Re: Dia pdf export problem (windows)

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

At 03.06.2014 17:42, Bastian Beekes wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have created some flowcharts in Dia (dia 0.97.2 - Windows 7 64 bit).
> Now I want to export them to pdf. This is working alright if I use File
> > Page Setup > Fit to... Problem is, Diagrams with different sizes all
> get zoomed differently. My perfect scale would be 41, but when I use a
> fixed scale instead of "Fit to", I just get a bunch of empty pages when
> I export them to pdf.
Fit to not only adjusts the scale, but also the alignment to the origin 
(0.0, 0.0). So I expect there are not a buch of empty pages, but at maximum 
four pages with minimal content coming from your diagram. You should align 
your content with the origin and the visible page boundaries.

> What "works" is if I draw a rectangle around the
> whole page in dia and set the line color to white, so it is not
> displayed. Still, the pdfs contain 3 empty pages and on the 4th page is
> my flowchart.
The "empty" might contain text objects without text. If you select your 
flowchart and afterwards use Select/Invert you should be able to delete 
these invisible objects.

> What can I do to correct that behaviour? It "seems" to be just because
> of the Page setup...
If it just works with "Fit to" just align to the origin.

HTH,
        Hans

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