On Fri June 23 2006 22:56, + Harris, Brent wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > I am exporting a Write (.odt) file as a PDF with form fields. I would > like to be able to specify various fonts and font effects in the form > field. All I appear able to set is the font color, background color, and > size. Am I missing the option that allows me to embed the font and other > effects, or will this feature be in a future release? > > I appear to be able to embed fonts outside a form field just fine.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sat June 24 2006 05:13, Ross Johnson wrote: > > You didn't say which OS you're running OOo on. > > On Linux I had the same or similar problem with barcode fonts in form > fields when using the PDF export feature of OOo. So I tried printing to > PDF instead (on Linux, OOo has a preconfigured printer that uses > GhostScript to convert PostScript to PDF), and this works fine. So I'd > say it's a bug in the current OOo PDF export feature. > > If this problem is occurring in Windows OOo too then you may be able to > do something similar to the Linux solution as follows: > > Windows OOo only appears to use your Windows configured printers so > there may be no "PDF printer" unless you have Adobe Distiller already. > However, you can download GhostScript for Windows and you should be able > to setup a PostScript printer (any printer model that supports > PostScript will probably do) and configure it to send the output to a > file by default (or possibly directly to GhostScript if that's > supported). Then use GhostScript to convert the file to PDF. > > > I appear to be able to embed fonts outside a form field just fine. > > Haven't tried that IIRC so that's good to know. > Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
