I spotted an unfamiliar checkbox on the General page of the PDF Export
dialog and eventually discovered that it was added by the Sun PDF Import
extension that I had installed. So now it's obvious that I need to add
something about this to the info on extensions.
Has anyone tested this feature? What was your experience?
When I went searching for more info on hybrid files, I found a post in
the OOoNinja blog, though I'm sure it was first written up in the
GullFOSS blog. Here's an excerpt from OOoNinja:
"Hybrid ODF-PDF files combine the viewing and printing portability of a
PDF with the editing capabilities of OpenDocument Format. Most
applications (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader) ignore the ODF bits and
treat the whole hybrid file as a normal PDF. Presentation is pixel perfect.
"That's not all. OpenOffice.org 3.0 with this extension treats the
hybrid as a normal ODF, so the ODF document opens in Writer, Impress,
Calc, or Draw according on the original. Now you have lossless,
editable, round-trip PDFs.
"To export hybrid PDF files, you need the (inaccurately named) PDF
import extension which adds a new checkbox to the PDF export dialog box.
To import hybrid files, you also need this extension.
"One downside of this hybrid system is adoption by users will be slow.
Especially at first, not everyone will have OpenOffice.org 3.0 and this
extension... Another downside is hybrid documents are larger files
because some of the information is duplicated."
I've put it on my ever-expanding to-do list to check out myself.
--Jean
