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Openoffice calc graph title2/12/2023 ![]() ![]() On Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X you can use a so-called "generic printer" or a PostScript printer out of the box, even if no printer is installed. After copying and pasting the file into OO.o Draw, go to File > Print and choose "Print to File" in the print dialog. There is, however a safe workaround, namely printing to a PostScript file. Unfortunately, no matter which export option in Draw you choose, the bitmap doesn't become any better and will appear pixellated in Scribus, a PDF exported from Scribus and, of course, a printout. It is obvious that the chart itself is a low-resolution bitmap file, whereas the caption to the right consists of vector data, which can be imported crisply into Scribus. ![]() ![]() Below you see a 3D "realistic" pie chart created in OO.o Calc and copied and pasted into OO.o Draw: Let's have a look at the default quality of a spreadsheet graph in Calc. Fine for the web or the casual presentation but not even close enough for a print run. Unfortunately, office suites are not programmed with the requirements of professional printing in mind, and as a result, the graphs created by spreadsheet and other components have a low resolution of 72 dpi. As most office suites, Calc provides a wide range of graph charts for the visualisation of data. ![]()
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