Re: [tdf-discuss] Better PDF import?

On 21/06/14 11:07, Mateusz Zasuwik wrote:

> I noticed you guys heavily work over many dead formats. But did anyone
> think about better PDF Import? I lost my data lately and I had open some
> old PDF files which turn out to be normal PDF (not hybrid PDF/ODT). I
> opened it via LO but document was rendered within Draw, not Writer or
> Impress as it should be done. You also should take account of fact that MS
> Office opens every PDF file and easily convert it on its native format what
> makes this software more useful for normal users. Hybrid PDF is cool
> feature, but probably it won't become major file format for long time. The
> market is dominated by normal PDF and in this area LireOffice just suck. So
> maybe someone who assigns aims for future (TDF Board?) should regroup
> thoughts once again and concentrates for features needed on a daily basis?

The right behaviour is to open PDFs in Draw.

Have you ever used MS Office 2013 to open a PDF? It sucks at least as
much as any other software.

PDF is based on PostScript, which is a page description language, and as
such is extremely difficult to convert into an editable document.

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