Bug 36469 - PDF EXPORT doesn't show OLE OBJECTS
Summary: PDF EXPORT doesn't show OLE OBJECTS
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Printing and PDF export (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.4.3 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: high major
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2011-04-21 12:16 UTC by Georgy Angelov
Modified: 2015-11-05 10:58 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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The presentation when opened and seen through LibreOffice's interface. You can see the drawing. (325.40 KB, image/jpeg)
2011-07-30 09:36 UTC, Georgy Angelov
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screen shot showing PDF (left) and file in 3.5.0 Impress (117.99 KB, image/png)
2012-01-21 15:11 UTC, Cor Nouws
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Source document with two embedded OLE objects (43.50 KB, application/msword)
2012-09-11 08:37 UTC, Daniel Bonniot
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Generated pdf (12.10 KB, application/pdf)
2012-09-11 08:37 UTC, Daniel Bonniot
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Screenshot showing the doc in libreoffice and the pdf in evince (82.86 KB, image/png)
2012-09-11 18:55 UTC, Daniel Bonniot
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Description Georgy Angelov 2011-04-21 12:16:12 UTC
This is a regression which didn't exist in LibreOffice 3.3.1 release. It exists in 3.3.2 release version. When a presentation (for example) is exported in PDF format the OLE objects (such as drawings) are not exported in the PDF.
Comment 1 Yifan Jiang 2011-05-26 02:31:19 UTC
Not reproduce-able on 3.4 rc1 / SLED 11 sp1 i586.

Georgy, would you attach a sample document as well? Thanks!
Comment 2 Georgy Angelov 2011-05-26 04:41:10 UTC
Maybe it's fixed in 3.4 ? Can you please test this one and tell me if it works?
http://static.slides.bg/example.ppt It has some Visio drawings inside.
Comment 3 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2011-07-30 03:30:20 UTC
NOT reproducible with reporter's sample document, neither with "LibreOffice 3.4.1 RC - WIN7  Home Premium (64bit) German UI [OOO340m1 (Build:201) from libreoffice-3-4~2011-07-22_15.35.00_LibO_3.4.2rc1_Win_x86_install_multi.exe]" 
nor with "LibreOffice Portable 3.3.3  - WIN7  Home Premium (64bit) German UI [OOO330m19 (Build:301  Tag 3.3.3.1)]" 

@Georgy Angelov:
Still a problem for you?
Comment 4 Georgy Angelov 2011-07-30 09:36:49 UTC
Created attachment 49749 [details]
The presentation when opened and seen through LibreOffice's interface. You can see the drawing.

I attach an image showing the bug is still there in the linux version of Libreoffice 3.4 . All of the drawings are gone when the presentation is exported in PDF format. Thanks
Comment 5 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2011-07-30 10:27:08 UTC
Not reproducible!  Linux + old LibO only?

@georgyangelov
Anything with your Export or Print settings?
Your exact OS version?
Comment 6 Georgy Angelov 2011-07-30 10:55:18 UTC
The LibreOffice version is 3.4.1 downloaded from libreoffice.org (deb packages). The Linux OSs I tested with are Debian Squeeze (fully updated from stable) and Linux Mint Debian Edition (updates from Debian testing repos). The screenshot is from Mint in my virtual box. The Debian is not a virtual machine and has no graphical environment I can show.

I'm using the default PDF export settings. Is there anything that's not checked as default and should be for this to work? If that's the case how can I change it without GUI ?

What is the Linux OS you are trying to reproduce it on? Maybe something's wrong with the distribution (old package that LibO depends on?)

Thanks
Comment 7 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2011-08-11 02:21:30 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> What is the Linux OS you are trying to reproduce it on? 

See Comment 1!
Comment 8 Georgy Angelov 2011-09-17 06:51:56 UTC
I installed Libreoffice 3.4.3 on a fresh Debian 6 and the problem is still there. I tested on windows and there's no problem in the windows version. So it's linux-only problem. Please look into this
Comment 9 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:07:46 UTC
[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1

more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html
Comment 10 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 17:02:37 UTC
needinfo keyword redundant by needinfo status.
Comment 11 Cor Nouws 2012-01-21 15:07:46 UTC
confirmed in 3.5.0rc1
Comment 12 Cor Nouws 2012-01-21 15:11:52 UTC
Created attachment 55935 [details]
screen shot showing PDF (left) and file in 3.5.0 Impress
Comment 13 Daniel Bonniot 2012-09-11 08:37:04 UTC
Created attachment 66955 [details]
Source document with two embedded OLE objects
Comment 14 Daniel Bonniot 2012-09-11 08:37:35 UTC
Created attachment 66956 [details]
Generated pdf
Comment 15 Daniel Bonniot 2012-09-11 18:55:08 UTC
Created attachment 66990 [details]
Screenshot showing the doc in libreoffice and the pdf in evince
Comment 16 Daniel Bonniot 2012-09-11 18:57:01 UTC
Added another testcase where libreoffice displays embedded objects, but they are not visible in the exported PDF.
Comment 17 cbaptista 2012-10-18 20:03:21 UTC
Version 3.6.2 also affected by this bug. 
Neither export pdf or print file shows ole objects
Comment 18 cbaptista 2012-10-18 21:12:37 UTC
Update: OLE object is printed, but with the wrong scale. Not showed in pdf.
Comment 19 ilkleymoorbahtat 2013-01-23 08:52:35 UTC
Libreoffice 3.6.6 on Ubuntu 12.10
Problem still persists with OLE not exported to PDF and OLE not printing scale to scale in odt document.
Comment 20 pravink 2013-07-29 10:12:49 UTC
just FYI, install libreoffice-common will solve this issue.. but creates another issue of size.
Comment 21 Christopher POTTER 2013-08-22 09:28:32 UTC
Seems to be corrected with 4.0.4+ (Win7). however there is a scaling problem unless you check 'Object/Type/Keep ratio' for the OLE properties
Comment 22 Cor Nouws 2013-10-07 17:08:29 UTC
in 4.1.2.3 I see ole-objects exported to PDF

So set to works for me: has been fixed, but we do not know how, when by whom..
Comment 23 Keita Sugama 2015-11-05 10:58:39 UTC
It's still bothering me with LibreOffice v5.0.3.2.

With a writer document including many OLE objects, exported PDf doesn't show several objects.

"Print" > "Save as PDF" generates correct PDF with all objects. The quality is very lower, though.