failure to export odt as pdf

[lesliek]

I have two odt documents. I can export each as a pdf with no problem. The second document consists of two paragraphs, which I want to insert as a footnote into the first. I can do that and save the result as an odt document, but when I try to export the resulting odt document as a pdf, LO crashes.

In an attempt to overcome the problem, I inserted into the first document only the first paragraph of the second document, saved as odt and then exported the result as a pdf without a problem. It’s when I add the second paragraph of the second document that all goes bad.

I’d be grateful for any suggestions as to how I might be able to add both paragraphs as a footnote and then obtain a pdf. I did, incidentally, try one of those on-line conversion sites, but the conversion failed there too.

[ve3oat]

I can’t duplicate your problem. Are you using any special formatting? Does it matter which paragraph you insert first/second? What separation is there between the two paragraphs? Are the two paragraphs to form the same footnote (might be some difficulty there)?

[lesliek]

I’ll answer my own question, in case it should help someone else. I was able to copy the first document into Google Docs, then to copy the second document into the first, still in Google Docs. Then I was able to create a pdf of the edited document using Google Docs. I’m not sure why Google Docs could do this when LO couldn’t, but at least I now have the pdf I required.