Hi,
On 12/23/08 02:14, NoOp wrote:
NoOp wrote:
I just tested with WinXP MSO 2002 and OOo 3.0 and I see what your friend
is talking about. On MSO, a diagonal line will appear jagged (stairstep
effect) in the draw box until the mouse is released. As soon as the
mouse is released the line appears perfectly smooth - even when viewed
at 500%. In OOo the line renders in stairstep (minor, but still
noticeable). That's on a .24pixel professional quality monitor and also
tested on a two other systems w/like monitors.
Well... not sure if it's actually cool or not. It would be really cool
if OOo rendered the line as MSO's draw does (crisp and clear with no
stairstep effect). But it does validate your friend's observation.
There may be a bug filed in OOo for this already, but searching the bug
database tends to be an art in itself. So, if you look for one be sure
to reserve some time to do so...
Currently the released versions of OOo cannot display graphics with
anti-aliasing. But it is planned for OOo 3.1, see
http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/drawing_layer/SolidDragging.odt
although it doesn't seem to be easy to add this feature to work on all
hardware and software platforms.
Currently the jagged edges appear only on screen, so there should be no
problem when printing. If you need a crisp looking screen display,
export the file to PDF and view that PDF file on screen. PDF may also
help when printing.
Uwe
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