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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 17 10:44:33 -0700 2006 ------- Unfortunately in many cases there is no real source file. In the case of my files what is being done is the following: 1: User creates a presentation slide 2: User browses web to find image to include 3: User clicks image in browser and drags to Powerpoint to embed in presentation If there is a "source file" it is the file on the web page, either a .jpg or a .gif. So that is clearly not the problem as Powerpoint and OOo.org support both of those formats. If you saved the same image to disk and loaded it with "Insert Image->From File" it would work. So there is some kind of odd conversion that happens in the drag-and-drop process, apparently due to the use of Quicktime for processing clipboard images on Macs. Why a conversion is even necessary I don't know. I also don't know of a method to save the "converted" graphic, unless it could be saved directly out of Powerpoint after embedding. I'm not sure that would help either, but it may be worth a shot, so I'll look into this as soon as I can. Mind you I don't have consistent and direct access to a Mac so if someone else is more easily able to test this that would be great. The problem should be easy to reproduce. In the case of the original bug described here it's unclear whether saving the contents of the screen grabber application would provide any relevant files either. It's highly possible that the file "format" in question is a "live"- only format - that its characteristics do not directly translate to any saved document format, hence the problem with embedding. In other words if you go to save in screen grabber it probably offers you a choice of formats. Which do you choose to maintain the characteristics of this problem so that the file is of any help? I can all but guarantee you that any file format you chose could be embedded into Powerpoint properly (as long as the format was supported). Essentially it appears that using this clipboard method side-steps the format check to see whether Powerpoint supports the format in question. Since Quicktime does, Powerpoint on the Mac can display it. But that same functionality is not available on the PC side. Bottom line I am not sure what is being asked for is possible - i.e. an "example file" that would be embedded and would show this problem. The problem exists not in the file or an on-disk file with a given format, but rather in whatever format conversion goes on in the Mac's clipboard. Or at least that's what I've determined from my tests here. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
