[Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

[Jon Davies]

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=1

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[Thehelpfulone]

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

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[Jon Davies]

Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of
the document :(

Quoting Thehelpfulone <thehelpf...@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.d...@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=1<http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1>

>>
>> --
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>> tweet @jonatreesdavies
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited.
>> Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513
>> Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
>> London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
>> Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.
>> Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
>> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit
>> organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for
>> its contents.
>>
>> Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
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[Christophe Henner]

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. 

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[James Farrar]

Jon,

I have some decent OCR software at work - will try running it through that this afternoon/evening. Do you have a deadline?

[Jon Davies]

No urgent deadline - about 16th of April in reality. Thanks.
Quoting James Farrar <james....@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.d...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the
>> document :(
>>
>> Quoting Thehelpfulone <thehelpf...@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<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.d...@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=1<http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986
>>>> tweet @jonatreesdavies
>>>>
>>>> Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited.
>>>> Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
>>>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513
>>>> Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
>>>> London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
>>>> Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.
>>>> Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
>>>> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit
>>>> organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for
>>>> its contents.
>>>>
>>>> Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
>>>>

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>>>> **>

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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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[Gordon Joly]

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.pdf&page=1
>
>
> --

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