[libreoffice-users] Breaking of external links in Writer works poorly
I want to make a new version of a book I wrote in Writer around 2016. My master document has 16 chapters with 68 images linked in (as distinct from embedded). The odt file is 6.4 MB and the images total another 5.4 MB, they are b line drawings in png format. My standard practice which I've carried out many times over the last few years (but not in the past year) is to make a copy of the master odt file and then to break the links in that copy so that the images are embedded. Then I save the file and move the copy to a new directory and prepare the new edition. This time, however, the link breaking doesn't work fully. To break the links, I go Edit > 'Links to external files', highlight all the links and click "Break link". Checking on Edit then shows 'Links to external files' greyed out and right clicking on any image and checking the properties doesn't show any path for the image. So all looks good and it appears that the links have been broken and the images are now embedded. After moving to a new directory, the first 7 chapters were ok but the remainder showed missing images. Moving the file back to its original directory got all the missing images back again and Edit > 'Links to external files' showed that half the images were, in fact, still linked. Various trials showed that breaking the links 1 or 2 at a time worked (as did right-click on the image and then 'Replace'). Attempting to break four or more links at a stroke appeared to work but saving, closing and reopening the file (without even moving to a new directory) show that the links are all still present. I have repeated these trials many times using both LO 6.4.7.2 on UbuntuStudio 20.4.2 and also LO 7.1.2.2 on Windows10. The result is always as I've described above. So I don't suspect a fault in my installations but I do wonder if something has changed within Writer since I made my original file in 2016 relative to the linking process? Has anyone else experienced problems in this area? Philip -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail Merge question
Hi Suzie, > Can anybody > tell me how to insert mail merge fields one at a time, and not just > the standard address block that’s in the mail merge wizard? In Writer try Insert → Field → More Fields → Database → Type → Mail Merge Fields and select the field from the table of your database. Regards Robert -- Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-users] Mail Merge question
I am trying to do a mail merge and I have a “Salutation” field in my database because each of my salutations are different. Can anybody tell me how to insert mail merge fields one at a time, and not just the standard address block that’s in the mail merge wizard? Thanks. Suzie M. Reedy BIBLES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED INTERNATIONAL www.biblesfortheblind.org -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] videos in impress
On 20/05/2021 14:11, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 5/20/21 12:15 PM, Mike Scott wrote: On 20/05/2021 10:46, Italo Vignoli wrote: I will check. I can sed the video back, and have the text on top of it, maybe is just the configuration of the text animation (as the text to be on top of the video has to be managed with an animation). Thanks. Not sure where you're going with text animation. I don't know whether you're referring to the 'text animation' tab on the graphic styles menu, or a custom transition. Either way, I can make nasty flickery effects, but not keep the video at the back. A text animation is an action added to a text, which allows to determine how, where, when and for how long that text appears on the slide. I have always managed to have text over other objects without issues, I have not yet checked with the last version, but I can only work on it during the weekend. Thanks to all for the input. The problem persists, but I'm guessing there's no solution. To sum up: (1) embedding or linking produce different results: linking shows a placeholder during slide transition, embedding shows a frame of video. (2) The playing video is always on top of anything else; the placeholder however does obey the on-top/to-back directives. This is independent of video hardware and driver AFAICS. (3) The flickering I noted in passing is driver-related: using the nv driver, some slide transitions flicker; using nouveau they behave properly. (Same sort of thing seems to happen with kdenlive's playback FWIW) I sorted the weekend's presentation issue using OBS Studio. This even allows a video to play continuously across scene transitions, which was perfect for the job in hand. And, looking to the future, it allows embedding of other applications' windows into the 'show', which offers a lot of flexibility. Probably best to close this thread now; thanks again. -- Mike Scott (unet2 [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) Harlow Essex England "The only way is Brexit" -- anon. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
