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Thursday, March 02, 2006

Giving WPX3's import PDF a whirl

Also known as opening a PDF file. One of the new features in WordPerfect X3 is the ability to open a PDF file right in the WordPerfect editing screen.

With this feature, the PDF opens as an unsaved document. It can then be edited as a word processing document without any additional opening, copying, or pasting. And, of course, once opened, it can be re-saved as a PDF, or any other format, for that matter.

I've spent some time over the last week trying out this new feature, and it works exactly as I expected it would.

It should be noted, though, that I don't generally work with anything more than straight text documents – specifically, things like answers to interrogatories. If the PDF uses graphics, or non-text features, like some newsletters (just as an example), there may be some formatting issues on open. Along those same lines, if the PDF was created as a JPEG or a BMP, the open as PDF feature won't really do you any good.

However, I should also mention that for me, personally, I've become so accustomed to working with PDFs without the ability to open them as a word processing document. Also, I'm not particularly fond of sending out my own documents in someone else's style – fonts, spacing, etc. It my sound strange, but my documents usually have a distinctive style of their own. Hey, it's one of my trademarks.

EDIT to add: The open and edit PDFs feature is not included with the Home Edition of WordPerfect X3.

• Posted by: Marie Carnes at 11:36 PM
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