On 05/11/2018 05:32 AM, Gilles wrote: > Hello, > > I have zero knowledge of PDF, and need to make a list of recommendations to > users working with LibreOffice Impress so that their presentations will use > the same parameters (size, fonts, etc.) and be rendered into nice HTML. > > I have a couple of newbie questions: > > 1. Wouldn't it be easier/better to merge and convert LibreOffice files > directly into HTML instead of going through PDF? If that's the case, what > tool would you recommend (Windows or Linux)?
I'm no Impress expert, but after reading your email, I took an Impress presentation and exported it to HTML from within LO itself. I selected "File", "Export..." I then selected "HTML" from the format drop-down box. I gave it a file name ending in .html, and hit "Save." The program then took me through a series of HTML design dialog boxes. I didn't understand more than half of what I was reading, so for most of the dialog boxes, .I selected the default settings. When I finished, I had a very nice HTML that closely mimicked my original Impress file. Each slide and image was saved as a separate file, so the resulting HTML presentation consist of many different files; it is probably best to save them in their own folder. I also tried exporting it to an "XHTML" format, but at least for me, I lost the slide presentation functionality. It just became one single HTML page that one would scroll down. While I did this on a Linux Mint machine, I have no reason to believe that LO would work any differently in Windows. > 2. If going through PDF doesn't matter, what tool + settings do you > recommend to a) convert the files into PDF (if LO isn't good enough) and > merge them all into a single PDF? > > So far, I've used LibreOffice to export files as PDF, and PDFSam to merge > PDF files into one. I've never used GhostView (gv) to convert to PDF. > > Thank you. > As you already know, LO can export directly to PDF, but I don't understand your question about merging the PDF files into a single file. When I save an Impress file as a PDF, it automatically saves it as a single file. So, I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here. Either way, LO can export directly to either PDF or HTML. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
