Bug 45727 - RTF generated document has only empty pages in Word
Summary: RTF generated document has only empty pages in Word
Status: CLOSED LATER
Alias: None
Product: Fop - Now in Jira
Classification: Unclassified
Component: rtf (show other bugs)
Version: 0.95
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: fop-dev
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Reported: 2008-09-02 04:51 UTC by Peter van der Veen
Modified: 2012-04-01 13:51 UTC (History)
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2008-09-02 04:55 UTC, Peter van der Veen 		Details
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Description Peter van der Veen 2008-09-02 04:51:11 UTC 
Hi

The attached FO file which generates a good PDF file does not generate a good RTF file.
When opening in Word 2003/2007 it produces only empty pages.

Well not really empty, it seems that the text is there, but invissible. 

The PDF generated is 4 pages, but when openign in word it produces lots more pages.

Peter
Comment 1 Peter van der Veen 2008-09-02 04:55:27 UTC 
Created attachment 22511 [details]
test file
Comment 2 Jeremias Maerki 2008-09-10 03:06:46 UTC 
It is documented that the RTF output is not suitable for more complex document. 
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/output.html#rtf
While your document doesn't look complex at first glance, it actually is for FOP. Please try simplifying the document. The top-level table with only one column simply makes no sense to have around. Just remove it and the document will appear fine in Word.

Of course, it might be possible to improve the RTF output. But unless you do that yourself it's unlikely that anything will happen soon. RTF is a horrible format. Time would be better spent generating OpenDocument if a editable format should be generated.

HTH
Comment 3 Glenn Adams 2012-04-01 13:51:57 UTC 
batch transition to closed remaining pre-FOP1.0 resolved bugs