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2009/12/22 Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Terry Hill wrote: >> >> 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). > > Inkscape can read, and edit PDF content, but only one page at a time. I'll add that to the list then, and give it a go. Just looking for the easiest, straight forward route. > > If they just want charts then "pdftoimage" will extract raw image data, > don't know if it is available for Windows (probably). I'd presume it's to add anything in pdf format that's "imagey". So for a pie chart it'd be the text, key and pie. I guess I should have asked... > >> I think I'm going to make a CD image tailored for access >> students and then give a few away in the new year. > > Lots of folk have been here before. I think most such projects > eventually die as folks realise it would be easier to use a GNU/Linux > distro, but the last I saw was Trinidad and Tobago computing society.... I'm not looking to make a permanent, versioned disk and keep it updated forever. Just a few disks with a collection of tools on. Even if OO is the only thing on it in the end, I'll still give a few copies away. May as well, have succeeded in converting a few people so far so why stop now? Interest in open source tools might lead to an understanding of what open source actually means, followed by trying out a distro... > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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