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Rob Beard wrote: > On 21/12/2009 13:35, Terry Hill wrote: >> I've been trying to get a few of the people at college to try some >> open source stuff and am enjoying a lot of success for a change. >> >> I've managed to push openoffice almost without opposition; it seems >> the last m$ office outing has left those who struggle a bit out in the >> cold after they "moved everything". Once I showed a small group they >> could load/save m$ formats they've done the job of evangalising for >> me. Anyway, to this end I've been asked to find two more >> alternatives: >> >> Something for making charts, mind maps, flow charts etc, like Smart >> Draw - eg very easy to use, semi-automatic. >> >> > I'm not sure if Dia might cover this requirement, it's available for > Linux and Windows and it has all sorts of things for making diagrams, > it might be worth a look. >> Something for converting PDF's or a way to get PDF's inside Openoffice >> text documents. I havent been asked to get text in, just downloaded >> charts etc found on the net. >> >> > So you mean you want to basically take the contents of PDF's and > import that into OpenOffice? > > Um... not sure on that one, I've looked into it before, there are pdf > to ps/eps converters out there, but I'm not overly sure on that. > > Rob > > There is a plugin for Open Office (experimental) that import PDF's. However it only imports into the draw tool NOT writer. I don't think its worked properly since 3.1was released. Tom. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html