On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 19:12 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 18:46 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:44:17 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > > > > >> G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >>> On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 16:15 +0000, Barrie Backhurst wrote: > > >>>> On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 10:17 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > >>>>> G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >>>>>> On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 16:32 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > >>>>>>> I opened a new writer file using a template. Then I used Insert > > > >>>>>>> File to insert a file into the new doc on the first page, just under > > >>>>>>> the header provided by the template. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> The inserted file started on page 2. There is no page break that > > >>>>>>> would cause that, so how do I insert the file where I want it? > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> I tried a copy-and-paste and copy-and-paste-special, but still, it > > >>>>>>> starts on the second page. Also, this method would paste only the > > >>>>>>> first page of what was copied! > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Thanks. > > >>>>>> Any chance you can post your template to your website and let us know > > >>>>>> the URL? This is the likely source of your problem. In the meantime, > > >>>>>> try doing the same thing with the original default template. > > >>>>> <http://www.4seasonsatmapleton.org/T4OO-supersimple.ott> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>> Pete > > >>>> Seems to work Ok for me. OOo 2.01 on Gentoo Linux. Inserted a .txt and > > >>>> a simple .odt file, both inserted on first page. Maybe worth checking > > >>>> the file you were inserting? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> That was my experience too. However, a little Skypeing with Pete showed > > >>> that the problem is with at least one of the files he was trying to > > >>> insert. When I examined the file it appeared to be one big html file. > > >>> Anyways, he now knows that something works. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> I don't get that, Gerry. I unzipped the file and it has the same > > >> structure > > >> as every other ODT file I've ever unzipped. > > >> > > >> At least I know (?) that the template is not at fault. > > >> > > >> Thanks. > > > > > > I thought we had figured out that the template was the problem. > > > Specifically the table? > > > > I wrote the above before you discovered it was the table. > > > > But it brings up another question: how is it that the template (with table) > > was OK if the inserted file didn't have a table? > > > > Pete > > It appears that table rows and the way tables are handled was the factor > involved. With the sample document you gave me the text was larger than > a page but OOo nonetheless tried to insert the file. This is what caused > the jum to page 2 and the scrambled result. The solution that I came up > with was to redo the template from scratch without a table and to use a > section where files could be inserted. The net result is that paging was > okay after that at least on my machine and I believe on yours. > > I have not looked at the sources to see if there is a technical reason > but what me look there was some comments made on this list a LONG time > ago which I remembered vaguely whilst working with your files. > > So I guess the caveat for using tables into which other things will be > inserted is to make certain that whatever is inserted is no bigger than > one page so as to be on the safe side. > > Hope this clarifies things somewhat. >
Is it possible that the table properties for the imported file, do not have "Allow table to split across pages and columns" and "Allow row to break across pages and columns" selected? T4OO-supersimple.ott appears to import into a copy of itself ok. Barrie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
