https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55317
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 55317
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: Export PDF with bounding box around selection
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: unspecified
Component: Printing and PDF export
Product: LibreOffice
A PDF file exported from a LibreOffice application does not contain a bounding
box around selected items. The possiblity of exporting PDFs with bounding boxes
would facilitate the process of embedding pictures from a LibreOffice
application in LaTeX documents considerably. This process is currently a
laborious multi-step process which has to be repeated for each picture to be
intserted in a LaTeX document.
I assume that integrating this request is not limited to a single LibreOffice
application. I am interested in using PDF export with bounding boxes from the
application LibreOffice Calc.
Currently it is possible to export a selection (e.g. some cells in Calc) from a
LibreOffice document to a PDF file. However, the PDF file does not contain a
bounding box around the selection. Embedding this PDF file into a LaTeX
document results in embedding the whole page instead of the selected item only.
An introduction of bounding boxes in exported PDF files would not restrict the
use of these PDF files, the feature would just extend the possibilities.
This request proposes a similar feature like the reopened bug 38082 "Add
separate bounding box on/off control in export to EPS, PDF and similar formats"
for LibreOffice Draw. Request 38082 also pursues the target of embedding
pictures in LaTeX documents in an easier way. I think that integrating request
38082 would be helpful. However, this request to introduce bounding boxes
already for PDF export from any LibreOffice application (like Calc) would make
the extra step unnecessary to copy tables and graphs from that LibreOffice
application (e.g. Calc) to LibreOffice Draw before exporting them. Moreover, I
can imagine a bounding box around the selection for all PDF exports instead of
introducing an extra field "Bounding Box" as proposed in request 38082. An
"automatic" bounding box would be the simpler solution, and I do not see
drawbacks in it.
Currently the follwowing steps are necessary to embed a table or graph in a
LaTeX document with pdfLaTeX:
1. Copy selected table or graph from LibreOffice Calc (or another LibreOffice
application)
2. Paste into a LibreOffice Draw document, e.g. in GDI metafile format
3. Export selection as encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file from LibreOffice Draw
4. Convert EPS file to a PDF file with a bounding box. This process is carried
out with the programme epstopdf and can be integrated into a pdfLaTeX run.
If a PDF could be exported with a bounding box around the selected table or
graph, the process above would not be necessary anymore for each table or graph
to be exported.
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