Since march 23rd update, libreoffice no longer exports embedded spreadsheets to pdf
 

The title pretty much says it all. Since the current upgrades on the 23rd March and onwards, Libreoffice no longer creates PDFs correctly when the original writer document contains embedded spreadsheets.

What happens is anything in plain text is converted fine, but any embedded spreadsheet just results in a blank area of the page.

Exporting just a spreadsheet is fine, as is just a document. Seems to be when a SS is embedded that the problem shows itself.

Anyone got any ideas where the problem might be?

Which LibreOffice package do you use? SlackBuild or Eric's LibreOffice package?

Using LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 from Eric

Can you provide any source document?
i tested creating a new document and spreadsheet, saved both and embed spreadsheet into the document and export to PDF and it's working fine

Just to confirm that I have no problems on Slackware64-current and LibreOffice 4.0.0.3 from Alien_Bob.

Well, don't know what caused that, but re-installing Erics package seemed to have cured it.

Thought this was solved, but turns out it's not.

Unfortunately it's quite intermittent. I can for example, export the same document to pdf multiple times and sometimes it's OK and others it results in the embedded SS not exporting. What's more, there doesn't seem to be any discernable pattern. Anyone any more ideas to try?

I have a spreadsheet here with some embedded graphs and I've just tested it with LO 4.0.2.2 (libreoffice-4.0.2-x86_64-1alien - thanks Alien Bob) and it still works for me when I export to PDF. I also tried exporting PDF to the same file a few times.

Thanks for that, but not really of much assistance.

With respect, I don't need answers from people who have it working, but rather from people who have had the same issue and have found a solution. But thanks anyway.

The thread title is
This can be construed as a bug report, so it is legitimate for people to report that they do not see the problem.
There is also a lack of people reporting the same problem.

I believe a better interpretation for you to make of feedback from other people is that something has gone wrong on your system. It is expected that people who run -current will take responsibility for maintaining and fixing their own system. Perhaps you should revert your system to how it was before the problematic upgrade and try again. I assume you have procedures in place to do this.

With respect, my previous post was for the LO packager's benefit, as well as other LO users who are reading your bug report.

If I had wanted it to be seen as a bug report I would have said as much. If the title could be 'construed' as a bug report, then the same could be said of every question posed on here. Or perhaps it's just been misconstrued!!!

Maybe I should start a new thread entitled "How many Slackware users NEVER have a problem?"

Better still, maybe in future people here only ever answer queries by saying everything works for them. That way more helpful and relevant answers will be found.

As far as I can see you still have not done this.

What you should try doing, is to create a minimal test case, that still shows the problem. And then post that minimal test case here on LQ, so that we can try and see.

If you don't provide a minimal test document (two in your case; ods & odt), that shows the problem, then I am sorry to say, the only answer you will get, is ... It works for me.

If we have no way of re-producing the problem you are seeing, nobody can help you.

Hope this helps.