On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 18:38 -0800, Tim Wescott wrote: > Rick Bilonick wrote: > > I'm using OOo 2.1 on Fedora 6 (using the OOo site 2.1 not Fedora's > > rpms). This is an ongoing saga working with a 350 page document. Just > > when I think I understand how OOo works, it surprises (and disappoints) > > me. I have a large number of pictures, most if not all inserted into > > frames and I've captioned the frames. Every time I make major revisions, > > I save to a new file for that version. I've had to pin down most of the > > frames to keep them from stacking over each other (using the lock > > position, size, and contents). I moved a number of frames to different > > locations. Then did a page preview only to see that 4 frames with pics I > > never moved (nearer the beginning of the document - the ones I moved > > around were nearer the end) - the pictures disappeared. The captions > > remained but the pics were gone. I had to copy the pics back in from an > > earlier version. > > > > Does anyone have an idea WHY this would happen? What could I have done > > or OOo done to cause this? > > > I recall having that problem. I was able to work around that by saving > pictures as a link to a file that I kept with the document. This worked > well enough to let me publish a book > (http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html), but it's not the best > answer to the problem. > > This problem seemed to go away with OOo 2.0 -- you should file a bug if > it's still an issue. > Well it's definitely a problem with 2.1. It's happened at least 3 times on different occasions. I did file a bug report.
You are saying that this does not happen with links. If that is the case, maybe I should take the time to change all the pictures to links. The problem is that there are over 90 pictures. I wish I knew this when I started. I didn't use links because there were/are problems if you should export to a .doc file. Fortunately, I'm not planning on doing that. Thanks for the input. Sometimes it seems I'm the only one that experiences bizarre problems with OOo. (Maybe it's because I invariably push software to the limit.) Rick B. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
