QR code conversion failure from RTF to PDF

[dianajabbour]

Hello,

The conversion of an RTF file to PDF format, the QR code in not being properly converted. We have imported QR Font ftb and QRAlphabet to openoffice fonts, but the issue persists.

Attached you can find the rtd document template used with the following conversion command:
"doc2pdf a2948875.rtf a2948875.pdf".

Would you please advise.

[Zizi64]

Attached you can find the rtd document template used with the following conversion command:
"doc2pdf a2948875.rtf a2948875.pdf".

How the doc2pdf software issue is related to the Apache OpenOffice or LibreOffice?


Have you tried the PDF Export feature of the AOO or LO?

[Zizi64]

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[Mr.Dandy]

Hello,

Upload your RTF on Zamzar and convert into PDF.

[John_Ha]

1. You should not be using rtf files - they are very poor.

See [Tutorial] Differences between Microsoft and AOO/LO files for a description of differences and for why you should always work in, and save Writer files as .odt, Calc files as .ods, Impress files as .odp, etc.

2. File > Export As > PDF ..., works fine using LO and no doubt using AOO.

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[dianajabbour]

Hello,

@Zizi64,
We have an integrated macro in Apache OpenOffice which is calling te doc2pdf software.
We have also tried the pdf export feature, but unfortunately the same error persists since the QR code is not being read properly.


@ John_Ha,
I'm facing the issue on Linux, hence I would like to know if there is any QR specific font to be installed on AOO.
Please advise.

Thank you

[Zizi64]

The QR code located in your sample RTF file is appered in my LibreOffice 6.1.6 version, but not appeared in my portable Apache OpenOffice 4.1.7 version when I open it. Therefore the AOO can not export it, but the LibreOffice can.

Pdf Export of my LibreOffice:

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[John_Ha]

@ John_Ha,
I'm facing the issue on Linux, hence I would like to know if there is any QR specific font to be installed on AOO.
Please advise.

Thank you

The QR code in your rtf file is not a font character - it is an image. The PDF I created had only TimesNewRoman and Arial fonts embedded.

Do some diagnosis by adding another image - is that image exported?

Why use doc2pdf? Why not get your macro to File > Export > PDF? We know that works.

[John_Ha]

See post above.

We have also tried the pdf export feature, but unfortunately the same error persists since the QR code is not being read properly.

What do you mean by "the QR code is not being read properly"?

Let's do a simple check. Can you read the QR code in the rtf file? If not, the QR code itself is faulty.

Does the QR code get exported to the PDF but it cannot be read in the PDF by a camera? In that case, check the parameters being used to export the image to the PDF. Are you using or changing it to a JPG because that will give very fuzzy edges?

Are you keeping the 296 x 296 pixel count because, if the pixel count is too low, the code will be blurred and may not read properly?

Please upload the PDF file you create so it can be examined.

The image in the rtf is 296 x 296 pixels.

QR image from rtf file

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The image in my PDF is the same - it is 296 x 296 pixels.

QR image from my PDF

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[Bidouille]

Why use doc2pdf? Why not get your macro to File > Export > PDF? We know that works.

And why not use the QRCode generator extension?