Created attachment 99007 [details] Sample PDF file Probably the scenario is unusual, but I have problems when opening PDF files in Impress (I had a DIN A5 form as PDF that I wanted to print twice on one DIN A4 sheet. As draw couldn't import or open PDF, I opened the PDF in Impress, selected all, copies and pasted it into draw, duplicated and move it to ful fill the requirement. After print I saw some unusual character spacing that wasn't seen in the Original PDF). The test case is this: I have a PDF produced with Inkscape in Linux and exported to PDF (Cairo, I think). When Opening the PDF in Impress, the problem manifests as the word "Signature(s)" being shown as "Signa tures(2)" (It seems there are other artefacts also, but I'll concentrate on that one). I'll provide a sample PDF file as well as partial screen shots, trying to show that the problem is not the PDF file. I also tried opening the PDF on the same Linux platform that created it (to rule out a missing font issue), but the result is the same.
Created attachment 99008 [details] Partial screen shot from PDF viewer (Signature.pdf, Acrobat on Windows 7)
Created attachment 99009 [details] Partial screen shot from Impress (Windows 7) showing artefact
Created attachment 99010 [details] Another text artefact (partial screen shot, different PDF, Impress on Windows 7)
Created attachment 99011 [details] Partial screen shot (reference) from PDF viewer (another PDF, Acrobat on Windows 7)
You can directly open the pdf in draw (just open draw up and go to file -> open). Good news is that the file opens well in 4.3 - unfortunately it doesn't open well in 4.2 but tracking down and backporting will take a lot of time and effort - IMHO just not worth it (might just be impossible to track it down anyways). If you want to confirm that it opens well on master you can test (note that master is not stable and should not be used for production machines): http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/ Thanks for reporting - closing as WFM
Attached a pdf to show what I see in draw now
Created attachment 99188 [details] PDF in LibreOffice 4.3 Draw