Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :(
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2....
It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a "proper" pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original...
You could try http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that.
THO
On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :(
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.**pdf&page=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1
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Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the document :(
Quoting Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonewiki@gmail.com:
It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a "proper" pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original...
You could try http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that.
THO
On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :(
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.**pdf&page=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1
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Jon,
I have some decent OCR software at work - will try running it through that this afternoon/evening. Do you have a deadline?
On 4 April 2012 07:50, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the document :(
Quoting Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonewiki@gmail.com:
It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic
converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a "proper" pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original...
You could try http://extensions.services.**openoffice.org/en/project/**pdfimporthttp://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that.
THO
On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back
into something editable - open office by preference. :(
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/****index.php?title=File:**http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.****pdf&page=1<http://uk.** wikimedia.org/w/index.php?**title=File:**FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.** pdf&page=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1
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No urgent deadline - about 16th of April in reality. Thanks. Quoting James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com:
Jon,
I have some decent OCR software at work - will try running it through that this afternoon/evening. Do you have a deadline?
On 4 April 2012 07:50, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the document :(
Quoting Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonewiki@gmail.com:
It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic
converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a "proper" pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original...
You could try http://extensions.services.**openoffice.org/en/project/**pdfimporthttp://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that.
THO
On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back
into something editable - open office by preference. :(
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/****index.php?title=File:**http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.****pdf&page=1<http://uk.** wikimedia.org/w/index.php?**title=File:**FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.** pdf&page=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1
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Hi Jon
Have you tried to use an OCR ?
You would be able to get back the content and put it back in a spreadsheet.
Best,
-- Christophe
On 3 April 2012 21:10, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonewiki@gmail.com wrote:
It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a "proper" pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original...
You could try http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/pdfimport to see if that will import it - there's no harm in trying, and I imagine if that was made using OpenOffice you might have a bit more luck using that. I don't have OpenOffice so I haven't tried that.
THO
On 3 April 2012 16:14, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :(
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/**index.php?title=File:** FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.**pdf&page=1http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1
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On 03/04/12 20:10, Thehelpfulone wrote:
It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a "proper" pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unless someone else has some elite super powers, it looks like it'll need a manual re-create if you can't find the original...
The PDF in question is version 1.3
There is a new version, 1.7, which is a standard and there is a Wikipedia article about it. It tends to keep the "text" embedded in the PDF file.
Gordo
On 03/04/12 16:14, Jon Davies wrote:
Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :(
http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2....
--
This is PDF 1.3 format.
There are no text strings at all. OCR? Or just ask somebody to re-type it. It will be quicker.
Gordo
All sorted now folks! Thanks for your help :-)
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