Hi LO users - I have a naive question how you guys achieve the most efficient way to transfer vector graphics from other programs to LibreOffice (mostly Impress in my case). I work quite a bit cross-platform in a mixed Linux/ Windoze environment. The main question is how to keep a maximum of editability and a most accurate transfer from another program.
Here my workflow (which is quite a pain in the neck): I generate a vector format in e.g. Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) and like to have it transferred to LO-Impress. = Copy and Paste does not work, since LO interprets the SVG as a pile of text. = I can save it as SVG in Inkscape directly, but then, when importing in Impress, all curves are automatically closed (draw a triangle in which one side is missing, save as SVG and then 'Insert' a picture in LO). Furthermore gradient fills are just screwed up and bezier lines have funny empty shapes at their nodes. = it's a little better, if I open the SVG directly in Draw (the curves are not closed, gradients do not work either) = I can save from Inkscape directly as ODG, but similar problems occur. = by exporting into WMF, I again lose all gradients... = then I try to save in Inkscape as a PDF, this works sometimes decently, but if there is a gradient fill, it screws up LO totally. = when I am totally desperate, I save the file as a bitmap and have it as a 'never-change-again' object in my presentation Maybe you have a better workflow - I am curious! Cheers! -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
