On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:55:26 -0000 "johnny smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:07:33 -0000, Pietro Moras <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Ever heard that, when dealing with long OO-documents, you can get some > > blank extra-pages randomly added before some inserted ".jpg" images (that > > is, not a precisely reproducible behavior)? > > Is it a known OO-Writer's oddity? Any fixing action to suggest? > > there may be some legitimate causes and some bug-related causes. the former > include at least the following: > > (1) the jpg is so large that only a blank page can hold it, while the page > before it is not really blank but contains some whitespace characters, such > as spaces or empty paragraphs; > > (2) the jpg is anchored to a page rather than to a character or paragraph, > and there is not enough text in the document to fill all the preceding pages; > so, some blank pages are added. > > however, i have also experienced the random addition of the pages. they are > cured by switching to the page preview mode, possibly because openoffice does > more precise computing at that time, which would be impossible in the 'as > fast as you type' mode. > > also, openoffice does some reformatting when it saves a document for the > first time. for example, i often have less lines fitting a page after saving > and reopening. i think that is because it transfers the more precise 64-bit > numbers which the program itself uses to the less precise #.### format that > the odt document uses. moreover, i used to find after examining the odt's > content.xml that what i type in as, eg, 1.25 cm tab-stop position is > conveerted to, eg, 1.251 cm by some malfunctional rounding procedure. > Also, if one right clicks on a picture and selects Picture from the popup, on the Wrap tab there are settings for spacing above, left, right and below. Check that there is no unnecessary spacing set either above or below, as these will control the displayed white space above or below. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
