[GNC] How to get a report in a format which is easy to edit?

[Adrien Monteleone]

Chris,

LibreOffice uses Draw for PDF editing, not Writer. That doesn't mean the 
text isn't text. Everything is essentially in various text boxes. But 
having used it quite a bit, I can attest it is way more of a pain for 
large edits than either HTML or using Calc. For a small change though, 
it is just fine.

I've edited many GnuCash reports using Calc. It is by far the easiest 
route and the most useful. (you can do additional math if needed)

But of course, use whatever tool you prefer.

Also, as I mentioned, investigate stylesheets in GnuCash. You might 
achieve what you want without using an outside tool at all.

Regards,
Adrien

On 3/6/24 3:42 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 08:01:36PM +1100, Alan Hopkins wrote:
>> Chris
>>
>> Are you "printing to file" or are you doing something else? As Adrien has
>> pointed out, you have not really given us enough info to help you.
>>
> I tried various ways.
> 
>>
>> If you provide all info on the OS system & the version of GnuCash you are
>> using & steps you have taken, you might just find a GnuCash user on this
>> list who can help you more directly.
>>
> It's xubuntu and I'm running GnuCash 4.8 and LibreOffice 7.3.7.2.
> 
> However I have spotted my basic problem, opening a PDF file with
> libreoffice opens it in lodraw and thus it *looks like* I have a PDF
> with images.  I don't seem to be able to force libreoffice to open a
> PDF in lowriter.
> 
> I have managed a way round this now, pandoc will convert from HTML
> directly to an loffice ODT file which gets me to the result I want, a
> report I can edit reasonably easily in lowriter.
>