https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52226
--- Comment #34 from [email protected] --- As a professional engineer I write many reports and most have the need for images. A picture is worth .... Because of this persistent bug I and many of my colleagues have given up using LO. I am an advocate of open source and I am keenly disappointed that this major bug has not been even allocated to anyone, let alone resolved. Like many things a bug often produces illogical results that manifest themselves differently in different circumstances. The only way I have found to make LO probably produce a report with images is to have all images saved somewhere, together with a decent picture viewer, and then to write the text leaving sufficient space on a page to accomodate the images later, but not in their correct position of course. Once all the text is in place and I have a saved docx then I re-open and insert each picture in its appropriate place, only ever moving forward in the document and ensuring the picture does not cause leaps from page to page. Fortunately the default wrap aids this process. Also make sure any page headings, footers, numbering and the like are done before putting in any images.. Then export ASAP as a pdf, which seems pretty reliable, certainly before you save... As you may imagine this process is pretty tiresome and a degree stressful. If I need to make further modifications then I use the Serif PagePlus publication software as that allows import of pdfs and subsequent re-export as pdf. >From my experiences any deviation or similar that causes some significant structural change in the document seems to create a finite probability of one or more images being lost. I am not convinced this is just an autosave problem because of evidence without it. It is perhaps a possibility however that on occasion autosave does make changes, but it may be more likely that the damage is done already. But because the affected pages were not being visibly present it was not noticed that going back a bit and re-editing actually caused the problem. It is also likely that there is more than one error. Just to add to the story this 'image leak' problem occurs also when I am using a doc or an odt file. Sometimes it does not leak, but in the next hour my hopes are again dashed. I have never seen it happen on a one page doc with one image. Apologies for the lengthy message. I have really tried to use LO but my patience is wearing mighty thin. Please, please do something. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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