Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
Hi :) My main point was that all different ways work. The 'best' or 'correct' way is simply whichever you choose to use, or like using, or feel comfortable with. To quote The Levellers There only one way of life, and that's your own That's one reason i prefer OpenSource. It allows you to keep using your own way and doesn't keep forcing you to learn new ways or change radically. (Although installing Cinnamon or Mate to stick with Gnome and avoid the Unity interface in Ubuntu might be a pain but at least the option is there, to go back to the old ways) It's nice to have other options to explore and some might even be 'better' for a particular purpose but only if you are happy enough using them. Thanks for letting me know why i prefer the options i do. I hadn't thought about it but that is exactly the way i usually use images. Regards from Tom :) From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 13 May 2013, 14:53 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing? On 05/13/2013 03:23 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) If it works. Use it as Ensign Harry Kim said. I usually find it's better to Anchor to page rather than the default to paragraph although each seems to have scenarios that suit them better than the rest and all of them are plenty good enough to use all the time until you start spotting which is better when. When it's to paragraph the image moves around when the paragraph moves around so i find some pages suddenly have more images than others. Although that is definitely an advantage sometimes. Regards from Tom :) My usage is almost always to place an image on a line by itself with a caption below. In this context, anchor as character is perfect and seems to work best. Same when I want to place images in tables. The answer is very different when I want the image to float to the right or left of a paragraph of text as the text. At that point, I think that I usually anchor to the paragraph, but I would need to go back and check the few documents where that was what I wanted to do... So, Mr. Davies, your point is well taken. :-) Intent surely drives how it should be anchored. -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
On 05/13/2013 03:23 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) If it works. Use it as Ensign Harry Kim said. I usually find it's better to Anchor to page rather than the default to paragraph although each seems to have scenarios that suit them better than the rest and all of them are plenty good enough to use all the time until you start spotting which is better when. When it's to paragraph the image moves around when the paragraph moves around so i find some pages suddenly have more images than others. Although that is definitely an advantage sometimes. Regards from Tom :) My usage is almost always to place an image on a line by itself with a caption below. In this context, anchor as character is perfect and seems to work best. Same when I want to place images in tables. The answer is very different when I want the image to float to the right or left of a paragraph of text as the text. At that point, I think that I usually anchor to the paragraph, but I would need to go back and check the few documents where that was what I wanted to do... So, Mr. Davies, your point is well taken. :-) Intent surely drives how it should be anchored. -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks, -Bill -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
Hi :) I use the left-right-centred buttons same as for text Recently i found the right-click Arrange and Align that give more options. Regard from Tom :) From: William Drago wdr...@suffolk.lib.ny.us To: LibreOffice List users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, 12 May 2013, 17:27 Subject: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing? All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks, -Bill -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
When I highlight the drawing the text object menu disappears and is replaced by the drawing object menu. When I click View Tool Bars Text object, the text object tool bar does come back, but all of its buttons are ghosted. When I right-click the drawing the Alignment menu has one item in it that says No selection possible and the Arrange menu only has Bring to front, Bring forward, Send backwards, Send to back, and To background. I am using LO 4.0.3.3 and the drawings are pasted in from LO Draw and Impress. BTW, pasting drawings into Writer is the correct way to get them from Draw to Writer isn't it? Thanks, -Bill left-right-center buttons disappear and are replaced by a bunch of buttons On 5/12/2013 12:37 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I use the left-right-centred buttons same as for text Recently i found the right-click Arrange and Align that give more options. Regard from Tom :) From: William Drago wdr...@suffolk.lib.ny.us To: LibreOffice List users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, 12 May 2013, 17:27 Subject: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing? All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks, -Bill -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
Hi William, William Drago schrieb: All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Use the PositionSize dialog from its context menu. It allows a large varieties of settings. For example you can center to page or center to text area. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
At 12:27 12/05/2013 -0400, William Drago wrote: When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? o Either select the drawing and go to Format | Object | Position and Size... | Position and Size | Position, or right-click | Position and Size... | Position and Size | Position. o There you can find various positioning options in the drop-down menus, including Center. At 12:51 12/05/2013 -0400, William Drago wrote: When I highlight the drawing the text object menu disappears and is replaced by the drawing object menu. When I click View Tool Bars Text object, the text object tool bar does come back, but all of its buttons are ghosted. Perhaps that's because your drawing is not a text object. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
Do you first position the mouse at the spot you desire the image to go?; at this point, all the menu items should be clickable, including the alignments. When at this point, 'paste' the image from the 'clipboard' to the document - well that works for me [granted, I've never up-dated since 3.4 ;-) ] On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:27 AM, William Drago wdr...@suffolk.lib.ny.uswrote: All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks, -Bill -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
Okay, the Position and Size feature does the trick. Thank you very much... -Bill On 5/12/2013 1:12 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi William, William Drago schrieb: All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Use the PositionSize dialog from its context menu. It allows a large varieties of settings. For example you can center to page or center to text area. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
Hi :) I'm not sure if there is an incorrect way of getting drawings from Draw into Writer. There are probably a whole bunch of different ways for different requirements. I think it's usually a case of keep using 1 that works until you fancy a change or find a better way to do what you want. I've never pasted from Draw into Writer. I've pasted Pngs, Jpgs, Gifs from external apps but none from Draw. So far everything i have done in Draw has been able to stay in there for best effect. Regards from Tom :) From: William Drago wdr...@suffolk.lib.ny.us To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, 12 May 2013, 19:13 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing? Okay, the Position and Size feature does the trick. Thank you very much... -Bill On 5/12/2013 1:12 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi William, William Drago schrieb: All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Use the PositionSize dialog from its context menu. It allows a large varieties of settings. For example you can center to page or center to text area. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
I always anchor the image as character, then it can be manipulated as a character (so just center it as you would a line of text). On 05/12/2013 12:27 PM, William Drago wrote: All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks, -Bill -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
Thanks for the suggestion, Peter, but that doesn't work either. I can anchor the image as character, but as soon as I select the image to center it the text object menu disappears and the image object menu replaces it. If I use Format from the menu bar the expected options for alignment are gone. The only thing that works is Position Size. And it works quite well, so I'll stick with that... Regards, -Bill On 5/12/2013 5:33 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: I always anchor the image as character, then it can be manipulated as a character (so just center it as you would a line of text). On 05/12/2013 12:27 PM, William Drago wrote: All, When I paste a drawing into writer there are no options for centering it left-right on the page. Surely there must be a better way to do this than dragging it around until it looks centered. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks, -Bill -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to center a pasted drawing?
On 05/12/2013 09:38 PM, William Drago wrote: ...I can anchor the image as character, but as soon as I select the image to center it the text object menu disappears and the image object menu replaces it. If I use Format from the menu bar the expected options for alignment are gone. You place the cursor in the paragraph / line that contains the image and then center the paragraph. At that point, you do not need to mess with the object to center it. -- Andrew Pitonyak My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
