Hello, True, I don't insert the images as pictures like you would expect, but I didn't think that would make a difference since all the images are still coming from a local disk, so therefore LO knows the format very well and should be able to preserve it.
Why am I using frames with images as backgrounds instead of pictures? I don't know really. I needed an image to accompany a chunk of text, this seemed like a good idea at the time. It's kinda too late to change it now, there are already over a hundred such frames... I might try to change it at some later point but for now I'd like to stick with what I have. I did not try inserting images any other way so I don't know how it would behave. (I also don't understand what do you mean by "extending the palette".) I did however do a little experiment. Since ODTs are just ZIP archives, I opened my document with an archiver tool and extracted the contents to a temporary directory. Then I converted all the PNGs to JPGs with the same name, updated the relevant index files accordingly (content.xml, META-INF/manifest.xml), and archived it back as ZIP. Then I renamed the ZIP to ODT and tried opening it in Writer, and voila, it worked! All the images are still there and visible, I didn't see any problems. I then saved it under a different name and checked the resulting ODT, all the stored images were still in JPEG format. So I guess this kinda solves my problem for now, although I would still like to know how and why it happened to begin with. I need to do more editing on the document which means a lot more saving, so I'll keep an eye on what LO does with these JPEGs in the future. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Regina Henschel <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Ra, > > Ra schrieb: > > I never insert images as pictures. The JPEG images are only ever used as >> backgrounds for frames. I also never open the JPEGs in any picture editing >> application and copypaste from there, the images are only ever used as >> files from disk. >> >> What I'm doing is precisely this: >> >> File > Insert > Frame... > OK >> >> >> Then >> >> [right click on the frame created] > Frame... > Background > As: Graphic > >> Browse... > [select the JPEG file from disk] > Type: Area > OK >> > > I think, that is the point. You do not insert the image directly, but use > it as background image. > > If you insert the image directly, it should stay in JPEG format. > > Have you tried, whether other ways to make it a background (e.g. extending > the palette) results in png too? > > Why do you try to make it a background of the frame? > > Kind regards > Regina > > > -- > To unsubscribe 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 > -- To unsubscribe 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
