Issue 39838 - PDF Export out of Math is broken
Summary: PDF Export out of Math is broken
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 21999
Alias: None
Product: Math
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1.4
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: h.ilter
QA Contact: issues@sw
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Keywords:
: 40209 (view as issue list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-01-03 20:58 UTC by Michael Osipov
Modified: 2007-04-01 20:21 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
Latest Confirmation in: ---
Developer Difficulty: ---

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broken PDF (48.30 KB, application/pdf)
2005-01-03 20:59 UTC, Michael Osipov 		no flags Details
orignal SXM (4.90 KB, application/vnd.sun.xml.math)
2005-01-03 20:59 UTC, Michael Osipov 		no flags Details
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Description Michael Osipov 2005-01-03 20:58:49 UTC 
see both attached files:
original sxm and ditilled PDF
Comment 1 Michael Osipov 2005-01-03 20:59:36 UTC 
Created attachment 21001 [details]
broken PDF
Comment 2 Michael Osipov 2005-01-03 20:59:52 UTC 
Created attachment 21002 [details]
orignal SXM
Comment 3 thomas.lange 2005-01-04 12:44:00 UTC 
TL->HI: Please have a look. Thanks!
Comment 4 thomas.lange 2005-01-04 12:44:37 UTC 
Set to new as asked by HI.
Comment 5 h.ilter 2005-01-05 11:50:12 UTC 
HI->sgfan: Math doesn't support any page format and you should get the same by
printing. 
Workaround: Disable the print options under Tools - Options... - Formular -
Settings. 
It is recommended to embed the formular in writer to export as pdf.
Comment 6 h.ilter 2005-01-05 11:50:34 UTC 
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Comment 7 Michael Osipov 2005-01-05 19:11:51 UTC 
why, what'S the matter with the export?

maybe someone could enlighten me!

thx
Comment 8 thomas.lange 2005-01-07 11:03:21 UTC 
There is nothing wrong with the PDF export. It behaves the very same way
printing the document would do.

The problem is that Math was never desigend to know about page sizes, and thus
e.g. there will never be a line break when the border of the line is reached
(since it is not known where such a border is) or a page break if the formula is
to large to fit on a single page.
If Math were meant to write books or large papers with it would probably have
features like that but then it would probably have most of the features of a
text document, thus a text document should have been used in the first place.

The only proper thing to do is to embed formulas in other documents (e.g. text
documents). And even there if the size (height or width) is to big it won't fit
in. Think of it similar to try putting a large graphic object in a page that is
too small. In those cases you have to break down your large formula in smaller ones.
Comment 9 Michael Osipov 2005-01-07 12:23:09 UTC 
ok, now I see the issue.

it's just a design flaw.
Math has been built for on screen formula editing/sharing and not printing.
Comment 10 h.ilter 2005-01-10 15:30:10 UTC 
*** Issue 40209 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 11 jrepin 2005-01-11 22:37:50 UTC 
Why should Math remain such a limited application? It has so much potencial of
being a great formula editor and bugs like this just make it worse. It is one of
the best things in OOo and it would be stupid not ot enhance it even more.
Comment 12 kpalagin 2007-04-01 20:19:05 UTC 
Reopening to set as dup of http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?
id=21999.
Comment 13 kpalagin 2007-04-01 20:20:13 UTC 
Dup of http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=21999.
Resolving.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 21999 ***
Comment 14 kpalagin 2007-04-01 20:21:24 UTC 
and closing.
Please transfer your votes.