if I was researching a new program and the only > documentation I could obtain was in the proprietary format of the new > program, I would not be as inclined to look at it any further. Its an > accommodation thing. ;-) > Great minds think alike, Gene. ;) I posted an identical reply in the first of Ian's threads. Don't people generally know you can cut and paste pdf's as long as they are not pdf's based on images (which OOo's are not)? Sorry I didn't read both threads before posting but I guess there's no harm in saying the same thing twice. cheers, jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks!
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