https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40854

--- Comment #2 from [email protected] 2011-09-28 21:50:33 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Not sure if it is a bug: select the first object then you can do a rectangular
> selection to select both objects.
> 
> Side note: it should be better to prepare graphics in Draw and copy-paste them
> in the text document.
> 
> Best regards. JBF

Hello Jean-Baptiste,

Thank you for your reply. The workaround you mention is already the one I read
in some forums.

If everything should be done, even a very simple and basic shape in Draw, prior
to compose the page in Write, then frankly I would like to know why there are
shapes and drawing features available from within Writer itself. Making complex
drawings is clearly easier in a software dedicated for such a job. But for the
rest, I either call it a bug (because it does look like it) or a terribly
missing feature that doesn't match one's expectations in the 21st century
software era.

In my opinion, any object embeded in Writer (or other modules of LO/Ooo) should
be selectable. Otherwise, in reality - real life - it's not usable. And I think
I know a bit the topic as I'm a software engineer for more than 15 years (not
in office suites though, but other IT fields). When I work on technical
specifications documents that have tens and tens of pages, I'm wasting a lot of
time with those issues. Like another one: insert (copy/paste) several drawings
in a .odt document in Write, along with text. For some reason, sometimes,
selecting one of the drawing objects gets the cursor several pages backward. To
me, those annoyances are part of the same cause: a bug that affects everything
related to drawing / shapes objects that are embeded into a Writer document.

Thank you for considering my opinion and feeling.

Best Regards,
Emmanuel

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