Bug 103378 (PDF-Export)

Summary:	[META] PDF export bugs and enhancements
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) <philipz85>
Component:	Printing and PDF export	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	cno, paul, thomas.lendo, vdanjean, vsfoote, xiscofauli
Priority:	medium
Version:	Inherited From OOo
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114162
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Bug Depends on:	33307, 33800, 35289, 37873, 38065, 40163, 40270, 43364, 44729, 45053, 45097, 45168, 45498, 46397, 46959, 47977, 50289, 50564, 51610, 55953, 56256, 57922, 58636, 60478, 60544, 60803, 61850, 64092, 65725, 72120, 72362, 72919, 75967, 77292, 79232, 79538, 79846, 82663, 82674, 84963, 86668, 89340, 89795, 90039, 90202, 91132, 91252, 91490, 91703, 92849, 92924, 92959, 93853, 93941, 94054, 94596, 94712, 95037, 95193, 95239, 96597, 98219, 99621, 102322, 103562, 103682, 103683, 104036, 104587, 104740, 104891, 105525, 105573, 107007, 107106, 107932, 107938, 108037, 108693, 108694, 108757, 109152, 111340, 112569, 112767, 112768, 113425, 114437, 114725, 116254, 116471, 116846, 117059, 117254, 117428, 117954, 118256, 118614, 118616, 118688, 118822, 118848, 119346, 121133, 121366, 122691, 123117, 123777, 124349, 124377, 124571, 125328, 125427, 125704, 125758, 125924, 126284, 126815, 128322, 128330, 128879, 128912, 130421, 130607, 130693, 130868, 131001, 131323, 132873, 134080, 134229, 134430, 135002, 135176, 135371, 135593, 135597, 136418, 136583, 136923, 137421, 137746, 138562, 139279, 139530, 140963, 141236, 141255, 141303, 141992, 142296, 143283, 143999, 144071, 144369, 144433, 145095, 145315, 145553, 146319, 146575, 146768, 147395, 147612, 147847, 148113, 148244, 148680, 148889, 149637, 150777, 150875, 151795, 152661, 152945, 152966, 154193, 154926, 154929, 155351, 155353, 155419, 155439, 156272, 156478, 156717, 156863, 157302, 157390, 157750, 157780, 158316, 158329, 158511, 158660, 159069, 159680, 159821, 159924, 160033, 160196, 160285, 160325, 160475, 160809, 31606, 34135, 34212, 35154, 37337, 37559, 37573, 38187, 39068, 39667, 42442, 42527, 44688, 45636, 46624, 48707, 48927, 49100, 50714, 50879, 53530, 54052, 54213, 54233, 54703, 54844, 55972, 56887, 57423, 57574, 58831, 61274, 62728, 62812, 65454, 66017, 66181, 66412, 66499, 67689, 67866, 67923, 68764, 69631, 69863, 70531, 70955, 71017, 71300, 71790, 73306, 73476, 73526, 74179, 74744, 74861, 75174, 75373, 75532, 76034, 77490, 77830, 78216, 78348, 78779, 79965, 80120, 80161, 80508, 81869, 81994, 82221, 83108, 83395, 83832, 84175, 84913, 85266, 85468, 85513, 89047, 89196, 89246, 89356, 89473, 90436, 90677, 92274, 93462, 93858, 94380, 94655, 95060, 95072, 95235, 95328, 95424, 95584, 96532, 96892, 98183, 98479, 98601, 99114, 99226, 99327, 99680, 100564, 100572, 100891, 100892, 101310, 101563, 101626, 101800, 102151, 102152, 102310, 102862, 102914, 102928, 103569, 103603, 103618, 103947, 104045, 104479, 104755, 104804, 105372, 105461, 105559, 105954, 105972, 106102, 106587, 106627, 106949, 107011, 107286, 107745, 108222, 108241, 108497, 108632, 108857, 109143, 109233, 109855, 111392, 111900, 112021, 112378, 112690, 112950, 113048, 113428, 113448, 113449, 113529, 113543, 113756, 113857, 114063, 114314, 114705, 115509, 115803, 115967, 116133, 116400, 116673, 116793, 116911, 117048, 117398, 117625, 118126, 118312, 118405, 118541, 118615, 118989, 119492, 119606, 119634, 119768, 119771, 120161, 120178, 120257, 121169, 121191, 121615, 121725, 121808, 121820, 121866, 121912, 121966, 122065, 122073, 122077, 122141, 122313, 122409, 122607, 122609, 122657, 122711, 122817, 123234, 123298, 123712, 123870, 123885, 123925, 123947, 123976, 124021, 124045, 124298, 124414, 124494, 124798, 124960, 125264, 125341, 125435, 125773, 125869, 125892, 126242, 126313, 127010, 127217, 127456, 127575, 127743, 127933, 128472, 128720, 128978, 129030, 129265, 129523, 129644, 130008, 130065, 130149, 130172, 130230, 130501, 130551, 131112, 131386, 131535, 132764, 133290, 133903, 134370, 134865, 135192, 135196, 135480, 135638, 135848, 136014, 136056, 136236, 136805, 137301, 138599, 138651, 139065, 139237, 139676, 140710, 141237, 141584, 141674, 141884, 142133, 142376, 143044, 143105, 143216, 143343, 144653, 144700, 144982, 145666, 146732, 147284, 147358, 148028, 148567, 148706, 148729, 149058, 149140, 149943, 150616, 150786, 150793, 151366, 151637, 151642, 152180, 152210, 152474, 153040, 153247, 153725, 154395, 154760, 155161, 155192, 155228, 155437, 155610, 156437, 156565, 156722, 156724, 156727, 156842, 157182, 157576, 158505, 160831, 160884, 161019
Bug Blocks:	108731, 113122
Attachments:	Test ODT document sample document cointaining my signature PDF document with my signature (damaged)

Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2016-10-21 08:54:58 UTC

Comment 1 Paul Simmonds 2016-10-30 22:48:07 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

Created attachment 128371 [details]
Test ODT document

Simply print document, then export to PDF, print the PDF and compare!

Comment 2 Paul Simmonds 2016-11-02 08:57:58 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

Still broken in 5.2.2 (Windows x64)

Last known version where it worked fine was OpenOffice 3.2

Rumoured to be OK when viewing output in some 3rd party PDF viewers, but **does not** work in Adobe Acrobat.

Comment 3 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2016-11-02 14:01:02 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

(In reply to Paul Simmonds from comment #1)
> Simply print document, then export to PDF, print the PDF and compare!

Hi Paul,

This is a meta bug, so please file your bug in a new bug report.

Comment 4 Cor Nouws 2017-11-23 14:56:55 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

*** Bug 113122 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Paul Simmonds 2019-07-02 17:27:38 UTC Comment hidden (no-value)

The original bug that I filed, seems to have been used as a gathering point for all PDF bugs.  Meanwhile - the original bug I filed back in 2016, which is critical if you are trying to use PDF forms, seems not to being investigated or fixed.

Comment 6 Thomas Lendo 2019-09-02 22:19:01 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

(In reply to Paul Simmonds from comment #5)
> The original bug that I filed, seems to have been used as a gathering point
> for all PDF bugs.  Meanwhile - the original bug I filed back in 2016, which
> is critical if you are trying to use PDF forms, seems not to being
> investigated or fixed.
Paul, your comment with test file was ignored and is still being ignored. As Jay wrote back in 2016, this bug is no place to add specific issues as comment. This is a meta bug where pdf export issues are collected with their bug numbers.

If you've a problem, ask at ask.libreoffice.org or file a separate bug report with link to your test file, what's faulty in your eyes and maybe steps to reproduce the problem.

Please do not hijack other bug reports.

Comment 7 Paul Simmonds 2019-09-03 08:04:32 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

Thomas, you are of course correct - could someone with more "superpowers" than me simply delete the attachment.

However my frustration with the lack of movement should have been attached to 61850 which I reported and documented back in March 2013!

Unfortunately I'm not a coder so cannot help to fix, but since the ability to export PDF forms was a strength in Open Office over MS Office, then I would have though fixing this bug in Libre Office would be a priority.  But I guess in the last 6 years everyone who tried using this feature has just given up!

Comment 8 Xisco Faulí 2019-09-04 13:58:24 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

The content of attachment 128371 [details] has been deleted for the following reason:

user's request

Comment 9 kharito2089 2020-02-12 13:32:21 UTC Comment hidden (no-value)

Created attachment 157817 [details]
sample document cointaining my signature

Comment 10 kharito2089 2020-02-12 13:33:18 UTC Comment hidden (no-value)

Created attachment 157818 [details]
PDF document with my signature (damaged)