Bug#814598: libreoffice: writer cannot import PDF

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

reopen 814598
severity 814598 normal
found 814598 1:5.0.5~rc1-1
retitle 814598 Insert->Document fails in writer with PDF (with -pdfimport installed), "open" works
thanks

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 06:11:59PM +1100, Fulano Diego Perez wrote:
> a wishlist request would constitute a feature request for something not
> currently implemented as an operable function of the software
> 
> if this isn't an operable function i do not know why the menu item
> functionality exists

I am pretty sure this function wasn't intended as PDF. When I use it to
Insert a odt it works

> >> the enclosed error occurs
> >>
> >> read error
> >> error reading file
> > 
> > Correct. Writer is not supposed to be able to import PDF.
> 
> why is the menu item there allowing pdf import ?

See above. And I honestly don't know why the filter allows PDF... Maybe
it still was intended to work after all. Would surprise me, but..

Actually, when trying this I see two scenarios:

a) Do the above without -pdfimport installed. You get it imported, but only
the "PDF code"
b) Do it with -pdfimport installed, you get the above error.

So maybe it simply does not recognize the PDF and/or the pdfimport thingy
(or the communication writer/-pdfimport) is buggy...
BUT: Just opening the PDF works and displays it in Draw. I even get textboxes
et al.

> > There is libreoffice-pdfimport which is makes LO being able to open PDFs
> > but it mostly will have it as a image (in Draw). Which you then probably
> > can cut'n'paste or whatever into Writer
> 
> it was already installed
> 
> libreoffice-pdfimport is already the newest version (1:5.0.5~rc1-1).

Aha. Didn't know, given your dependencies of the LO you installed even are
broken (some dependencies are not installed) I didn't have much confidence
in your bug report anyway... How did you get to a state like this?

> Is this for writer or draw ?

Draw, basically.

Try lowriter <pdf> (or whatever lo* and you will get it in Draw)

So as I said: the workaround is to "open" the PDF and copy/paste it.

Still not "important" imho but normal..

Regards,
 
Rene