Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 67629
make spacing view information for headings available for PDF bookmarks/navigator/TOC
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
- please open the attached PDF in Adobe Reader - have a look at the bookmarks: There is a missing space between the numbering and the headings. (Table Of Contents (TOCs) also have a missing space between numbering and heading. But this can be changed within the TOC-settings.) But for the PDF bookmarks I can't find a similar option. I'm not sure if a fix space or a user definable character as separator (which could be a space by default) should be implemented. But the current behavior (missing space) is unacceptable. This really downgrades the otherwise great PDF export of SO/OOo. (Found on SO8 Product Update 3 rev. 2)
Created attachment 37930 [details] numbering_pdf.pdf
Created attachment 37931 [details] numbering_pdf.odt
Created attachment 37933 [details] screenshot
It would be great to have this issue targeted to OOo 2.x.
@norbert2 Pls. specify your OS and Platform! I checked with "2.0.2 German version WIN XP: [680m5(Build9011)]" and found: There are (at least) 2 possibilities to get some space between heading-numbering and heading text in the "Bullets and Numbering" dialogue 1. Card "Position" Changes here will bi visible in the heading itself, but nowhere else, not in an OOo table of contents and not in a ToC in a PDF document exported from OOo 2. Card "Options" Blanks in "After" will always be visible: - in the heading itself - in OOo ToC - Bookmarks of PDF export documents So this can be a workaround for norbert2's problem. It really can be discussed whether this behaviour is optimum, but I can's see a real bug. I see no "Must" why all formatting information should be available for functions created by the PDF viewer. So I changed issue type.
Created attachment 37934 [details] screenshots showing different behaviour for spacing export
pl->fme: the string that appears there is created by the application; please enter a space between enumeration and text. Possibly you have a duplicate, i know that uf already had the same issue and wanted to write an issue to you.
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Yes, a space in bookmark between enumeration and text would be a good solution
The solution "2. Card "Options" Blanks in "After" will always be visible: - in the heading itself - in OOo ToC - Bookmarks of PDF export documents So this can be a workaround for norbert2's problem." solves my problems. It sets a space in the PDF bookmarks AND in the TOC. If I would have known about this function before, I would not have filed this issue. I'm not sure if just inserting a space in the PDF bookmarks is nedded / a good solution. The current options are more flexible, but a bit circumstantial to find. That's why I have filed this issue because I thought it would be impossible to enter a space in the PDF bookmarks. This soultion would make it impossible to replace the space by another character! So there is not really a bug. But the current situation is not a good default, I think. ----------------------------- I think about the following solution: In the Card "Numbering" in the "Outline Numbering"-window there should be a checkbox enabled by default. This checkbox enters a space after the numbering that can be seen in the PDF bookmarks and in the TOC. But within the document body this space should have not effect, there only the entered space should be displayed (in the "Position"-card). If the user unchecks the checkbox, a edit field enables where the user can enter a character (or string). This character/string should affect all (PDF bookmarks, TOC AND document body.) So the user would have good defaults for PDF bookmarks and TOC while the space in the document body is not affected.
I forgot to mention the Navigator. My solution would also add a space in the Navigator by default, that is currently missing, too. So I really think inserting a fix space only to PDF bookmarks is a bad solution because my solution also solves the missing space problem in other points of writer, too.
It would be really better to introduce such a solution that fixes the missing space by default problem in all places: - PDF bookmarks - Table Of contents - Navigator Are the more places?
"Are the ..." -> "Are there ..."
I have added a screenshot that shows the problem for the Table Of Contents and the Navigator.
Created attachment 37961 [details] screenshot: toc and navigator
Could someone who has the permissions please adjust this issue's summary since this problem has turned out to be not PDF-specific!?
"------- Additional comments from rainerbielefeld Thu Jul 20 22:25:14 -0700 2006 ------- @norbert2 Pls. specify your OS and Platform!" My OS is Linus (OpenSuse 10.1).
Linus-Linux
Linus->Linux
fme->norbert2: You are right, the spacing issue also applies to the navigator. Both the navigator and the pdf export only ask for the heading string (before + number + after + text). The "space to text" setting is not considered. Since there is an easy workaround, I would suggest to change the target to "OOo later". Any objections?
It's OK. But we must nor forget the table of contents. It's also affected.
The table of contents (TOC) should be added to the summary.
Added TOC to summary.
I assume that in most cases a space between the numbering and the title is wanted. So couldn't this issue be trivially solved by modifying OpenOffice's default behaviour when creating outline numbering and TOCs? (E.g. "After" should be prefilled with a space character) At least it would be an excellent intermediary solution without any compatibility issues. Please consider this for 2.3 or even 2.2.x.
*** Issue 73335 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***