On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:13:27 -0500 DC Parris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:40:25 -0500 > "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 11:08 -0500, DC Parris wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I created a document using SUSE Linux 9.2's default OpenOffice.org > > > installation. The doc contains screenshots in PNG format. I e-mailed > > > the doc to myself @ work, where I use MS Office 2003 (not my choice to > > > make). When I open the document, images are goofed up. I leave the > > > images alone(revising only the text), e-mail the doc back to myself @ > > > home, re-open it in OOo, and the images are fine. It's only in MS > > > Office under WinXP Pro that they are messed up. > > > > > > I went through this the first time, but simply edited the images in MS > > > Office, which caused me to have to re-edit them in OOo. I now just > > > leave them alone. Any ideas how I can get clean pictures at both ends? > > > > > > If I were sending this to a co-worker running MSO/WinXP, it would be > > > kind of frustrating. > > > > > > If there is a resource, just point me to it - my Googling effort just > > > working. > > > > > > > The problem is that MSO does not honor OOo anchors. I do not know why > > but it is probably related to the fact that MSO file structure is a > > trade secret of Micorsoft. I think we do a pretty good job of > > interpreting MSO files but there is the warning that OOo is not 100% > > compatible. Try various anchoring options in OOo to see which ones MSO > > obeys. > > -- > > Documentation Co-Lead > > PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may > > be ignored utterly. > > > > "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" > > J.Herriot > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks. If I leave the images alone in MSO, I can re-open the doc in OOo > and get a clean image. It's not that big a deal for my purposes, but if I > were collaborating with others, it might be kind of rough, having to > change the pics. I'll play around with the anchoring bit and see what > happens. > > Thanks again for the tip. > > Don > -- Turns out it's a PNG issue - JPGs are fine. I changed the format of two images as a test, and they showed up fine in MS Office 2003. They work just fine both ways. Don -- evangelinux GNU Evangelist http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime anywhere." --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
