Hi :) Ahh, i was going to say i have more luck with "Anchor to page" but i strongly suspect Dan's finesses would fix all that Regards from Tom :)
On 3 May 2014 21:32, Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/03/2014 04:06 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > >> >> On 05/03/2014 10:08 AM, Ian McCarthy wrote: >> >>> I have a document - >>> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/qp6rf6edhuui8qb/SpeyElectrics.v16.odt >>> >>> It consists of a number of pages, the first two should have only writing >>> on them, then there are some line drawings, then a page with an annotated >>> image (page 6), followed by some more diagrams. >>> >>> I am having a number of problems. >>> When I reopen the document after editing some of the draw lines and >>> other objects. Things have leapt to other pages. >>> When I attempt to select multiple objects so I can group them, when I >>> press the shift key and click, I end up on the image page page 6 >>> When I select a line, the line tool bar does not appear. I have to draw >>> a new open line and then by selecting that I can get the line drawing tools >>> icons (to add and delete points etc), and I may then be able to edit the >>> line I wanted to edit. >>> Is it something special about this document, or is this a more general >>> problem. >>> What do I do to fix it? >>> I have the latest Libre Office installed - 4.2.1.1 >>> >>> >> I had a similar problem recently with a document in which I was trying to >> insert about 15 pictures. It was okay until I wanted three pictures side by >> side on the same page. Every time I tried to resize a picture or move it >> slightly, it suddenly moved to another page. When I tried to move it back, >> all kinds of things weird things happened. I think it has to do with my >> anchoring settings, especially since all three pictures were anchored to >> the same place, but since I just had to get the project done and didn't >> have time to play with it, I imported it all into LyX and finished it >> there. Later, I'll go back into LO to learn how to do it right. >> >> I sense that LO's wysiwyg approach makes things a little more complex. I >> even tried my document with pictures in a markdown editor and found it >> worked better there than in LO. >> >> Again, I'm sure a lot of has to do with my lack of knowledge of this part >> of LO. >> >> Virgil >> >> Suggestion: When inserting pictures, create an empty paragraph. > Insert a frame in this paragraph, and insert the picture or pictures in the > frame. Anchor both the frames and these pictures "As Character". You should > also create a paragraph style for your frames so that you can align them > horizontally uniformly. This also permits you to have a border around each > frame if you like or no border. > The document guides for LibreOffice contain pictures in the hundreds > with no apparent problem inserting and anchoring pictures. > > --Dan > > > -- > 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
