Hey!
I have a pdf graphic in my presentation. When I export the presentation to pdf some of the arrows and the Labels turn white:
pres.pdf (71.2 KB)
pres.odp (102.6 KB)
I cant upload the graphic for now, but it should be in the odp.
Cheers
Your “pres.odp” is an empty presentation. Did you upload the wrong one?
LibreOffice reads that the graphic object is a “PDF selected”. If I export the pres presentation into PDF format there is a loss in graphic (you are right). This reminds me of export of some SVG objects which sometimes also could be glitchy.
What you can do is:
- select the PDF object
- convert to…
- GDI/bitmap/…
- the export of your presentation should now be “lossless” (related to first attempt)
HTH
Causes: complex import/export conversions/filters?.
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EDIT
Advice: Imported PDF page/s often are problematic. If I were you I opened the PDF file on GIMP (whichever page you want) and then export this into raster graphics format (e.g. PNG; lossless). Import this raster graphics as an image in your presentation (or other app) and the problems will be less or null.
(Only some sophisticated DTP programs are good at import of PDF files, IMHO.)
As I indicted, the downloaded pres.odp is empty for me (LO 7.5.2.2. on Fedora 38), so I cannot test. Instead of selecting Bitmap, prefer to select “Metafile”. This is a vector format that will retain sharpness, scale flawlessly and export properly.
Alternatively, open the PDF in Draw, where it will be imported as graphics objects that can individually be changed. That can also achieved by “Breaking” the Metafile object mentioned above. Such conversions are rather basic - for example, an arrow will not be a LO line formatted with an arrowhead. Instead, the arrowhead is rendered as a separate polygon.
Opening the pdf in Draw and saving as odg worked!
Thanks folks!
Sorry, one last question: when I add a graphic into Impress, there seem to be some margins added? How do I get rid of them?
You do not want to degrade graphics quality (and increase file size) by converting to bitmap all the time. Instead, delete two polygons that are the size of the page. One has only a white line, the other a white line and white fill. You will be left with the actual graphic, fully sized on the adapted page size of the draw file.
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