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mikk31666601
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October 3, 2017
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Question about openoffice convert to PDF

  • October 3, 2017
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Hi,

I have a question about the converting between Open office writer and Adobe PDF reader.

Currently I have a document in Microsoft Word. The problem is that the table lines are really bad, after converting it to PDF.
The table are inconsistent, so that's a real big problem for me.

This is an example of what I mean. In Microsoft word it was all right, but in Adobe PDF reader the table lines are really weird and inconsistent. I tried a lot of things like change the marges, use other PDF programs and so on....

And this is just an example, in reality it's much, much, much, much worse...   So I'm curious if I this problem would still exist if I would use Open office instead of Microsoft Word?

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Brainiac
October 4, 2017

Perhaps it's not a problem to them. Or perhaps fixing it makes something else worse (like looking at engineering drawings).

mikk31666601
mikk31666601Author
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October 4, 2017

But how can it not be a problem to them, if it's a problem for us. I mean we are there customers. I don't say that they need to do exactly what we want, but this is such a big problem (on the internet you can find a lot of people who experience exactly the same problem.

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Brainiac
October 4, 2017

When I zoom in on your file the problem remains BUT it is different lines, clearly showing it isn't the PDF itself.

mikk31666601
mikk31666601Author
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October 4, 2017

Yes, but there is no solution for it. It all needs to be good when someone read this document at 100%. Unfortunately that's not the case. Well it is what it is..

Meenakshi Negi
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Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
Community Manager
October 4, 2017

Hi Mikk,

As you are converting Word file to PDF, could you please share the exact steps you do to convert it to PDF.

Please let us know the Adobe application you are using to create PDF from the word file.

Is it an issue only with this file? Did you try to convert any other file to check?

If not, please try to check and let us know.

If possible can you share the file with us, so we can check the same on our end?

You may refer the steps provided here How to share a document to share the file.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Meenakshi

    mikk31666601
    mikk31666601Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 4, 2017

    Hi Meenakshi,

    Thanks for your response. Unfortunately I can't upload the whole document, because I made

    it for a company, so I don't think they would be happy if I share it

    I made an example of a document in MS Word and I converted it to PDF (see the link below), and this document has exactly the same problem as all of my other documents. I convert a Microsoft Word document to PDF, by clicking on: File > Save as > PDF.

    Also, I tried to Export it as a PDF document, but it gave exactly the same problem.  I converted the document with three different laptops, but it didn't help at all.  I also converted other documents, but again, it's the same problem over and over again.

    The strange part is: if I make the table lines black, it all goes well. But when I change the color of the table lines it all goes wrong.

    I asked this question in many forums, and a lot of people has exactly the same problem. I think that there is not really a solution.....

    But I hope you can help me out
    Gedeelde bestanden - Acrobat.com

    mikk31666601
    mikk31666601Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 4, 2017

    I request to download the MS Word document en convert it to PDF. Because I think that you will see exactly the same problem

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