Vidyaratha Kissoon wrote:
> Hi all
> I am using Open Office 2.0 in both XP and Ubuntu Linux
> I use the same file to create two PDFs.. in XP, the pdf is a nice
> small 76K file, in Ubuntu Dapper Linux, the pdf is 560K!!
> What could be the problem,
> Thanks
> 

My guess would be the fonts.  Taking a sample from:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/
  How to Setup Multiple Screens under Linux ODT - PDF

I find that 2.0.3 Win2KProfessional Export to PDF creates a 364KB PDF
file. [1]

Using 2.0.3 Ubuntu 6.0.61 Export to PDF creates a 1007.4KB PDF file.

However, when comparing the fonts in the document property settings I
find the standard TrueType and Adobe fonts in the windows document. When
looking at the same in the Ubuntu document I find that the fonts are
substituted with NibusRomNo9L, NimbusSanL etc., fonts. I guess in order
to comare properly you'd need to have the same fonts installed on both
systems.

[1] Saving the same document using the following (Windows) programs
results in:
 - PDFCreator   Size=92.5KB
 - PDF Creator w/no compression set     Size=6.5MB
 - Adobe Acrobat 4.x    Size=117KB

So I think that in order to compare properly you'd need to set up with:
1) identical fonts, and 2) ensure compression settings are the same.

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