Bruce, Virgil, On 22 mai 2014 05:40:39 CEST, Bruce Byfield <bbyfi...@axion.net> wrote: >On Wednesday 21 May 2014 10:22:41 PM Dan Lewis wrote: >> On 05/21/2014 03:16 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: >> > If you've done much work positioning graphics in text, then you >know how >> > difficult it can be to make sure that the graphics stay in place. >In the >> > past, many experts have come up with recommendations about the best >> > settings to use, but these suggestions either don't work if you try >to >> > export to another format or else have been made obsolete by changes >to >> > the program over the year. >> > >> > In preparation for my upcoming book on OpenOffice/LibreOffice, I'm >hoping >> > to solve this problem once and for all. Could anyone who is >interested >> > reproduce the two methods below, then try to break them by copying >and >> > pasting, adding text around the graphics, and anything else you can >think >> > of? I would be very interested in hearing results, especially on >> > platforms other than Linux. >> > >> > Method #1: Right-click on a graphic, and select Picture -> Options >-> >> > Protect _> Position and Size. >> > >> > Method #2: >> > >> > 1. Turn off auto-caption in Tools > Options >> > >> > 2. Create table with 1 column, 2 rows. Set space above and below. >Do not >> > allow to splilt across page or column, or keep with next paragraph, >do >> > not create heading row. >> > >> > 3. Set space above and below table (multiple of line height) >> > >> > 4. Place picture in 1st row. If you have trouble placing it in a >cell, >> > space down in the cell a few times before inserting the picture. >> > >> > 5. Position picture: either move using alignment or, if you want an >> > indentation from the left, adjust from right, subtracting space >from the >> > total width of the table. >> > >> > 6. Add caption in second row. If graphic is indented, you will need >to >> > create a caption paragraph style with an indent. >> > >> > 7. In table context menu, unselect Table Boundaries. For >convenience, you >> > may want to unselect only before you print. >> > >> > Thanks to anyone whose curiosity or need encourages them to join >the >> > experiment. >> >> I don't have problems with placing graphics where I want them, >but >> then again, I do not wrap any text around them. Perhaps this is the >problem? >> I have a file created by LibreOffice 4.1.6 and 4.2.4 that has 73 >graphics >> and 4 images. I have no problem keeping them where I put them. The >name of >> the file is BG4204Forms20140501.odt. It is available for download >> athttp://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation. You will need to >> scroll down to the Base Guide section of this web page. >> Another thought that may or may not have anything to do with >the >> problem. These are the settings that I use in Tools > Options > >Memory: >> Undo steps: 20, Graphics cache Use for LibreOffice 252MB, Memory per >> object 2.0MB, Remove from memory after 1:00 (h:m), number of objects >252. >> When inserting a graphic, the following steps are used: >> 1. Create a paragraph style for the frames with the alignment >centered >> and any other style properties needed. >> 2 Create an empty paragraph. >> 3. Create a frame anchored to this paragraph >> 4. Anchor the frame as a character >> 5. Insert the caption in the bottom of the frame. >> 6. Insert the graphic in the frame >> 7. Anchor the graphic as a character). >> >> Over the past 10 years or more I have been doing this without >any >> problems in any of the chapters I have written for the ODFAuthors >group. >> There is one more thing that I do that automates several of >these >> steps: I use AutoText. It creates the frame with steps 1, 3, 4, and >5. >> This just leaves me to create an empty paragraph, insert the graphic, >> and anchor it as a character. In addition, I also resize the frame if >I >> think it needs it. >> > >Thanks for your input. What operating system are you using? > >I've tried the technique you mention, but for me (and many others), it >doesn't >seem to work. I don't think that wrapping the text has anything to do >with the >problem, because, if anything, graphics that don't have any wrap tend >to stray >more often than those that do. > >However, the memory settings may have an effect, so I'm going to do >some >experiments. Perhaps the failure arises because not enough memory is >allocated >for large graphics?
While other tools may be used for this it should be quite possible to achieve the same result with LibreOffice writer. Which suggests that a bug report is in order. Mind filing one? Thanks, Charles. -- Envoyé de mon téléphone avec Kaiten Mail. Excusez la brièveté. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
