On 4/7/10 1:25 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote:
...In either case, converting the PDF to an editable format seems to me to be quite a legitimate requirement.
Only until the format is understood, after that, no. The purpose of PDF is for display, not editing. If you want to edit the document, keep the original. If you don't have it, contact the author and request a copy.
Formats are tools and like with any tool set there is the matter of choosing the right tool for the job.
The nature of a PDF is that it probably does not contain anything that you can still edit. In many cases, the even the glyphs are converted to outlines so even the text is gone.
If you don't have the file that was used to create the PDF, then it is necessary to face the fact that the original is gone. OOo does a great job of exporting to PDF, but you have to keep the original around if you wish to continue editing.
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