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From: San Diego

Registered: 2003-04-18

Posts: 160

OpenOffice 2 and extendedPDF macro

Hi All,

I'm not sure if I'm in the right place for this question, but here goes:

Does anyone know if the OpenOffice 2 package contains the extendedPDF macro?

This is a great macro for exporting PDF's from OO docs with advanced features like including your Table of Contents as PDF bookmarks.

I installed it for my current OO 1.1.4 setup. I'm still too scared to upgrade to OO2 right now, but I just wanted to point out this macro to the OO2 packager for consideration.

extendedPDF's home is here:

http://www.jdisoftware.co.uk/pages/epdf-home.php

Thanks for all the maintainers work in making a GREAT disto!

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neri

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From: Victoria, Canada

Registered: 2003-05-04

Posts: 553

Re: OpenOffice 2 and extendedPDF macro

This is a great macro for exporting PDF's from OO docs with advanced features like including your Table of Contents as PDF bookmarks.

At least this feature OO2 can do out of the box iirc.

but since the mentioned macro relies on gs I think it shouldn't be a problem to install it. Just to let you know, iirc the quality was fine but the compression was lousy and it to aeons to finish.

-neri

android

Member

From: San Diego

Registered: 2003-04-18

Posts: 160

Re: OpenOffice 2 and extendedPDF macro

Thanks neri !

In OO1.1.4 the speed isn't too bad for me, but you're right about the compression. For my initial test document I get (in bytes):

   6832 jea.sxw
13312 jea.doc
25777 jea.pdf

I'm glad to hear the TOC -> pdf bookmarks is a part of OO2 standard pdf export. I have to take the big leap soon and upgrade.

It'll probably come as part of a major arch update ( I'm not even on udev yet, and now there's initrd, yikes! )

Thanks Again for your reply and for maintaining OO for arch!

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neri

Forum Fellow

From: Victoria, Canada

Registered: 2003-05-04

Posts: 553

Re: OpenOffice 2 and extendedPDF macro

Thanks Again for your reply and for maintaining OO for arch!

android

These are tpowas merits :-P

-neri