False dots around circles in pdf export of libreoffice draw

Question

When i draw a small circle in LibreOffice draw and export it to pdf i get some extra dots around the circles. Especially in the upper left and lower right outer corner of the circle. See example PDF here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/233922/example-dots-circle.pdf or as a Screenshot here:

You have any idea how i can get rid of this?

Answer 1

It is old bug and has not been fixed yet. I can reproduce it under Linux and Windows. My version: LibreOffice 4.1.0.

1. Create new file in LO Impress or LO Draw.
2. Draw ellipse (or rounded rectangle, or smile etc.).
3. Set line width e.g. 5mm (for better view).
4. Export as PDF.

I propose two workaround:

1. Export to MS PowerPoint and export in it :/
2. Print to PDF (using e.g. cups-pdf).

ad 1) You must have MS PP and you graphics may look bad.

ad 2) I use cups-pdf and PDF look very well, but:

• Text is stored as bitmap graphics (small rectangles)! You can not extract text without using OCR.
• You must use paper format from list (A4, A0, Letter etc.). If you use unstandardised paper format you must use bigger format and you get white bars on PDF. However you can use pdfcrop and remove white bars.
• PDF is always orienter horizontally. If you print as vertically you can rotate pdf using pdf270 command line tool.