[softwarelist] Re: pdf-import

In message <D7GIsTAEJMQFFwNt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <453FD4B9.7030702@xxxxxxxx>, Clive Bonsall
> <C.Bonsall@xxxxxxxx> writes
>>Do editable objects include text?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>>And would that mean you could import multi-page PDFs into OPW (i.e.
>>entire documents), which would then be converted to DDL on the fly (so
>>to speak)? If so, that would be very useful. And would the
>>formatting/look of the original PDF be preserved? That would be even
>>more useful.
> 
> Yes, yes, yes, yes.
> 
> What inspires this line of thought is that things like Serif Page Plus
> offer such a feature.
> 
> However presumably anyone with RISC OS already has the functionality PDF
> to Draw, and then edit in !Draw?

In theory yes, but not if text is involved. If you save as Draw from 
!PDF, then each character becomes an individual Draw object. This 
means that you can barely do even the most basic editing and there is 
no way to insert anything and reflow the text.

Martin
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