On 15 Jul 2005 at 10:23, Jonathon Coombes wrote: ... > > Although as I've pointed out elsewhere, the behaviour of graphics in > > writer depends on where they came from, and I've found the available > > facilities a bit inconsistent. > > I am still not sure why you have issues if you use an OLE object? > This basically puts a frame in your writer document that uses the > complete Draw features "within" the Writer document. The tools change, > options etc, just as though you were using Draw. > > If you simply paste or draw the Draw image, then that is different > object type and can be much more restrictive.
Am I using an OLE object? Not exactly easy for the user to tell!!!!! And anyway, how many end users would have the foggiest notion what an OLE object might be (rhetorical qq)?? Anyway.... I put a trivial item - a 3d cube - into a draw document, selected it, copied and pasted twice into a blank writer page. I found I could click on one, shift-click on the second to select both together, and line 'em up. Fine. I then inserted a graphic from a file twice (a small gif, although I doubt that's relevant) into the same writer page, leaving the existing cubes. I could select one gif or the other, but not both. Hmm; how could I align them? Worse, I then found I could select either one or the other - but not both - cubes. With fiddling about clicking and shift clicking on cubes and gifs the state of the document would change - sometimes I could select both of the cubes, sometimes only one. At present, I can select both, and can't get back to the 'only one' state. So there's something weirdly unrepeatable going on. But as regards your comments about differing object types - from a user perspective, they're both just inserted pictures of some sort, and could reasonably be expected to behave the same way - principle of least surprise, and all that. -- various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key (key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
