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Originally Posted by Notjohn
Interesting. Mine is Apache OO 4.0.1. It see it is copyright 2013, so perhaps the option was added since?
Funnily enough, I've had a better PDF export from OOW than from Word (2007), and lots of self-pubbers complain of Word-generated PDFs that saving a formatted book often introduces changes in the number of lines per page, which has caused me to advise against using Word for that purpose. I do like it for finishing up a text, and editors of course expect doc or docx files.
(Hmm. I see that the current version of OO is 4.1.3. It doesn't sound like a radical advance. but I am downloading it anyhow.)
Later: no, the new download has no option to save as *.docx, even when I open a docx file.
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NJ:
As always, you have to take it with a grain of salt--someone who is using Word, who claims that X happens when they do Y.
IF you use Word 2003, you will, absolutely, run into pdf issues. the old Word had a built-in, deliberate bug--no matter what print size or page size you set, the end result would ALWAYS print to PDF at 8.5" x 11". This was due to the MSFT-->Adobe wars.
However, this has been resolved, as far as I know, since, what, 2013? Or thereabouts? (or, if like me, you have Acrobat Professional version whatever).
The only instance in which I can imagine Word-->PDF changing "the number of lines per page" is, see above, where the output file actually output to a page size of 8.5" x 11", rather than the desired size (eg, 6" x 9" or what-have-you).
Another thing that can happen, that is NOT MSFT's fault, is the interference of Mac's Preview program. This cursed progam does all sorts of weird shet to PDFS, and yes, indeedy, I've seen this firsthand. We counsel ALL of our clients not to ever--ever--open a PDF in Preview. (The Apple program Preview, not KDP's Preview(er)).
Offered FWIW.
Hitch