[openoffice] size of pdf exported in oowriter

[Andy Choens]

On 4/27/05, John DeCarlo <johndecarlo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/27/05, Carl Devos <zongonation at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have got this little problem with OpenOffice (1.1 and 2.0) that when
> > I export to PDF format a sxw file (text only, one page), its size is
> > always huge (over 200 kb).
> > When I boot on Knoppix and do the same, the size of the file is above 10
> kb. 
> > 
> 
>  Carl,
>  
>  If I were you, I would experiment with the PDF options.  You have to select
> File -> Export as PDF, I believe.  Changing the compression ratio will have
> a huge effect on file size, as will changing the default resolution.
>  
>  Just changing the resolution from 300 to 150 sent a Hello World document
> from 140K to 14K.
> 

Also try using a font that is an Adobe Acrobat Font, otherwise I think
the PDF has to have the font file in the pdf to make sure it can be
opened on any platform.
--andy



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