Declan Shanaghy wrote: > We are using Open Office 1.1.3 to convert MS word, xls, ppt etc > to PDF > > through a web interface which uses a python script to interact > with OO which is running headless on a virtual framebuffer. > > > > We have run into a problem on several occasions where if the > margins of a word document > > are differerent from the default in ms word the converted PDF > does not adhere to those > > margins, it always uses the default. > > > > This results in bad formatting of the converted document and > also extra pages being introduced > > because the usually the user has decreased the margins in word > to enable him/her to fit more text on a page. > > > > I've been searching around quite a bit for a solution to this > but to no avail. > > Can anyone provide any hints on how I may overcome this? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestion. > > > > Declan
More recent versions of ooo handle the format of MS documents much better than 1.1.3. Have you tried ooo 2.0.2 to see if you get the same problem? -- John [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
