They do not encode information that is specific to the application software, hardware, or operating system used to create or view the document. A PDF file can be any length, contain any number of fonts and images and is designed to enable the creation and transfer of printer-ready output.Įach PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2D document (and, with the advent of Acrobat 3D, embedded 3D documents) that includes the text, fonts, images and 2D vector graphics that compose the document. Granted I can not use this tool with more complex documents, but for more simple PDF files this tool is magic.PDF is a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing documents in a manner that is separate from the original operating system, application or hardware from where it was originally created.
Some times I get requests to alter PDF documents and now, thanks to Sun and OpenOffice, I can take care of those requests. If you want to save the document in one of the supported OpenOffice Draw formats you can use Save As. When you go to save your document, if you want to save the document as a PDF you have to use the Export to PDF and not Save As. You can convert embedded images into different types of objects (Polygons, Contour, 3D, 3D Rotation File, or Metafile). If you right click an image you will see a menu that includes entries for various arrangments of the image, cropping, and converting. To edit a text element you simply double click the element to make your edits. In this image you can see a text element ready for editing. With your document opened in this application you will be able to edit the various elements of the document.įigure 2 shows a PDF document (that was actually exported from a presentation document) opened in Draw (with the help of the Sun PDF Import Extension). When you open up a PDF document OpenOffice will open the document in OpenOffice Draw.
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