Thanks for the info, John! Here are the files in question: OOo: http://www.9timezones.com/s/ooga.pdf Word: http://www.9timezones.com/s/oogaf.pdf
This is what my untrained eye noticed: the OOo file has Fast Web View set to No, and uses PDF Version 1.4 (Acrobat 5.x), rather than 1.2 (Acrobat 3.x). I wonder if the problem could be solved by OOo using a simpler version of the Acrobat routines and taking advantage of the Fast Web View function... --- John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Remember that the .odf file format is actually a zip-compressed archive > of XML data; that's why they can be so small. PDF files are more like > postscript data with lots of device-independent instructions tossed in. > Do note that the .pdf version is still smaller than the original .doc > version, though. > > -- > > John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > On 2008-05-30, Alan C. Baird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I created a screenplay template for MSWord 2002 and wrote a short 10-page > > script - the .doc file was 56Kb. > > > > Then I created a screenplay template for OpenOffice.org Writer 2.4 and > pasted > > the same text into it - the resulting .odt file was 17Kb. Great! > > > > Afterwards, I created a PDF of the .doc file at http://createpdf.adobe.com > - > > using Adobe's default settings, the .doc-PDF file was 17Kb. Finally, I > created > > a PDF of the .odt file with OOo Writer 2.4 - using the default Export > settings, > > that .odt-PDF file was 48Kb. Oof. > > > > I've played around with various Export settings, but the file size > stubbornly > > remains in the 46-48Kb range. Does anyone have suggestions on how to get it > > down into the 17Kb neighborhood? More importantly, can we get an OOo honcho > to > > change the master settings in the Writer program, so it will export less > > bloated PDFs? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
