Dear Susan, So far as I know, OpenOffice does not read PDF files. Perhaps someone will develop an extension or plug-in to do so. Until then, there are many utilities available on the Internet that will allow you to do what you want, or can come close, anyway. Some cost money and some are free. One that I like to use is Graphics Magick (Image Magick in Linux based systems) - it can convert PDF files into other formats - these are image formats, but if you have a good OCR program, that should not be a problem. Graphics Magick is a command line utility for Windows platforms (i.e. you run it in a DOS box).
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/ As for Word files, converting them from Word to anything else is rather iffy, at best. See MS in their money-making wisdom has chosen to keep the Word (actually all the Office) file formats proprietary (i.e. secret). To further complicate matters, they change those format specifications with every new release. This, of course, means that anyone wanting to read a Word file has to first reverse engineer the file format. All that considered, OpenOffice does remarkably well in reading Word files - there are a few glitches, but, in the main, I am satisfied. Regards, Chris Susan Westoby wrote: > Dear OpenOffice > > Before I go to the trouble of downloading could you please let me know > if OpenOffice converts word documents into PDF documents with the > ability for anyone to use highlighter, sticky note, pen and other > commenting tools as Adobe allows. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Regards. > > Susan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
