https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151577
Bug ID: 151577
Summary: Writer PDF import filter should default to producing
paragraphs of text, not drawing objects
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.5.0.0 alpha0+ Master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: filters and storage
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 183089
--> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=183089&action=edit
A two-paragraph Writer document exported to PDF
When opening a (Writer-created) PDF document, with text in several paragraphs,
the resulting document should be paragraphs of text, very similar or identical
to those in the original document which produced the PDF. This, provided that
the PDF has not been manipulated in some complex and esoteric way which breaks
up its paragraphs internally (i.e. when it is objectively difficult to decide
whether such paragraphs exist and what their boundaries are).
We should not be getting a bunch of independently-positioned drawing objects -
single word or single line - except for the content in the PDF document which
necessitates it. The drawing-object-by-default approach may be fitting for use
in LO Draw or Impress (although there as well one could consider
paragraph-level boxes).
Reproduction instruction:
1. Create a new Writer document
2. Enter a couple of paragraphs of text; make each of them multi-line.
3. Save the document as a PDF.
4. Open the PDF in Writer (not in Draw! Use the Writer PDF import filter)
Expected result: You get paragraphs of text.
Actual result: You get many single-line textboxes.
The attachment will let you skip steps (1.)-(3.) .
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