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Draw mangles pdf formatting

Bug #409540 reported by komputes
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OpenOffice
Invalid
Undecided
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libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
Expired
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Bug Description

Opening a pdf form (to fill out fields and save) mangles text formatting.

As an example I have attached the first page of the IRS W9 Form (one of the most commonly used forms when submitting in US taxes).

fw9_ev.pdf -> How the page should look
fw9_ooo.pdf -> How OOo writer mangles the formatting

openoffice.org-core 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Codename: jaunty

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komputes (komputes) wrote :
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komputes (komputes) wrote :
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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

With the official OOo 3.1 with pdfimport 1.0 it can't even import for me at all, this appears to be an upstream bug.

Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
summary: - Openoffice writer mangles pdf formatting
+ [upstream] OOo Writer mangles pdf formatting
penalvch (penalvch)
summary: - [upstream] OOo Writer mangles pdf formatting
+ OOo Writer mangles pdf formatting
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote : Re: OOo Writer mangles pdf formatting

komputes, this issue is unreproducible in LibreOffice Draw via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/409540/+attachment/651852/+files/fw9_ev.pdf && unoconv --listener && unoconv -f odg fw9_ev.pdf && lodraw -nologo fw9_ev.odg

text looks good. Does this work for you? Could you please be more specific about what is "mangled"?

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-pdfimport
libreoffice-pdfimport:
  Installed: 1.0.3+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1.0.3+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.3+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.0.3+LibO3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages

 apt-cache policy libreoffice-draw
libreoffice-draw:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

apt-cache policy unoconv
unoconv:
  Installed: 0.3-6
  Candidate: 0.3-6
  Version table:
 *** 0.3-6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Changed in openoffice:
status: New → Incomplete
summary: - OOo Writer mangles pdf formatting
+ Draw mangles pdf formatting
penalvch (penalvch)
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Low
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for openoffice.org (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for libreoffice (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

komputes, we are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → Invalid
Paul White (paulw2u)
Changed in openoffice:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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