Issue 124028 - Highlight of commented/annotated text range gets lost when export as PDF
Summary: Highlight of commented/annotated text range gets lost when export as PDF
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: save-export (show other issues)
Version: 4.1.0-dev
Hardware: All All
: P2 Major (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2014-01-15 10:11 UTC by fanyuzhen
Modified: 2014-03-31 12:48 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Test docx file (12.55 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2014-01-15 10:11 UTC, fanyuzhen 		no flags Details
Display of exported PDF from AOO (30.15 KB, image/jpeg)
2014-01-15 10:13 UTC, fanyuzhen 		no flags Details
Display of exported PDF from MS Word 2007 (29.63 KB, image/jpeg)
2014-01-15 10:14 UTC, fanyuzhen 		no flags Details
Okular screenshot (143.53 KB, image/png)
2014-01-15 13:18 UTC, Edwin Sharp 		no flags Details
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Description fanyuzhen 2014-01-15 10:11:55 UTC 
Created attachment 82287 [details]
Test docx file

Build: AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1557518

Steps:
1. Open the test document FFCMS2007FFCSW_Comment_numbering0000.docx in AOO
2. Export it as PDF
3. Check highlight of commented/annotated text range in exported pdf file

Problem: the highlight gets lost (please compare screenshot FFCMS2007FFCSW_Comment_numbering0000_AOOPDF.jpg with screenshot FFCMS2007FFCSW_Comment_numbering0000_MSPDF.jpg)
Comment 1 fanyuzhen 2014-01-15 10:13:35 UTC 
Created attachment 82288 [details]
Display of exported PDF from AOO
Comment 2 fanyuzhen 2014-01-15 10:14:36 UTC 
Created attachment 82289 [details]
Display of exported PDF from MS Word 2007
Comment 3 Edwin Sharp 2014-01-15 13:18:11 UTC 
Created attachment 82293 [details]
Okular screenshot

Can not confirm
AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1557669
2014-01-14_04:11:13 - Rev. 1557927
Okular 0.17.3
Debian
Comment 4 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann 2014-01-15 14:10:10 UTC 
As far as I can see Microsoft Word 2007 just exports the UI presentation of a comment/annotation to PDF, but not the comment/annotation as a PDF structure - no entries in Acrobat Reader's "Comments List" are shown. Two UI presentations are possible in Microsoft Word 2007 - 'inline' as given sample screenshot from fanyuzhen or as 'ballon' in the extended right page margin.

OpenOffice exports a comment/annotation as a PDF structure element "Sticky Note". I am not sure, if a "Sticky Note" can be applied to a text range.
I am recognizing that in Acrobat Reader the user can insert "Highlight Text", which highlight a certain text range and the user can give a comment. Both, "Sticky Note" and "Highlight Text" elements are shown in the Acrobat Reader's "Comments List"

May be it makes sense to export comments/annotations on text ranges as "Highlight Text" to PDF. I would not prefer an PDF export as in Microsoft Word.
Somebody needs to find out, how "Highlight Text" in the PDF file format has to be generated.
Comment 5 Steve Yin 2014-03-26 06:04:56 UTC 
(In reply to Oliver-Rainer Wittmann from comment #4)
> As far as I can see Microsoft Word 2007 just exports the UI presentation of
> a comment/annotation to PDF, but not the comment/annotation as a PDF
> structure - no entries in Acrobat Reader's "Comments List" are shown. Two UI
> presentations are possible in Microsoft Word 2007 - 'inline' as given sample
> screenshot from fanyuzhen or as 'ballon' in the extended right page margin.
> 
> OpenOffice exports a comment/annotation as a PDF structure element "Sticky
> Note". I am not sure, if a "Sticky Note" can be applied to a text range.
> I am recognizing that in Acrobat Reader the user can insert "Highlight
> Text", which highlight a certain text range and the user can give a comment.
> Both, "Sticky Note" and "Highlight Text" elements are shown in the Acrobat
> Reader's "Comments List"
> 
> May be it makes sense to export comments/annotations on text ranges as
> "Highlight Text" to PDF. I would not prefer an PDF export as in Microsoft
> Word.
> Somebody needs to find out, how "Highlight Text" in the PDF file format has
> to be generated.

Agreed. The way in MS PDF is not preferred. But I think "Highlight Text" is better than "Sticky Note". Should we change this defect type to enhancement?
Comment 6 fanyuzhen 2014-03-27 03:07:47 UTC 
I agree with comment 4 and comment 5, I have just changed the Issue Type to Enhancement.