BIRT Exchange Forum: BIRT Exchange Forum -> Don't tweak that BIRT design for PDF output

If PDF output is one of the output formats that you use BIRT to generate you will be delighted with the new PDF emitter capabilities that is available with version 11 of Actuate BIRT. The emitter has been completely rewritten to give you a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) design experience. What this means to you as a report developer is that your PDF report layout will be consistent with the web layout and your pagination scheme will be maintained across various formats without any additional design effort. The layout of the output is also consistent with the layout in the design pane of BIRT designer. See Video
With flexible export options to Embed fonts, Substitute fonts and Chart DPI settings you can optimize PDF output as per your needs.

Vector graphics option enables your to generate high fidelity images when an SVG image is present in the BIRT design or if you choose to generate a chart in SVG format. Overall these settings can influence fonts used in the output, PDF file size and printout quality. See Video
The new emitter can even display native flash content in PDF. All the functionality and interactivity is preserved in the PDF output providing a complete web experience for flash objects in the PDF output. See Video

Download and try the above features for yourself in the new Actuate BIRT Designer Professional (version 11).

Ashwini Verma