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How to Convert PDF to OpenOffice

OpenOffice is considered as one of the best office solutions for Word Processing, Excel Spreadsheets, Database Administration, PowerPoint Presentations and so on. If your content is ready in PDF format and needs to be converted into OpenOffice file format, then in this article you will find free step-by-step tutorial on how to convert PDF to OpenOffice supported file formats.

Part 1How to Convert PDF File to OpenOffice Compatible Formats

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Wondershare PDFelement is the leading program which allows you to convert any PDF document into OpenOffice supported format. It uses simple to use interface and supports amazing features which makes editing and conversion of PDF files easier. Most importantly, anyone can use it in a hassle-free manner as you just need to import any PDF document, edit it if needed and save it into any OpenOffice supported format.

Business professionals recommend PDFelement because of its wide range of customization tools and functions. Its OCR tool is considered to be the best function in this program as it supports up to 20 languages for conversion of scanned PDF documents. You can use any editing functions such as add text, insert image, delete or edit text, add text box, add watermark, include notes or comments etc.

Step 1. Load PDF File for Conversion

Install PDFelement and open the program. To open PDF document, you should click the "Open" button and select the target file in the pop up window.

Step 2. Edit PDF before Conversion (Optional)

Users can easily edit PDF files before conversion. PDFelement supports wide range of all the essential features to modify any part of the content in the document. Go to the Edit tab and get options like add text, insert link, change font or font size, use OCR tool, select text, add image etc. You can also modify images by using its editing functions like add image, remove image, move/resize or rotate image.

Step 3. Convert PDF to a Format Compatible with OpenOffice

Go to the Home tab and click To Word. A new dialog box will pop-up, where you can set OpenOffice supported output format. Choose any of the OpenOffice supported output format such as .doc, .docx, .rtf, .hwp, .bmp, .png, .gif etc. You are also able to choose a range of pages to convert and set the file destination in the output folder. Finally click Convert to begin the process.

Step 4. Import Converted File into OpenOffice

Open the OpenOffice program and go to "File" menu. Select "Open" to choose the converted OpenOffice supported file format in the program.

Part 2OpenOffice Supported File Formats

OpenOffice supports several file formats along with OpenDocument files. Here are some of the commonly used file formats opened in OpenOffice program:

  • All versions of Microsoft Word Documents 6.0/95/97/2000/XP/2003/2007
  • XML (.doc,.dot, .xml, .docx, .docm, .dotx & .dotm)
  • Hangul WP 97 (.hwp)
  • WordPerfect Document (.wpd)
  • All Versions of Microsoft Excel
  • Rich Text Format (.rtf)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx, .potx, pptm & .potm)
  • Portable Document Format (.pdf)
  • Database File format (ODB)
  • Text Template (OTT)
  • Drawing (ODG)
  • Spreadsheet (ODS)
  • Chart (ODC0
  • Supports Image file formats such as: JPEG, BMP, EPS, MET, PBM, PNG, RAS, TIFF,
  • XPM, PCT, EMF, SVG etc.

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Published: Nov 02,2016 11:01 am / Updated: Nov 10,2016 14:38 pm

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