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[–] 92 points 8 months ago (20 children)
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    I used LibreOffice Writer for my coursework the past semester, and when I used my spouse’s Windows computer to double check the images were correctly placed before submitting a paper they were on completely different pages. This was when I saved it as a .docx, because the only two options accepted were .docx or pdf. I wound up doing everything as a pdf if I needed images, but I think LibreOffice doesn’t have a save as pdf option? Or if it did I missed it, I just used Google Docs to save it as a pdf.

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  • [–] 77 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    IIRC you have to use the "Export as" option instead of the "Save as" for a .pdf file.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Good to know, at the time my brain was absolutely fried so it doesn’t surprise me that I missed it, lol

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  • PDF is one of those weird "not for editing" formats, like STL. Hence why it's often in an Export As dialog rather than a Save As.

    It used to be even hackier. You'd have to get some separate PDF authoring software which would present to applications like a printer driver, so to create a PDF version of your document you'd start with the Print command, not Save or Export, then instead of your printer you'd select your PDF authoring software, then when you clicked Print it would create a file on your hard drive instead of hosing data down a parallel or USB cable to one of Satan's Own Favorite Contraptions.

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  • [–] 35 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    LibreOffice has a native export to PDF. And, if you use (almost) any Linux, you have a PDF printer included.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

    I am on Linux but haven’t needed to use office software in nearly 20 years, how do you access the pdf printer? Is that different from saving as a pdf through the menu?

    Edit: thanks for the help everyone!

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    You literally 'print' to pdf. Instead of a physical page appearing from the demon box, it will give you a prompt of where to 'print' your file. Windows has it too, though I always use the pdf export and not the print. But in a pinch it's good.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    export is typically better as it preserve selectable text, if you print as pdf it will be as flat as a real paper (modern readers will still let you select text but you will be prone to any errors the text recognition can make)

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    You hit print and select the PDF output. It probably works everywhere you can select a printer.

    Windows also has that, but you have to navigate your way out of OneDrive folders.

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