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How to clean metadata in openoffice documents before PDF export?

Asked by Uqbar

I need to export OpenOffice documents in PDF without any metadata like creation date, and the likes.
I've found no option either in File-->Properties or in File-->Export in PDF.
Any idea?

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#1

i remember seeing an extension that erases meta data. have you check for that?

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#2

it's on the openoffice.org website.

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Uqbar (uqbar) said : 		#3

Which one? I've searched the extensions (http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/) with no luck.
Also Google has not provided any useful result so far.
A package name would be a good hint for me to search, though.

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#4

i have no need to hide who i am on the documents i create, so i don't use that extension.
yes, it can be tedious searching for extensions, as there are so many.
it requires some effort. i know you can do it.

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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said : 		#5

This is probably what you want

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/OOoDIP

Tony

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Uqbar (uqbar) said : 		#6

@Marcus Aurelius
So why answering at all? And if you know the name of the tool (as it appeared from your previous posts), why not mentioning it?
Probably I'm too dumb to understand.

@Tony Pursell
I'll give that a try, even if it seems that only OOD metadata can be deleted, not PDF's.

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Uqbar (uqbar) said : 		#7

The extension Tony mentioned doesn't exist (any more).
So I end up my my own answer: no way.

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Best clearkimura (clearkimura) said : 		#8

@Uqbar
Just adding a comment here... but I may have partial answer for you.

I am using OpenOffice 3.2 and have successfully removed author name, editing time and revision number before Exporting to PDF. You can do this within OpenOffice itself.

In OpenOffice Writer, go to File > Properties
In "General" tab, uncheck the option for "Apply user data" and click Reset.
Click OK and you are done.

You can now export to PDF without the author's name.

This option can be applied to all OpenOffice components (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw).
Hope this helps! :)

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Uqbar (uqbar) said : 		#9

@clearkimura: something is better than nothing. Thanks

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Uqbar (uqbar) said : 		#10

Thanks clearkimura, that solved my question.