2008/10/20 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 10/20/2008 08:18 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > 2008/10/19 Steven P. Ulrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:40:28 +0200 > >> "Johnny Rosenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > Installed the new 3.0.0 a couple of minutes ago and I finally could > >> > try the PDF import extension, that needs OpenOffice.org 3. It's great > >> > now being able to import PDF files, but unfortunately my test file > >> > didn't look very good, so it's pretty useless for me, at least at the > >> > moment. > >> > > >> > Take a look and see for yourselves. The > >> > file< > >> http://www.konsumentverket.se/Documents/bilar/kopekontrakt_bilar.pdf > >looks > >> > right with Adobe Reader, Evince and probably with most of the PDF > >> > readers out there. Try to import it to OpenOffice.org and see the > >> > differences. Can anyone be satisfied with this? > >> > > >> > I'll file a bug report unless someone here tells me not to. > >> > > >> > J.R. > >> > >> Hello Johnny > >> What does it look like if you follow these steps: > >> 1. Open "kopekontrakt_bilar.pdf" > >> 2.Make some arbitrary changes just to make sure that the pdf plugin has > >> done something. > >> 3. Export the resulting Draw document to a PDF. > >> 4. Open the resulting PDF in the PDF viewer of your choice. > >> > >> I did exactly the above four steps. I changed one word on the second > >> page. Here is the resulting PDF: > >> http://www.afolkey2.net/~steve/kopekontrakt_bilar2.pdf > >> > >> I agree that when your PDF (or any other that I have tried) is opened > >> up using this plugin, that it looks really bad. In fact, "Format | > >> Page | Page" shows the following information: > >> Format: A4 > >> Margins: > >> Left: 1.18" > >> Right: 0.39" > >> Top: 0.63" > >> Bottom: 0.39" > >> > >> This looked really bad. BUT, the resulting PDF seems to look perfect. > >> The margins are certainly nothing like Draw reported them to be. > >> > >> Steven P. Ulrick > >> > >> P.S.: To all of those that are having issues with this plugin, here is > >> some info about our system: > >> Operating System: Fedora Linux 9 > >> OpenOffice.org Version: DEV300_m33 Build-1 > >> PDF Import Extension: 0.3.2 > >> > > I attached the resulting file now, after I exported it to PDF from Draw. > It > > doesn't look like yours, and none of them are exactly right. > > > > *Your PDF:* > > > > - Check boxes are gone > > - I can't input things on the empty lines (it was possible with the > > original file) > > - Empty lines are positioned a bit too high, maybe 1 or 2 mm > > > > *My PDF:* > > > > - Check boxes are replaced by an "r" with a different font > > - I can't input things on the empty lines > > - Some lines are too long (maybe a font issue) > > > > So there is still no way to fill in a PDF form and save it properly… > (I've > > tried a few other applications, but no luck so far) > > > > J.R. > > Nor do I think you will be able to with the extension; I don't think > it's meant for that.
So is there something out there, that IS meant for that? I guess there is no Adobe Acrobat for Linux, is there? And it's not free anyway… > > > When I have to fill out forms like this (for me US tax forms are a good > example), I open the form in Adobe Reader (8), fill out the form, and > then print it to a cups-pdf virtual printer. That saves the filled out > form in PDF. I've found that to me _much_ easier than trying to use > PDFEdit and other such pdf editors (other than actual Adobe Acrobat of > course). Well, that's probably also what I would do, until I find a better way. The disadvantage is (or isn't it?) that if I want to change something a few days later, maybe a misspelling or something, I have to open the empty original and fill everything in all over again, hopefully right this time… If the extension worked perfectly (maybe it will some day), I would just convert it to something else, then go from there. If it something like the document I attached earlier, I would probably save it as a template. That was my idea anyway. J.R. > On Windows you should be able to do the same by printing the > filled out form to PDFCreator. >
