Hi :) Would this mean that renaming a copy of the new picture would make it replace the old picture in the document? If so then that might well be the easiest, fastest option Regards from Tom :)
--- On Wed, 30/11/11, Steve Edmonds <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Edmonds <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing graphic images in documents To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 7:50 On 11/30/2011 06:53 AM, Joe Conner wrote: > On 11/29/2011 6:48 AM, James Finnall wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> For years with OpenOffice I was able to use a document as template to print >> my photos on 8 1/2"x11" photo paper by reloading the document and simply >> replacing the images. >> >> I think it was UBuntu version 11 that changed me over to LibreOffice. I >> have found that my documents seem to load and print just fine as they were >> originally saved. But I have not been able to locate a method to replace >> the graphic images in a document, either by the top menu or by right >> clicking the image. >> >> The only way I have found is to delete the image and then insert the new >> image from scratch! This is most difficult for precise image size and >> placement. I use a standard aspect on my camera (3:2) and have the image >> size for all four photos exactly the same. They are also positioned to >> allow just a barely visible white line between the photos for cutting. And >> the margins are set to be allowed on my printer without the images being >> cropped off. >> >> To duplicate all these settings on every image is way too time consuming. I >> need to be able to simply change the image in the four graphic entities >> without effecting size, placement or aspect ratio of the original image. >> >> Anybody have any suggestions that I might try to replace the images of a >> document? >> >> Thank you, >> James >> >> > Have you tried to insert a frame, and then put your photo into it? > Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA > Have you tried linking the images instead of embedding them. Call them 1,2,3,4 and just copy over them with the new images each time. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] 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 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] 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
