Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 96397
Cell text mangled in print/PDF
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:35:21 UTC
Open BadPDF.ods; display OK Try preview, or export as PDF: text is mangled/mixed between cells in rows 2, 3
Created attachment 58163 [details] text in cells
Created attachment 58164 [details] PDF text in cells mangled
Tested with version 3.1.1. The issue is not reproducible. Preview and PDF export is correct. tab, please try in actual version.
Created attachment 65373 [details] pdf file showing defect
Defect is still there (overlapping lines) in pdf file created under OO3.1.1 OOO310m19 (build 9420)
tab, form me works as expected in OOO310m19(build:9420), Czech version. Works as expected in OOO320m1(build:9428), English version. I can export to pdf without overlap lines.
Created attachment 65377 [details] export to PDF in 3.1.1CZ, 320m1EN
raal: That's weird. No defect in your PDF version. I tried on another computer, different manufacturer: same defect! in print preview and in pdf. I use Reader 8.1.2.
tab, realy weird. I tested on another computer and I can reproduce bad export. I can confirm issue within version 3.1.1, WinXP !
There are different fonts used in the ODF (first attachment) document and the PDF output (second attachment). The ODF uses "Times New Roman", whereas the PDF shows "Times New Roman PS MT"
I can confirm it Issue 107600 and issue 94387 show similar effects. It seems to be a font / font rendering problem in preview and export to PDF look also at the attachments at 107600
please have a look sweigel described a posible reason for this effect. There are some more issues describing effects which seems to have the same reason. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Calc/CellWrapping Esp. for business applications this behaviour is a big problem I create a wiki page which collect this problem
please check it with DEV300_m81 or newer
I set it to worksforme with version DEVm80 and later If you find a similar problem please open a new issues with an exact description how to reproduce the problem.
mechtilde, still reproducible on ubuntu 9.10, DEV300m83. Preview and pdf export- mangled lines.
Created attachment 70207 [details] DEV300m83
do you activate "Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org Calc-> General -> Use print Metric"? Then create a new PDF
When using print metric - export to PDF is correct.
Confirming on OSX too (in OOo321 and Dev300).
Created attachment 70219 [details] 3lines in view <=> 4lines for pdf
The problem is that the line breaks for the view and the PDF-export differ. When different reference devices are used for them this is not surprising. The point of having ONE reference device is that it allows view-/scale-/device-independent and consistent layouts. AFAIK calc's view currently always uses printer-dependent layout. The best solution would be to respect UsePrinterMetrics setting also for the view, which is disabled by default.
I think it is important to discuss these behaviours in only one (this) issue. But i think we can close all other issues then as worksforme again or as duplicate of this issues because of the same behaviour. Yes if you activate the using of the print metric then it works.
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