Bug 335150

Export of data generated in a report is available for export only in text, calligra spreadsheet, and web page format.

This should be available in pdf format

Reproducible: Always




pdf is the correct and preferred format for document information interchange across the internet and different platforms today. It is the one true totally cross-platform format available for a formatted document

text format loses all the carefully designed formatting of the report
the calligra spreadsheet format is essentially proprietary in that few people use it (i have no idea if M$ will import it) and is not an easily readable format due to the similarity of the spreadsheet display to a database table
html format is for specific purposes

the pdf format is readable by everyone. If recipients of pdf files do not have adobe's free reader, all browsers open native pdf files by default today it would seem.

For easy output of report information that can be delivered to third parties to read and digest with no conversions or intermediate steps required, pdf is the only valid option.

For my newly created report I either have to put the printout into an envelope and post it off, or scan it and send a large file off to the client. A pdf can instantly be attached to an email.