Re: [Swftools-common] Tiled patterns and shape overflow

[Chris Pugh]

>2009/11/26 Sander Kruger <address@hidden>:
> Hello,
>
> I haven’t found an etiquette page for this list, so I hope I’m in the right
> place.
>
>
> Is there a way to optimize pdf2swf for documents containing tiled patterns?
> For example, I have an Excel file that, when printed to PDF with visible
> gridlines results in a modest PDF file of 18k.
>
> However, the gridlines are drawn with a tiled pattern, resulting in a shape
> overflow. I think this happens because pdf2swf defines every shape in the
> pattern as a separate shape.
>
Just maybe this is an Excel specific issue?   Have you tried all the available
options within Excel?

I don';t use Excel.  I do however use Gnumeric and OpenOffice Calc ( under
both Windows and Linux ).  Neither appear to exhibit such an effect when
a gridded sheet is converted to a pdf with pdf2swf.  Even under maximum
zoom.

Regards,


Chris.