2008/3/3, John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > To Dave Barton: What "link Box" are you talking about? I have ver.2.3.1 > of OOo and when I follow your advice, all I get is a large window with > several files showing.
I can see it on my system. The dialogue looks like this, from left to right and up to down: Search path buttons A Places-listbox - A Files/folders-listbox An Add-button - A Delete-button - A format selection thing File type selection - "Type" selection A Preview-box A Link-box Cancel-button - Open-button My OS is Ubuntu 7.10, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0. J.R. Dave Barton wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > - -------- Original Message -------- > > From: Jennifer Rickards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat 01 Mar 2008 18:42:39 EST > > > > | To whom it may concern: > > | > > | My name is Jennifer and I downloaded your open office program about a > > | week or two ago. I am having one problem with it. When I import a > > | picture into the Office Writer and send the file in an email as an > > | attachment to someone who does have open office, when she opens the > > | file, the pictures do not show up. I tired saving it has an .odt and > > | as a .doc and I even converted it to a .pdf. Still no images are > > | showing up. Am I doing something wrong? Is there something extra I > > | need to do? > > | > > | I scanned the picture in and opened it up through Paint. I cut and > > | copied what I wanted out of the picture to the document. > > | > > | When that didn't work, I rescanned the picture and used the import > > | feature and it still didn't show up when my friend tried to view it. > > | It shows up on my end, but not theirs. > > | > > | Please help me. Thank you. > > | > > | Jennifer Rickards > > > > It sounds like you are "linking" the external picture to your document, > > as opposed to "embedding" it. A linked picture only exists on your > > computer, therefore it will not appear on the recipient's computer. > > > > Try this: > > > > 1. Open a new Writer "test" document. > > 2. Select the "Insert -> Picture -> From File..." menu option. > > 3. When the file selection window opens, make sure that the "Link" check > > box is _NOT_ ticked/checked. > > 4. Choose your picture file and click "OK". > > > > Your picture should now be "embedded" in your document. > > > > Pictures/images copied and pasted into documents should always be > > embedded. So I cannot explain why that did not work for you. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Dave > > - -- > > This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org > > All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. > > If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the > > replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only. > > You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this > > list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection > > For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html > > For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html > > For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFHyyDb7asJm/pW/p8RArwLAJ0b0jgxIpGYnbfBUjnFvMkpaHRBYwCePqTP > > BRkxqNFwsMLW/SXJEigsFTY= > > =WcBE > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
