Spec related test of PDF-export
From the Function bar -> direct export without the option dialog.
From Menu File – Export...
From Menu File – Export as PDF...
From Menu File – Send – Document as PDF Attachment
Enable the „StarOffice dialogs“ under Menu Tools -> Options -> StarOffice -> General!
The export to PDF operates in the background so the user can't see the process, only the progress in the status bar.
The result can only checked with an external program like acroreader.
Create a wirter document with several pages or open any file.
Click on the "Export
Directly as PDF"-button on the Function bar.
Save as dialog
will appear and the title of the dialog shows “Export as
PDF”.
Give a name and click on the Export button.
Open the exported file with Acrobat-Reader and compare the document.
Export the same document to PDF over the Menu – File – Export as PDF.
If you choose the same file name for the PDF file, a warning should popup about overwriting the existing file.
After clicking on Export the Options dialog should appear. !The range between the options- and Save as-Dialog will changed! (OOo issue 13154).
The PDF options dialog is persistent. The last settings should be the same on next call.
Test this section (TabPage General) 3 times to test all options about the page ranges.
Export once all pages of the
document. (default)
Compare the result with Acrobat-Reader.
Export a document with 5 pages
as example with page 1, 3 and 5.
Type in the field for pages:
1;3;5
So you should get the 3 pages as an PDF-file. Compare
with Acrobat-Reader whether the right pages are exported.
Export several paragraphs as one
PDF-file:
Select several paragraphs with pressed Ctrl-key over
more pages.
Select at the Optionsdialog Selection.
Compare
the result with Acrobat-Reader.
You should get a PDF file with
only your selected Paragraphs or words.
For the further test, use a document with images to test the image quality options.
Export once with lossless compression
Export several with JPEG (default) compression by playing with the quality (default = 90%) radio button to see the effect on exported document.
Export document with reduced image resulution (default =
unchecked) with all given values
Compare the size of the
PDF-files with a file manager.
The Screen optimized file should
have the smallest and the Press optimized should have the biggest
size.
In the same way the Screen optimized has a medium quality
and low resolution(600dpi) and Press optimized has the max quality
and high resolution(2400dpi).
Small introduce about the General options
Tagged PDF will export special tags into the corresponding
PDF tags. Usefull for PDA's.
Disadvantage: File size increase.
Export notes: If the document include notes, they will be also inculded to the exported PDF-Document.
Use transition effects will be enabled to export Impress slide transition effect to respective PDF effects.
NOTE: The next options are providing together too much
possibilities to list them all. So test them in own
discretionary.
They are added to improve the PDF-Export.
See
the specification:
http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/pdf_export/PDFExportDialog.odt
Panes
Page only
Bookmarks and page
Thumbnails and page
Magnification
Default
Fit in window
Fit width
Fit visible
Page layout
Default
Single Page
Continuos
Continuos facing
Window options
Resize window to inital page – Adjust window to the first page.
Center window on screen – The PDF viewer window is centered to the screen when the PDF document is opened.
Open in full screen mode - The PDF viewer window should opened full screen when the document is opened.
Display document title - Specifies that the title of the document, if present in the document properties, is displayed in the PDF viewer window title bar
User interface options
Hide menubar - Hides the PDF viewer menubar from opened document.
Hide toolbar - Hides the PDF viewer toolbar from opened document.
Hide window controls - Hides the PDF viewer controls from opened document.