[Discussion] Open Office export PDF but no graphics

[jimscott at joplin.com]

** Reply to note from James Cannon <cyberspittle at yahoo.com> Wed, 14 Mar 2007   
19:19:49 -0700 (PDT) 
 
>    
> Hi Jim, 
>    
James, 
 
I can set to VGA, but from the ECS CD, unless you know how to do it, there   
appears to be no method to install or reinstall *only* the SciTech video system   
without a fresh system install.  I saw no mention of it anywhere. 
 
JIm 
 
 
> Please revert to VGA mode and reinstall SciTech 
> Software. SETVGA. Also, during the boot process, you 
> can interupt it using F1(? it's been awhile). Then 
> select reset to VGA. Best of wishes. 
>    
> Sincerely, 
> James Cannon 
>    
> --- jimscott at joplin.com wrote: 
>    
> >   
> > I have Open Office 1.1.5 running on ECS 1.2 and I 
> > thought for a long time that OO    
> > PDF conversion utility just failed to do graphics 
> > (text always works).    
> >   
> > I created a Golf Tournament Flyer with some graphics 
> > that prints directly to a PS    
> > printer from OO on os/2, but after exporting it as a 
> > PDF, as always, the text    
> > loads into the PDF viewer, but I see no graphics.  
> >   
> > Today, I decided to use a Win-XP laptop to do the 
> > conversion, so I could place a    
> > PDF file on the web for download.  I emailed the OO 
> > doc to the Win-XP machine    
> > also running OO, viewed it, did the conversion to 
> > PDF, then emailed the PDF file    
> > back to me for uploading to the website.    
> >   
> > Just for grins, I opened it in the PDF viewer on 
> > os/2 and the graphics were    
> > *again* missing, even though I had just viewed them 
> > using the Adobe viewer on the    
> > XP machine.  
> >   
> > I think I have a video driver missing, wrong, or 
> > other video problem, because I    
> > cannot run any graphics programs on this machine in 
> > Win 3.1 sessions, such as    
> > Corel.  Text files no problem.  
> >   
> > QU: What is missing?  
> >   
> > ONe more thing...  
> >   
> > I had removed Snap Graphics on this os/2 machine, 
> > installed MGA drivers for a    
> > Matrox Millenium, later installed the GRADD drivers. 
> >  I have not been able to    
> > figure out how to get the video back to Snap 
> > Graphics  The system is set up for    
> > 1600x1200.  
> >    
> > I think both of these may be related, and due to 
> > some missing component or    
> > setting.  Any help?  
> >    
> >   
> > Jim Scott  
> > Joplin   
> >