Hi. I have used a number of drawings from Draw in my Writer documents
where I copy and paste from Draw. I find I can then edit them in Writer
and they are embedded in the writer file.
Steve
On 2013-02-25 11:04, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Peter,
Thanks for the suggestion.
Your last sentence appears to me to be confused. When I state Draw
OLE object, what I mean is:
Insert -> Object -> OLE Object -> LibreOffice 3.6 Drawing
This creates a drawing at the cursor "directly in Writer", as you say,
not as a separate file.
I have been doing a lot of drawings in my many documents this way and
I have never had a problem with it. No such lost links. It seems to
me that if the drawing and the method to edit it were in the document
itself, and not in an external file, it would be a lot safer,
accessible, and stable. But that is just my opinion. This is now a
moot point, since that opinion has been overridden by the document
team leader, who prefers inserting separate files and keeping them in
a zipped file in the same directory as the document. That's okay with
me too, if that is the policy. That is why I asked the original
question - what is the preference?
IMHO, the only downside of using Draw as an OLE is that the OLE
version of Draw has a feature subset of the stand-alone Draw program.
For example, the OLE Draw does not have the Zoom capability, which
makes it difficult sometimes to view the drawing properly when working
on it. It also has some strange interactions with the document frame
that it goes into, making it difficult to get the scale and position
as one wants it inside the frame. That can be annoying sometimes and
I am not privy as to why it was done that way.
Thanks again.
Girvin Herr
Peter Schofield wrote:
Hello Girvin
When I grab a screen shot or create an illustration, I save it as a
PNG file. I then copy the file and paste it into a Writer document.
In my opinion, OLE objects are only really useful if your document is
staying within the same directory structure because a link to an OLE
object can easily be broken. I avoid OLE objects because the
documents I create do get moved around a lot. Copy and paste or
creating drawings directly in Writer should be a lot safer from
getting lost.
Regards
Peter Schofield
psaut...@gmail.com
On 23 Feb 2013, at 20:37, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
Greetings,
I am about to create a figure in Draw for one of the Base Guide
documents. I can either create an external Draw file and insert
that file into the document, or I can use the embedded (OLE) Draw
version and have the figure embedded in the document. The former
requires the Draw file to be maintained (saved) along with the
document, risk being lost, and if lost, need to be re-created if
future editing is required. The OLE version goes with the document,
has no additional file to maintain, and will always be there for
future editing. I prefer the OLE style, but what is the consensus
of the documentation team?
Thanks.
Girvin Herr
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