To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=114429 Issue #|114429 Summary|Export as PDF 'image' Component|gsl Version|OOO320m18 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|code Assigned to|pl Reported by|grummund
------- Additional comments from grumm...@openoffice.org Thu Sep 9 19:20:37 +0000 2010 ------- Hi, I would like to request an additional functionality for the "Export as PDF..." feature. That is an option to create the PDF with contents as an image. In other words, to create the same effect as printing a hardcopy and then scanning the hardcopy to create a PDF. This would be similar to the "Print as image" check-box that can be found in the print dialog for Adobe Acrobat Reader (in the MS Windows version at least). The purpose is two-fold: 1) To know the PDF will be rendered correctly in all possible situations. 2) To make it less trivial for the PDF to be tampered with, without resorting to digital signing. Prime motivation for this request is 2) above. I know that "Export as PDF..." already includes the possibility for a password to be set on the PDF however I believe that a PDF "restricted" in this way can be trivially defeated with the right tools (although to be honest I have not tried). In any case regardless of tamper-protection, I think an "As image" option would be a useful feature addition. The same effect is possible with a long-winded workaround: * Export to PDF as usual. * Open the PDF with Adobe Acrobat Reader. * In Acrobat, do: File -> Print -> Advanced -> "Print as image". * Print using a postscript printer driver, but print to file. * Use Ghostscript to re-convert the resulting PS file back into PDF format. Of course the PDF filesize is larger as it contains an image, but this is to be accepted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...@gsl.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@gsl.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
