How to copy PDF to Libreoffice Document

11 years ago

I would like to copy a PDF document to a Libreoffice blank document or Pages blank document on my Mac.

The reason I want to do this is to be able to cut out parts of it that aren't important to me. In this case the pamphlet is 20 pages and I only want 10 pages of the information.

Is there an easy way to do this?

Thanks,
Ginny

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Elmer J Fudd
11 years ago
If you Google the topic, you'll find website solutions for your desired task.
emma
11 years ago
Did you try copy and paste? I have not tired it with Libre.
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ginjj
Original Author
11 years ago
Copy and paste doesn't work.
Ginny
User
11 years ago
The most straightforward way to print just the ten pages would be to specify page numbers when printing. If you wanted to create a new electronic document with only those ten pages, (from a PC) I would use PDFTools. It lets you split PDF files.

For that matter, it should be possible to copy the text and paste into a word processor. The fact that you can't makes me think maybe you have PICTURES OF TEXT but that your computer doesn't know it's text. Was the PDF made by scanning documents? If this is the case, you should be able to capture snap-shots from the PDF, save them as pics and insert them into a word processor document.
ginjj
Original Author
11 years ago
I apologize for not being more patient in my efforts to copy text. I just tried copying a part of it rather than the whole pamphlet at once and it works. The formatting is pretty much gone but I can fix that.

Of course it's easier to copy the entire pamphlet and then delete that which I don't want, but I'm happy to be able to copy it in any way.

Thank you all for your help!

Ginny
emma
11 years ago
Next time you might check and see if Libre offers more than one way to paste. Word offers 3 or 4 choices, the choice you make will affect the formatting. I bought MS Office with Word when I bought this PC, when I buy a new PC I will use Libre.
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kbarb - San Francisco - Z10a
11 years ago
It sounds like you solved your problem.
But if the problem is just paring down the pdf to a section you like, there are several online utilities that can split pdfs.
For example :

FoxyUtils - Split & Merge pdf (link at the bottom)

I use that one quite a bit and it works quite well.

Here is a link that might be useful: FoxyUtils - Split & Merge pdf

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