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PDF export portable document format exporting;to PDF UFI: write guide and move bookmarks there added changed help ids, rearranged top of file. i58070. New tab pages are in another cws.UFI: had some build errors after resyncing this file. Nowthis should be the correct version of post-m187 Export as PDF Saves the current file to Portable Document Format (PDF). A PDF file can be viewed and printed on any platform with the original formatting intact, provided that supporting software is installed.

Click the icon to export the current document without an Options dialog. Choose the menu command for the PDF Options dialog with the tab pages General, Initial View, and User Interface. GeneralUFI: all on one page because they will shrink to AHID tags with OOo3 anyway Pages Sets the export options for the pages included in the PDF file. All Exports all defined print ranges. If no print range is defined, exports the entire document. Range Exports the pages you type in the box. To export a range of pages, use the format 3-6. To export single pages, use the format 7;9;11. If you want, you can export a combination of page ranges and single pages, by using a format like 3-6;8;10;12. Selection Exports the current selection. Images Sets the PDF export options for images inside your document. EPS images with embedded previews are exported only as previews. EPS images without embedded previews are exported as empty placeholders. Lossless compression Selects a lossless compression of images. All pixels are preserved. JPEG compression Selects a JPEG compression of images. With a high quality level, almost all pixels are preserved. With a low quality level, some pixels get lost and artefacts are introduced, but file sizes are reduced. Quality Enter the quality level for JPEG compression. Reduce image resolution Selects to resample or down-size the images to a lower number of pixels per inch. Select the target resolution for the images. General Sets general PDF export options. Tagged PDF Selects to export special tags into the corresponding PDF tags. This can increase file sizes by huge amounts. Some tags that are exported are table of contents, hyperlinks, and controls. Export notes Selects to export notes of Writer and Calc documents as PDF notes. Create PDF form Choose to create a PDF form. Submit format Select the format of submitting forms from within the PDF file. This setting overrides the control's URL property that you set in the document. Export automatically inserted blank pages If switched on, automatically inserted blank pages are being exported to pdf file. This is best if you are printing the pdf file double-sided. Example: In a book a chapter paragraph style is set to always start with an odd numbered page. The previous chapter ends on an odd page. %PRODUCTNAME inserts an even numbered blank page. This option controls whether to export that even numbered page or not. Initial View Panes Page only Select to generate a PDF file that shows only the page contents. Bookmarks and page Select to generate a PDF file that shows a bookmarks palette and the page contents.UFI: Adobe reader help names the panes as "palettes" Thumbnails and page Select to generate a PDF file that shows a thumbnails palette and the page contents. Open on page Select to show the given page when the reader opens the PDF file. Magnification Default Select to generate a PDF file that shows the page contents without zooming. If the reader software is configured to use a zoom factor by default, the page shows with that zoom factor. Fit in window Select to generate a PDF file that shows the page zoomed to fit entirely into the reader's window. Fit width Select to generate a PDF file that shows the page zoomed to fit the width of the reader's window. Fit visible Select to generate a PDF file that shows the text and graphics on the page zoomed to fit the width of the reader's window. Zoom factor Select a given zoom factor when the reader opens the PDF file. Page layout Default Select to generate a PDF file that shows the pages according to the layout setting of the reader software. Single page Select to generate a PDF file that shows one page at a time. Continuous Select to generate a PDF file that shows pages in a continuous vertical column. Continuous facing Select to generate a PDF file that shows pages side by side in a continuous column. For more than two pages, the first page is displayed on the right. First page is left Select to generate a PDF file that shows pages side by side in a continuous column. For more than two pages, the first page is displayed on the left. You must enable support for complex text layout on Tools - Options - Language settings - Languages. User Interface Window options Resize window to initial page Select to generate a PDF file that is shown in a full screen reader window. Center window on screen Select to generate a PDF file that is shown in a reader window centered on screen. Open in full screen mode Select to generate a PDF file that is shown in a full screen reader window in front of all other windows. Display document title Select to generate a PDF file that is shown with the document title in the reader's title bar. User interface options Hide menu bar Select to hide the reader's menu bar when the document is active. Hide toolbar Select to hide the reader's toolbar when the document is active. Hide window controls Select to hide the reader's controls when the document is active. Transitions Use transition effects Selects to export Impress slide transition effects to respective PDF effects. Bookmarks All bookmark levels Select to show all bookmark levels when the reader opens the PDF file. Visible bookmark levels Select to show bookmark levels down to the selected level when the reader opens the PDF file. Security Encrypt the PDF document Select to encrypt the PDF document with a password. The PDF file can be opened only when the user enters the correct password. Set open password Click to open a dialog where you enter the password. Restrict permission Select to restrict some permissions. The permissions can be changed only when the user enters the correct password. Set permission password Click to open a dialog where you enter the password. Printing Not permitted Printing the document is not permitted. Low resolution (150 dpi) The document can only be printed in low resolution (150 dpi). Not all PDF readers honor this setting. High resolution The document can only be printed in low resolution. Not all PDF readers honor this setting. Changes Not permitted No changes of the content are permitted. Inserting, deleting, and rotating pages Only inserting, deleting, and rotating pages is permitted. Filling in form fields Only filling in form fields is permitted. Commenting, filling in form fields Only commenting and filling in form fields is permitted. Any except extracting pages All changes are permitted, except extracting pages. Enable copying of content Select to enable copying of content to the clipboard. Enable text access for accessibility tools Select to enable text access for accessibility tools. Export Exports the current file in PDF format.