On Wednesday 20 December 2006 15:58, Richard Detwiler wrote (regarding Re: [users] I am using version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is format accuracy with MS Word): > Glenn Seidman wrote: > > DougT, > > > > I am starting from Microsoft Word, not Writer. > > > > The problem is that we are performing complex processing on the original > > Microsoft Word document (created in Microsoft Word) using the OpenOffice > > API and once we do the processing using this API, the formatting and > > pagination gets slightly messed up. Then we generate the PDF. > > > > We have attorneys using the results of the PDF and they are getting > > irritated due to the lack of synchronization from the original word > > document. All the complex processing is doing is replacing simple values > > in the document so we don't expect pagination to change. > > > > Thank you for your assistance, > > Glenn > > Glenn: > > If you're starting with a Word document, and the documents are complex > like you imply, I'm guessing the problems come from converting from Word > format to OpenOffice format. From my experience, simple documents > convert fine, but the more complex a document, the more likely it is > that some formatting will be botched up in the translation process. > > It sounds like you're basically using OpenOffice as a way of converting > a Word document to a pdf document, which isn't really the intended use > of OpenOffice. My suggestion would be to obtain a PDF creation software > package. Adobe Acrobat is the probably the most common but is also > fairly expensive. I've had good success with a free program called PDF > Creator. I'd suggest trying that, or else do a search for other PDF > creation packages.
Glenn: If what Richard (in his mail above) surmises is true, and if you are on Windoze, you could try out a PDF "creator" called PrimoPDF (http://www.primopdf.com), which installs as if it were a printer. You can "print" anything to this printer, and the software would create a decent PDF output. The web pages say it is free.... The standard caveat is, of course, YMMV. On the other hand, if the surmise is not correct, and/or you are not on Windoze, my apologies, and you do know where the delete key is :-) Pradeep Srinivas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
