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  1. Bug #244353
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 244353

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tchu11 (tchu11) wrote : Re: OpenOffice exports PDF with arabic numerals instead of regular numbers

I have the same problem with a text document with mathematical formulae added using OpenOffice Maths after exporting it as PDF. I have a workaround by using 'Print to PDF' which comes with Ubuntu. Press Ctrl+P in OpenOffice and the document should be "printed" as a PDF file stored in /home/[your own username]/PDF folder.

This should all have been pre-installed, but if not here are the instructions:

1. In control centre (type gnome-control-center in terminal), go to 'Personal' section and click on 'Sessions'. Under 'Startup programs', make sure 'Print queue applet' is enabled.

2. Go to 'System' section and click 'Services', make sure 'Printer services (cupsys)' is enabled.

3. Go to 'Hardware section' and click on 'Printing'. See if 'Print to PDF' is under Local Printers. If not, click 'New Printer', select 'Print to PDF file' then 'Forward', select 'Generic' then 'Forward', select 'PDF file generator' then 'Forward', change the names as you wish then 'Apply'.