PowerPoint import and fonts

[PepTechLearn]

We're noticing that when we upload PowerPoints, there are several font
issues:

1.) Fonts don't seem to be converted properly, even common fonts like
Times New Roman are all converted to a Helvetica or Arial equivalent
(with strange spacing).

2.) Vertical words (alignment) are shifted back to horizontal.

The workaround is to save the PowerPoint to PDF and upload. This
seems to convert to image and preserve the formatting, but requires
the extra step of saving as PDF and importing that asset.

Any other ideas to improve the visual appeal of imported PowerPoint
files?

Thank you!

[Fred Dixon]

Hi,

BigBlueButton relies on OpenOffice 3.2 to convert .ppt/.pptx documents to PDF.  To see why the fonts are not exact,

   http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#I_uploaded_a_document_but_some_fonts_are_missing_after_conversio

We plan to look closely at LibreOffice in a future version of BigBlueButton to see if it can do a better conversion from .ppt/.pptx -> PDF.  

For now, your best approach is to first convert to PDF before upload.  If you use PDF, the text and graphics should come through in BigBlueButton exactly as you see them in the PDF document.

Regards,... Fred

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[Pablo Sotomayor]

If the user doesnt want to convert to PDF, its possible to make the PPT, DOC or XLS conversion with asian language support ?

Would be possible to make a trick forcing openoffice to use some korean truetype fonts?

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Pablo,

You would need to install the korean fonts on OpenOffice.

A quick Google of "open office fonts" revealed a number of documents, including:

   http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html

Best to consult the OpenOffice docs on how to add truetype fonts.

Regards,... Fred

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[Calvin Walton]

On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 01:20 -0300, Pablo Sotomayor wrote:
> If the user doesnt want to convert to PDF, its possible to make the
> PPT, DOC or XLS conversion with asian language support ?
> Would be possible to make a trick forcing openoffice to use some
> korean truetype fonts?

OpenOffice should be able to use system-installed Korean fonts on your
server. Please try installing the ttf-baekmuk package:
apt-get install ttf-baekmuk

If you have Korean truetype fonts (from Windows, for example), you can
copy them to the /usr/share/fonts directory on the server, and
OpenOffice should be able to use them.

Please let us know if this works!

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Calvin Walton <calvin...@kepstin.ca>

[Pablo Sotomayor]

Calvin, the apt-get command worked like a charm!

It is now converting korean fonts on power point files!!!
AWESOME!

thank you very much for the tip!

Pablo