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------- Additional comments from zak_mckrac...@openoffice.org Wed Feb 11 13:44:37 +0000 2009 ------- The reason why this issue has importance in my view is that there is currently no vector graphics format that can be embedded into OO documents and will display and print correctly: WMF and EMF have problems with transparency EPS displays (and converts to PDF) only as a preview image, prints only on Postsrcipt printers -- although it is industry standard! Microsoft Office is a long way ahead in these things, despite supporting also proprietary vector formats (WMF and EMF). SVG can only be imported to Draw via lossy conversion (with a beta stage extension) and embedded as Draw object. => Unlike for rasterized graphics, there is currently _no way_ to embed vector graphics (line graphs etc.) from outside of OpenOffice into documents and know that they will work correctly. I find this embarassing. As of now, the safest way is to convert to a bitmap format and then embed, which can be detrimental to image quality and/or memory requirements. Therefore, it is probably not wise to wait for a reliable SVG-to-Draw converter. Nor is it useful. OO needs to have at least one Vector graphics format that can be embedded and will produce appropriate output in all cases. Since SVG is _the_ Open Source vector format, OpenOffice should support it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@graphics.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@graphics.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
