Bug 106823 - pdf import is one class worse
Summary: pdf import is one class worse
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: filters and storage (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.0 all versions
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: filter:pdf
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2017-03-28 14:58 UTC by paulystefan
Modified: 2017-03-28 15:38 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
pdf import example version 5.3.1 (4.66 MB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics)
2017-03-28 15:00 UTC, paulystefan
Details
pdf import example version 5.2.6 (4.67 MB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics)
2017-03-28 15:01 UTC, paulystefan
Details
pdf example (5.38 MB, application/pdf)
2017-03-28 15:02 UTC, paulystefan
Details

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Description paulystefan 2017-03-28 14:58:37 UTC
Description:
more elements of the pdf are false : fonts, position of fonts elements, svg-grphic elements not good

in 5.3.1 is more false than in 5.2.6 

This is no improvement. The pdf importer for pdf is now not usable for professionals.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. import example pdf 
source: https://www.ytong-silka.de/de/docs/ytong-porenbeton-silka-kalksandstein-enev-broschuere.pdf
2. show results in draw in version 5.2.6 (and before)
3. show results in draw in Version 5.3.1 (also in 5.3.0)

Actual Results:  
no wysiwyg, 

5.2.x: only about 90% right, 10% wrong
5.3.x: only about 80% right, 20% wrong

Expected Results:
wysiwyg, like acrobat reader or gsview


Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
pdf with svg elemnts import in LOO is a weak element of LOO.


User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
Comment 1 paulystefan 2017-03-28 15:00:58 UTC
Created attachment 132224 [details]
pdf import example  version 5.3.1
Comment 2 paulystefan 2017-03-28 15:01:48 UTC
Created attachment 132225 [details]
pdf import example  version 5.2.6
Comment 3 paulystefan 2017-03-28 15:02:21 UTC
Created attachment 132226 [details]
pdf example
Comment 4 paulystefan 2017-03-28 15:04:50 UTC
only tested pdf import in Version 5, so no wysiwyg can be also in 3.x and 4.x.
Comment 5 V Stuart Foote 2017-03-28 15:38:42 UTC
This appears to be non-specific complaint that fidelity of PDF import filters have degraded between 5.2.6 and 5.3.1

Yes, there are some valid issues in rendering the 19 page PDF sample (attachment 132226 [details]), but lumped together like this there is nothing actionable from a QA or  the developers perspective.

Please take the time to split out each page from the sample PDF and to submit individual bugs against each issue, unless the issue is already present in BZ as many already are.

Also, there are two filters now for handling PDF; the legacy import filter that "Opens" the PDF as pages (by default into Draw), and the new "Insert as image" filter that will place a single PDF page as an image into any of the LO modules.

Fidelity of the two filters differs, the insert notably better.

Best if you test both filter when submitting new bugs.

Closing as INVALID.