On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 17:00 +0200, Conrad Newton wrote: > We have been using Debian's OOo 1.1.3-9 to contruct a yearbook, > and now it is time to convert it to pdf. > > In doing so, we have uncovered a peculiar problem - at first I thought > the export function was broken, but on closer inspection, the problem > appears to be much more complicated. > > On one machine, machine A, the export function hangs and will not create > a pdf. "Print to file" eventually finishes, but creates a file of > length zero. > > On machine B, I can export to pdf, and the result looks as it should. > The peculiar thing is, I have used the same file on machine A and > machine B, and the same version of OOo. > > The only visible difference is that on machine A the text has a colored > background, which, as I understand it (I did not make this document) was > created by tiling the background with a custom-made .png with a shade of > pastel -- not some complicated design, just an ordinary color. > Apparently this png is missing on machine B? But thanks to this > difference, export to pdf succeeds.
I have a question. Why not use OOo to create the pastel shade you want and add it to the palette? the png has a size and is included on each page thus making the document larger for no purpose. This in turn could mean you are running out of memory (virtual or real) which just might cause the problem you are seeing. Open the png in draw and see if you can get the colour stats and then add the colour to the palette via Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Colors. May make all the difference. > > The problem appears to persist in OOo 1.1.4. I also tried OOo 2.0 > from klik.atekon.de, but the newer program wrecks the formatting. > Try 2.0 from www.openoffice.org. It may be newer than what you had. Last time I looked it was m104 with m109 pending announcement. > My question is, is there any hope that I can get the colored > backgrounds on my pdf, or should I be grateful that I can > get a pdf at all? I know I could submit a bug report, but > really what I want is a fix for this problem by tomorrow. :-( > > Thanks for your suggestions, > Good luck -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
