John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:47:31 +0100 > Daniel Clemente <[email protected]> dijo: > >> Web Kracked <[email protected]> writes: >> > It is great that OOo exports to PDF, I use to use it all >> > the time, since it worked better half the time than > >> Printing a text to PDF is not a problem; OO works vey well. >> What OOo can't do is create PDFs with autocalculated form fields or >> automatic validations. > > I use export to PDF constantly for sharing files with others, as long > as they will not need to edit them. It works far better than exporting > to Word format. > > However, one thing I cannot do is set a control in an editable PDF to a > specific font. It appears to allow me to set a font for the control - > and it does keep that font for the control as long as it is an .odt > document - but the export to PDF converts the font to Arial. > > This renders the export to PDF useless for me when I want to create an > editable PDF. I am trying to create editable PDFs for use in class > homework and examinations in linguistics. We need specific fonts in > order to display the IPA characters. Since I cannot specify the font > for the control a lot of the characters do not appear when the student > tries to select the answer.
Not sure what you mean by an "editable" PDF, which to me indicates the person making use of the PDF would be using a program such as the full Acrobat, etc. to do any further editing. However, to force OOo to embed all fonts that you use in your creations, under "File" menu choose: "Export as PDF" sub-menu to bring up the options dialog for exporting to PDF. Under "General" sub-heading (under "General" tab), ensure a check-mark is placed next to "PDF/A-1" That will ensure all fonts used in the document being exported will be embedded into the resulting PDF as embedded font subsets. The "trade-off" for setting "PDF/A-1" is the PDF cannot set security features such as encryption or password protections. See: <http://www.oooninja.com/2008/01/generating-pdfa-for-long-term-archiving.html> And for interest, an interview with the programmer who implimented the PDF/A-1 code into OOo (since version 2.4) <http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/interview-with-giuseppe-castagno.html> > Otherwise export to PDF is a wonderful and useful feature of OOo. Yes, it's pretty impressive. -- Mike Dawe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
