>2009/11/26 Sander Kruger <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > I haven’t found an etiquette page for this list, so I hope I’m in the right > place. > > > Is there a way to optimize pdf2swf for documents containing tiled patterns? > For example, I have an Excel file that, when printed to PDF with visible > gridlines results in a modest PDF file of 18k. > > However, the gridlines are drawn with a tiled pattern, resulting in a shape > overflow. I think this happens because pdf2swf defines every shape in the > pattern as a separate shape. > Just maybe this is an Excel specific issue? Have you tried all the available options within Excel?
I don';t use Excel. I do however use Gnumeric and OpenOffice Calc ( under both Windows and Linux ). Neither appear to exhibit such an effect when a gridded sheet is converted to a pdf with pdf2swf. Even under maximum zoom. Regards, Chris.
