Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames vs text frames vs text boxes [Was: Writer: rotating a text frame ...]

2024-08-02 Thread John Kaufmann
The bottom line for this issue: [Insert > Frame] produces a "frame" (="text frame" in the Writer Guide). Navigator classifies this object as a "Frame". This tool is important for controlling document/page layout, and can include any content that a page can include. BUT it

[libreoffice-users] Frames vs text frames vs text boxes [Was: Writer: rotating a text frame ...]

2024-07-30 Thread John Kaufmann
On 2024-07-30 14:40, John Kaufmann wrote: ... ... the Drawing toolbar can insert a Text Box, not a Text Frame. Unfortunately, the Writer Guide and online Help are silent on this topic, so some testing is needed to work out the differences, which are subtle: - A Text Frame is conceptually a blo

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

2017-09-23 Thread Tim Deaton
Gary, your comments quoted below make me think of using a table instead of frames.  I've never used frames and I've never used Draw.  But I have used a table in a Writer document to do what you appear to me to be describing.  Would that help you? -- Tim Deaton === I kno

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

2017-09-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi Brian. On 20/09/17 23:42, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:29 19/09/2017 +, Gary Collins wrote: I have an arrangement of frames on a page which i would like to exactly replicate on all successive pages of the document. How do i go about this? You can do this - by anchoring the frames in a he

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

2017-09-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi Brian. On 20/09/17 23:42, Brian Barker wrote: At 18:29 19/09/2017 +, Gary Collins wrote: I have an arrangement of frames on a page which i would like to exactly replicate on all successive pages of the document. How do i go about this? You can do this - by anchoring the frames in a he

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

2017-09-20 Thread Gary Collins
image ratio correct. G. On Wed, 20/9/17, Brian Barker wrote: Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] frames To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: "Gary Collins" Date: Wednesday, 20 September, 2017, 12:42 At 18:29 19/09/2017 +, Gary Coll

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

2017-09-20 Thread Gary Collins
thought it would? G. On Wed, 20/9/17, Brian Barker wrote: Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] frames To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: "Gary Collins" Date: Wednesday, 20 September, 2017, 12:42 At 18:29 19/09/2017 +, Gary Collins

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

2017-09-20 Thread Gary Collins
the height of each row will not necessarily be the same. The ability to easily insert a new row would be nice, but probably not essential. G. On Wed, 20/9/17, Brian Barker wrote: Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] frames To: users@global.libreoffi

Re: [libreoffice-users] frames

2017-09-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:29 19/09/2017 +, Gary Collins wrote: I have an arrangement of frames on a page which i would like to exactly replicate on all successive pages of the document. How do i go about this? You can do this - by anchoring the frames in a header or footer. Note that the frames themselves do

[libreoffice-users] frames

2017-09-19 Thread Gary Collins
LO 5.2.2.2 ubuntu 16.10 Hello I have an arrangement of frames on a page which i would like to exactly replicate on all successive pages of the document. How do i go about this? Ive tried saving as a template but a) i dont know if thats right for this and b) even if it is i dont knoe how to ge

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames v text boxes

2015-11-10 Thread Mike Scott
On 10/11/15 04:52, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:41 09/11/2015 +, Malcolm Moore wrote: Is there a guide ( or knowledgeable person ) that can show the pros and cons of frames v text boxes. . A knowledgeable person? That's probably not me, but I'd suggest that text objects may be useful fo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames v text boxes

2015-11-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:41 09/11/2015 +, Malcolm Moore wrote: Is there a guide ( or knowledgeable person ) that can show the pros and cons of frames v text boxes. I'm guessing you mean in an ordinary text (Writer) document - in which case LibreOffice calls these "text objects", not "text boxes". A text box

[libreoffice-users] Frames v text boxes

2015-11-09 Thread Malcolm Moore
Is the a guide ( or knowledgeable person ) that can show the pros and cons of frames v text boxes.  I have always generally used frames but ex Word users seem obsessed with text boxes and end up getting themselves in a terrible pickle ! Ta Mal -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-16 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 13:07 -0500, Ethan Swint wrote: > > On 2/16/2012 12:38 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 11:32 -0500, Calvin Kim wrote: > >> On 02/15/2012 09:00 AM, Ethan Swint wrote: > >>> > >>> On 2/14/2012 8:18 PM, Calvin Kim wrote: > On 02/14/2012 12:00 PM, Ethan Swint

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-16 Thread Ethan Swint
On 2/16/2012 12:38 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 11:32 -0500, Calvin Kim wrote: On 02/15/2012 09:00 AM, Ethan Swint wrote: On 2/14/2012 8:18 PM, Calvin Kim wrote: On 02/14/2012 12:00 PM, Ethan Swint wrote: I've been frustrated with my experience trying to anchor frames (contai

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-16 Thread Ethan Swint
On 2/16/2012 11:43 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: Comment inline: On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 11:00 -0500, Ethan Swint wrote: On 2/16/2012 5:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Have you had any luck in fixing the issue? If not then it might be good to post a new question to the Users List or perhaps just make a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-16 Thread Dan Lewis
On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 11:32 -0500, Calvin Kim wrote: > > On 02/15/2012 09:00 AM, Ethan Swint wrote: > > > > > > On 2/14/2012 8:18 PM, Calvin Kim wrote: > >> On 02/14/2012 12:00 PM, Ethan Swint wrote: > >>> I've been frustrated with my experience trying to anchor frames > >>> (containing figures a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-16 Thread Calvin Kim
On 02/15/2012 09:00 AM, Ethan Swint wrote: On 2/14/2012 8:18 PM, Calvin Kim wrote: On 02/14/2012 12:00 PM, Ethan Swint wrote: I've been frustrated with my experience trying to anchor frames (containing figures and captions). What I'd really like to do is anchor a frame to a character (whic

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-16 Thread Dan Lewis
nt to work with the xml, copy your document and rename it replacing the .odt to .zip. (test.odt is renamed as text.zip.) The file you want is the content.xml. --Dan > > > > --- On *Tue, 14/2/12, Ethan Swint //* wrote: > > > > > > From: Ethan Swint > &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-16 Thread Ethan Swint
able to make my changes in the anchoring location. -Ethan --- On *Tue, 14/2/12, Ethan Swint //* wrote: From: Ethan Swint Subject: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 14 February, 2012, 17:00 I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-15 Thread Ethan Swint
On 2/14/2012 8:18 PM, Calvin Kim wrote: On 02/14/2012 12:00 PM, Ethan Swint wrote: I've been frustrated with my experience trying to anchor frames (containing figures and captions). What I'd really like to do is anchor a frame to a character (which refers to the frame's contents), but not fo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-14 Thread Calvin Kim
On 02/14/2012 12:00 PM, Ethan Swint wrote: I've been frustrated with my experience trying to anchor frames (containing figures and captions). What I'd really like to do is anchor a frame to a character (which refers to the frame's contents), but not force a large white space on the page if the

[libreoffice-users] Frames & anchoring in a technical report

2012-02-14 Thread Ethan Swint
I've been frustrated with my experience trying to anchor frames (containing figures and captions). What I'd really like to do is anchor a frame to a character (which refers to the frame's contents), but not force a large white space on the page if the anchor character and the frame don't fit on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & Sections questions

2011-08-16 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 17/08/11 2:45 AM, Urmas D. wrote: Can you explain in more detail what you have done or want to do? I have a document which contains many sections with different formatting; also some text is in frames. I need to simplify this document layout. I have been doing this recently by cut/paste/de

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & Sections questions

2011-08-16 Thread Urmas D.
> Can you explain in more detail what you have done or want to do? I have a document which contains many sections with different formatting; also some text is in frames. I need to simplify this document layout. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problem

[libreoffice-users] Frames & Sections questions

2011-08-15 Thread Urmas D.
1. Is there a way to merge sections in a document? 2. Is there a way to put a frame as inline text (removing it)? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Frames & Sections questions

2011-08-14 Thread Simon Cropper (The foss Workflow Guides)
On 15/08/11 12:10, Urmas D. wrote: 1. Is there a way to merge sections in a document? 2. Is there a way to put a frame as inline text (removing it)? Can you explain in more detail what you have done or want to do? -- Cheers Simon Simon Cropper Website Administrator http://www.fosswo

[libreoffice-users] Frames & Sections questions

2011-08-14 Thread Urmas D.
1. Is there a way to merge sections in a document? 2. Is there a way to put a frame as inline text (removing it)? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-users] Frames are lost when saving in another format than odt

2011-03-29 Thread Mats Brodin
HiCreate a simple document with aframethat have 2 columnsput some text in both columns and saves the document in .odt format. I can open the document without issues.If I save the same document in .doc or .docx (openoffice xml) the frame is lost in the document and the text is put somewher