Open Office PDF Export Graphic Degradation

[Matthew Lye]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu.
Description: Ubuntu 9.10 RC
Release: 9.10 RC

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.
Installed: 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What you expected to happen
Exported (PDF) documents should show graphics at comparative quality to the source material (especially when tested with lossless settings for graphics).

4) What happened instead
Exported PDF documents show significant graphical quality degradation from the original source, images appear pixilated.
This is a regression from previous versions of Open Office.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 29 09:02:39 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate i386 (20091020.3)
Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: openoffice.org
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Can you please attach an example document showing this issue? Both the original and resulting PDF.

[Matthew Lye (matthew.lye)]

ODT File containing image

[Matthew Lye (matthew.lye)]

PDF file from ODT file with lossless image settings (it looks the same on every setting)

[Matthew Lye (matthew.lye)]

Kinda a major pain, makes creating documents in Open Office a waste of time. I create documents and then turn them into PDF so they can be read under any OS without worrying about small formatting difference that can make things look very poor.

With this bug I cant really use Open Office anymore.

[Steffan Jacobs (steffanjacobs)]

Confirmed this using your document. Even with lossless image compression the quality clearly degrades in the resulting PDF. This is on a current Kubuntu Karmic.

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

This issue is present in lucid, and I will report it upstream

[Jack Leigh (leighman)]

Nicolò Chieffo, did you report this upstream?
Is there an upstream bug link?

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

it seems to be fixed

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Matthew Lye, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. No quality difference was noticed in Ubuntu 10.10 when viewing in LibreOffice Writer or Evince at the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/462975/+attachment/897548/+files/bugdemo.odt && lowriter -nologo bugdemo.odt

click File -> Export as PDF -> Lossless compression radio button -> Export button -> Export button

evince bugdemo.pdf

Does this work for you?

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-writer

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1
  Candidate: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy evince
evince:
  Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
  Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.32.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages

[Matthew Lye (matthew.lye)]

Seems fine now to me, anyone else seen an issue?

Far as im concerned this can be closed out.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Matthew Lye, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.