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? > > Rick B.
I've read the thread (tables et al) and decided to try the same. I only inserted a few pics into the frames, saved (odt), exported to PDF etc. All worked fine (2.1 linux from OOo site). So it could be a memory issue OOo memory problem? You might check Options|OpenOffice.org|Memory & try changing the cache settings. Also, I did also test the saving to a MS Word doc; if the graphic is inserted directly on the page, the graphic comes back in the Word doc, but is resized to a single line in the left side of the graphic frame. It can be stretched back to size in the *graphic* frame, but it seems odd that it would get shrunk like that. The graphic inserted into the frame (your method) has dissapeared completely. The frame is still there, the caption is still there (although it needs to be reoriented in the frame), but the graphic is gone. That appears to be the http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25756 bug also showing up in linux OOo as well. However, if the graphic inserted into the frame is anchored "As Character", the graphic *is* preserved in the frame when saved as a MS Word document. Unfortunately it gets shrunk down to a single line size the same as the directly inserted graphic does so you have to go and resize them all. I did note something that seems odd (to me); when I reopened the saved odt doc, the graphic in the frame could be moved outside of the frame even though the graphic is anchored to the frame. Now technically the graphic *is* anchored to the frame, because I can move the frame and the graphic located *outside* the frame moves with it. So, I'm wondering if perhaps when you move the frame, the graphic is not moving with it. Try anchoring as a character instead. I also note that inserting a graphic into a table seems to have it's own problems as well... While the graphic can be easily put into the table, you can't drag a table around the document to position or move it like you can a frame or a inserted graphic. Perhaps the safest method is to link to the graphic as Tim Wescott suggests. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
