Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 96444
OOo 3.0 on Mac OSX can't export eps
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:48:24 UTC
Since I upgraded from OOo 2.x on Mac OSX, some existing documents I have with eps inclusions have problems. Instead of the eps content, I get a red box with some of the eps header information. The printed output has this red box as well. I'm not the only one to see this problem: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=users&msgNo=186476 I've attached a sample document that illustrates the problem.
Created attachment 58213 [details] odt file with eps inclusion
Created attachment 58214 [details] pdf output of the previously attached odt
The header information is shown, because the eps file does not contain a preview graphic inside. The eps could only be shown when printing on a PS printer then, but not in document. MRU->PL: is possible at all to export an eps without preview correctly to pdf?
EPS cannot be exported correctly without a PostScript interpreter (unless you call the preview bitmap a "correct" export). OOo doesn't have one, that's one of the things the Mac printing system has as advantage. But if you "print" to PDF you of course have none of the interactive features. No good solution at the moment.
but reading again, it seems that the preview graphics worked for you in 2.x but doesn't in 3.0 ? That would of course be a bug.
pl->sj: could you please have a look why the preview graphics might not appear anymore in PDF export ?
accepted
It is a real pain that eps is not fully supported in OSX, in the way that it (almost) works correctly with my linux box - both showing on the page and being generated correctly when exporting as a pdf file. It is such a basic part of any system producing plots or text for printing. In my case it is the easiest way for me to produce high quality plots for including in publications - and when nothing else will produce the changes I need, I can always hand edit the ascii versions. So keep on with the good work!