[KLUG Members] doc v swx when exporting as pdf

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> I've got a one-page document with two tables. When I create it in OO and
> save as sxw, it is 7184 bytes. When I export it as a pdf it turns into a
> monstrous  292 KB.
> The same document created in Word in Windows is 50 KB(no surprise there)
> but when I then open in in OO and export it as a pdf it turns out a nice
> compact 4738 bytes.
> The bloating seems to happen also if I create the file in OO but save it
> as a doc file.
> Does anyone know why this might be?

 You should open a bug at OOo at attach the source and result files.  I
can make some guesses why the PDF is bigger (on not) based upon it's
origin,  but the saving to a doc file seems a weird place to get bloat.

Is the PDF in one instance readable with a text editor and not in the
other?  I wonder if in one case OOo is compressing the PDF contents
(supported since PDF 1.3?) and not in the other;  or if in one case it
is embedding fonts and not in the other.