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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: [Bug 77847] New: Wish: Add 'PDF Format' to 'Save As' and
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2004-04-15 23:49:38
Message-ID: 407F1F92.5060607 () acm ! org
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Dik Takken wrote:
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> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77847      
> Summary: Wish: Add 'PDF Format' to 'Save As' and 'Export' menu of
> all KOffice applications
> Product: koffice
> Version: 1.3
> Platform: Compiled Sources
> OS/Version: Linux
> Status: UNCONFIRMED
> Severity: wishlist
> Priority: NOR
> Component: general
> AssignedTo: koffice kde org
> ReportedBy: d.h.j.takken phys uu nl
> 
> 
> Version:           1.3 (using KDE KDE 3.2.0)
> Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
> OS:          Linux
> 
> None of the KOffice applications support saving or exporting to PDF format. Yes, \
> KOffice can create PDF documents, but this functionality is hidden in a place where \
> many users will never find it: In the Print dialog.  
> For the sake of usability: Please add 'PDF' to the list of supported export \
> formats, such that users can use PDF export in the same way as any other export \
> format.

This is the way Linux works.  To send a fax or make a PDF, you use the 
printer queue system.

I'm not certain that applications should be designed based on the stupidity 
of potential users.  But in the case of PDF I suppose that it does make 
some sense since it is possible to produce a PDF without going through the 
print system.  You do need to make a PostScript file first though, just 
like printing.

--
JRT
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