On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:06:26 +0100
Mike Scott <[email protected]> dijo:

>On 10/10/10 13:55, Daniel Lewis wrote:
>> Mike Scott wrote:
>>> On 09/10/2010 23:43, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 9 Oct 2010 15:37:18 -0700
>>>> John Jason Jordan<[email protected]>  dijo:
>>>>
>>>>> I only ever used Impress once several years ago. Now I need to
>>>>> use it again, but I am far from an expert.
>>>>>
>>>>> I placed a PNG graphic on a slide. There is also a text frame on
>>>>> the slide, and I want the text to wrap around the graphic.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have scoured though the Help file and it appears to be "Adjust
>>>>> to contour." But when I select that checkbox the text still does
>>>>> not wrap around the graphic.
>>>
>>> No ideas here on that one; sorry. AFAIK only Writer has a proper
>>> wrap facility.
>> 
>>      This might work:
>> 1.) Move the graphic to where you want it on the slide. Also make
>> sure the graphic is the size you want.
>> 2.) Move the text frame to where you want it to be. Adjust the frame
>> size as well. You will be able to see the graphic inside the text
>> frame. 3.) Double click inside the text frame to place the flashing
>> cursor at the top left of the frame. Enter the text using spaces so
>> that the text appears only to the left and right of the graphic. As
>> you add each line of text, the graphic will move down by the height
>> of the line. 4.) Click the graphic and drag it back to where you
>> want it to be.
>
>Or there again, might not :-)
>
>Doesn't behave like that when I try it. I just get a graphic with text
>superimposed. You're not, I hope, suggesting one might pad the text
>with spaces to give a wrap effect????

Doesn't work for me either. But I wanted the graphic on the right of
the slide, and the text frame fills the slide, so I used shift-enter to
truncate some of the lines manually.

I still can't believe there is no text wrap for graphics in Impress.
There is a checkbox for "Adjust to contour," but it does nothing.

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