I've noticed this to be the case for quite a while - not just in LO
;-(
There's only one way I know to get around this quirk -
rather than 'copy image', 'save' image to the computer -->
upload from there to the document -->
return to the computer and delete the file ;-)
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Malcolm Moore
<st-malcolm.mo...@whsg.info>wrote:
Maybe I've done something terribly wrong but if our users do a Google
> search for a picture then
> copy and paste the image into LO it hangs.
>
>
> If there is a post I've missed about this can you point me to it please
> ... else the complete description follows
>
>
> Start a LO document
> Open FF or Chrome
> Search on a picture eg Cats
> Google them shows loads of pictures in a grid of biggish thumbnails which
> when you hover over get bigger
> Hover over a picture and Copy image
> Go to LO and Paste
> Picture will now appear in LO
> LO will now either run unbelievable slowly of hang completely
>
>
> If however when you have chosen the image in Google you click on it and go
> to the full size image
> you can cut and paste successfully. The method that hangs LO worked in
> Word and I am getting
> a lot of grief over this now we have shown Word the door . !
>
> Ta
> M
>
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