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2009/12/21 tom brough <tombrough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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 > No worries, then I'm looking for something to convert pdf to png or any image format that OO will import. Hmm I wonder if there's a front end for ImageMagik that does it....or even gimp perhaps (although gimp seems a bit o.t.t. for such a small job). I'll keep looking. I had a little drive around Freemind earlier. It's not bad at all tbh, although I'm going to give DIA a go too tomorrow. I think I'm going to make a CD image tailored for access students and then give a few away in the new year. -- 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