Hi, Tom: Mainly in relation to the wording around them.
On Wednesday 21 May 2014 09:26:21 PM Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Do you mean position of the images in relation to the wording around them > or static on specific pages regardless of the text (or lack of) on that > page? > Regards from > Tom :) > > On 21 May 2014 20:16, Bruce Byfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you've done much work positioning graphics in text, then you know how > > difficult it can be to make sure that the graphics stay in place. In the > > past, > > many experts have come up with recommendations about the best settings to > > use, > > but these suggestions either don't work if you try to export to another > > format > > or else have been made obsolete by changes to the program over the year. > > > > In preparation for my upcoming book on OpenOffice/LibreOffice, I'm hoping > > to solve > > this problem once and for all. Could anyone who is interested reproduce > > the > > two methods below, then try to break them by copying and pasting, adding > > text > > around the graphics, and anything else you can think of? I would be very > > interested in hearing results, especially on platforms other than Linux. > > > > Method #1: Right-click on a graphic, and select Picture -> Options -> > > Protect > > _> Position and Size. > > > > Method #2: > > > > 1. Turn off auto-caption in Tools > Options > > > > 2. Create table with 1 column, 2 rows. Set space above and below. Do not > > allow > > to splilt across page or column, or keep with next paragraph, do not > > create > > heading row. > > > > 3. Set space above and below table (multiple of line height) > > > > 4. Place picture in 1st row. If you have trouble placing it in a cell, > > space > > down in the cell a few times before inserting the picture. > > > > 5. Position picture: either move using alignment or, if you want an > > indentation from the left, adjust from right, subtracting space from the > > total > > width of the table. > > > > 6. Add caption in second row. If graphic is indented, you will need to > > create > > a caption paragraph style with an indent. > > > > 7. In table context menu, unselect Table Boundaries. For convenience, you > > may > > want to unselect only before you print. > > > > Thanks to anyone whose curiosity or need encourages them to join the > > experiment. > > -- > > Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) > > blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com > > website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ > > > > -- > > 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 -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- 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
