UPDATE:  deskUNPDF 2 Professional for Windows and deskUNPDF for Mac are out of beta and have been released with the PDF to Oasis/ODT capability and more.  Please visit Docudesk.com for more information and a trial download.

The OpenDocument format provides a great alternative to proprietary office application files. For anyone wishing to have easy access to word processing, spreadsheet, or graphics applications supporting this new format, there are a variety of free options. Most of these programs have the ability to create PDF output as a finished product, but often times it would be useful to convert a PDF file for editing.

For users of compatible programs -- including KOffice, OpenOffice.org (OOo), StarOffice, and even Google Docs -- the deskUNPDF OpenDocument Renderer can be used to create OpenDocument .ODT files from standard PDFs. These are fully-editable, native documents. The final release version of deskUNPDF 2 will provide an addin which adds a menu item to the OpenOffice Writer menu allowing you to import PDFs directly using deskUNPDF.

This technology preview currently features

• stylized text including fonts, color, and size
• multiple page sizes in the same document
• page layout preserved as blocks of text
• images with scaling and cropping
• line and rectangle vector art
• hyperlinked URLs

Currently there are also a few limitations

• rotated graphics and text not supported at this time
• transparent images are rendered with solid white backgrounds

We hope you enjoy the flexibility and round-trip possibilities deskUNPDF provides for working with PDFs in OpenDocument format!

Download the deskUNPDF Technology Previews here.

deskUNPDF Professional 2.0 is now available for trial and purchase