| 2011-06-16 04:12:17 |
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Binary package hint: libreoffice
Sys Info:
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
LibreOffice info:
LibreOffice 3.3.2
OOO330m19 (Build:202)
tag libreoffice-3.3.2.2, Ubuntu package 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
At begin, I followed the instruction at
http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-create-fillable-pdf-forms-with-open-office
to create a fillable PDF using Libre Office writter.
The follows is what I did:
I created a Text Box (from the Form Controls toolbar) in the body of an article, and set the font property of the Text Box. I chose the Adobe Song Font as the font for Chinese Characters and Dejavu font for the Western Characters. The setting was now looked strange as I could only change the font name for Chinese Characters, but the rest settings for the Chinese Characters, such as the font size, were kept gray. And no mater what font I chose, they were always gray.
Since the Text Boxes control worked well in Libre Office writter in both English and Chinese I thought it might be OK for PDF too.
So I exported directly to the PDF format, then I got a PDF file with a fillable text box in it.
After I inputed some Chinese characters as "你好" in the text box and click somewhere else on the page, the content I typed was supposed to show up with the font properties I had set above.
However, the content didn't show up.
Then I tried the combination of Chinese characters and English words, such as "你好hello", only the English word shown up.
When I clicked the text box control in the PDF viewer(evince, in my case), the Chinese content was still in the text box, but they just refused to show up.
Notice that, the Chinese Characters shows up well as ordinary content in the PDF file, so this problem is only related with the form controls.
Later, I tried the Label control. I typed some Chinese as the caption of the Label control. Interestingly, the Chinese in the Label shown up in the PDF file.
So I though this might related with the font embedded with the PDF file.
I did the following as a test then:
In the Libre Office writter, I first typed some word in the body of the article with a font A. then, I created a Text Box control using a font B and type something in the text box. After that, I created a Label Control with some words as its caption and using a font C. When all these had done, I exported the PDF file.
In evince, I checked the properties of the PDF file. In the Font tab, it said: font A is embedded, font B is not embedded, font C is embedded.
So, the reason of my problem was that the font used by the Text Box control was not embedded in the PDF file during the export.
I noticed that there was an option related to the embedded font in the PDF option during the export, which was in Chinese and it meant "Embedded Standard Font". I didn't know what the original name of this option was. Anyway, the Chinese translation looked wired. Moreover, checking this option or not did not affect the result.
After all above, I still do not know the solution to this problem.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.44-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 15 15:16:55 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=zh_CN:en
LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-06 (40 days ago) |
Binary package hint: libreoffice
1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
2) apt-cache policy evince
evince:
Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.1
Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.1
Version table:
*** 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.32.0-0ubuntu12 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
Version table:
*** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
apt-cache policy unoconv
unoconv:
Installed: 0.3-6
Candidate: 0.3-6
Version table:
*** 0.3-6 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) What is expected to happen in Evince via the Terminal:
cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/797596/+attachment/2170660/+files/libreofficeWriterFile.odt && unoconv --listener && unoconv -f pdf libreofficeWriterFile.odt && evince libreofficeWriterFile.pdf
is it looks the same as it does LibreOffice Writer before being exported.
4) What happened instead is some of the Chinese text in the Test 2 box is missing.
WORKAROUND: Open the pdf in Adobe Reader.
apt-cache policy acroread
acroread:
Installed: 9.4.2-0natty1
Candidate: 9.4.2-0natty1
Version table:
*** 9.4.2-0natty1 0
500 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty/partner i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.44-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 15 15:16:55 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.2)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=zh_CN:en
LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-06 (40 days ago) |
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