Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Adding .pdf Images to Document

NoOp wrote:
> On 11/20/2012 06:08 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   
> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > Okay, I was incorrect.  I thought I did open a PDF in Writer.  But it must 
> > > have been Draw, not Writer.  Sorry.
> > > I just did some work on this problem and discovered a way to do it.  Here is 
> > > what I did:
> > >
> > >   In Writer,
> > >   Insert -> Object -> OLE Object ->
> > >   In the dialog that comes up, Click on "Create from file" at the top.
> > >   In the dialog that comes up, Click on "Select..." to bring up the
> > >   file browser.
> > >   Select the PDF file you want to insert.
> > >   Click on "Open".
> > >   Click on OK.
> > >       
> > Girvin,
> >
> >    Thank you. I think that converting .pdf to .eps will be quicker so I'll
> > try that first.
> >     
> ...
>
> Just be aware of some EPS issue in LO (and AOO):
>
> 1. EPS images in LO will only show the 'image preview'. The thread from
> this list is worth a read:
> <http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/msg02032.html>
>
> 2. You will most likely experience serious scrolling issues in a
> document with a large EPS. A simple example of this is:
>
> <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37837>
> Download and try the attachment:
> <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=47445>
> and you'll see what I mean. Open the TOP in a terminal & set to remain
> on top. Open the attachment .odt and try to scroll to the bottom of page
> 2 (where the EPS is embedded). You'll see a significant delay & if you
> watch TOP, you'll see that soffice first calls up gs (Ghost Script) &
> then convert (ImageMagick), and then finally will display the image preview.
>
> You can imagine what viewing the document will be like with multiple EPS
> images...
>   
NoOp,
I'll second that!  That was exactly my experience with many EPS images 
in a Writer document I was working on. 
I had anecdotal evidence, but you state factual evidence (the links).
Thanks.
Girvin Herr


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