Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Vector Graphics in PDF

On 02/28/2013 02:44 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> On 02/28/2013 02:24 PM, Berengar Lehr wrote:
> > Hy,
> >
> > I'm asking if anyone could provide me with a list of vector graphics
> > formats that can be used in ODT _and_ that will be exported as vector
> > graphic.
> > SVG e.g. is not a valid example: while it can be used in ODT, SVG 
> > will be
> > rasterized during conversion to PDF. ODG on the other hand works for 
> > both.
> > WMF/EMF work for both but I could not find *nix libs for these microsoft
> > formats.
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > waiting patiently,
> > Ber
>
> The problem, it seems to me, is that Word Processor packages are not 
> really built to handle "vector" graphics.
>
> Could you tell us why you need the PDF file to not have any 
> "conversion" to "raster. . ." when creating a PDF file?
>
> I tend to have the vector graphics opened in Inkscape [or similar] and 
> export the image to PNG, GIF, or JPG, that LO can use.  I almost never 
> try to include vector graphics in a text document. It just never works 
> out.
I assume you can save your vector graphics file that you made in a cad 
program in some format like .dwg or .dxf, so why not just attach it to 
your LO/OO message?

--doug

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