Re: [libreoffice-users] Writing large or complex documents

On 07-09-16 22:16, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> I see the postings about the complexity of the documents, but I have not
> seen any info about the size of the documents that are part of the
> "writing large" statement.
>
> Everyone should agree that the odt version of the "get starting guide"
> or "using Writer", etc., would be a large and complex document.  But how
> many pages in the document would be considered as the low end for "large
> document"?

It is probably a bit of a grey zone. The "get started guide" does not 
use wrapping and apparently wrapping is causing errors during 
repagination. That considered, the guide is large but not that complex 
to recalculate. In "small" documents text wrapping around objects 
doesn't cause problems. But as the document grows "large", the blanc 
(parts of) pages creep in, amongst others depending on the amount of 
included objects.

> On 09/06/2016 08:40 AM, wiebe wrote:

> >   * New document from default template
> >   * Change default style (a hate double enters)
> >   * Insert image, png, via menu, style left and right
> >   * Insert ASCII text, Lorem etc.
> >   * Make headings 1 and 2
> >   * Copy everything (dragging+ctrl) untill there are ~60 pages
> >   * Make page 1 with page break for title
> >   * Next page TOC

> > When I change evaluate levels of the TOC to 1, everything repagenates
> > fine.
> > Turning it back to a higher level, and everything becomes chaos. See
> > attached nabble file.
> > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n4192710/04.png>
> >
> > Tools > Update does not work. Work around: Close and open file. But
> > many of
> > my .odm files are not sensitive to this solution.

So I found out the hard way what Bruce Byfield wrote two years ago: 
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/The-mysteries-of-positioning-pictures-in-LibreOffice-OpenOffice

And I noticed this bug report: 
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79234

I find it sad that no action is taken because if you want to write a 
"larger" document with proper layout (with text wrapping), then Writer 
is not suitable.

How about filing a bug report again? It is reproducible, affects all 
users, and it is a very old problem in the core of Writer.

As for solutions: today I've converted a sub-document, changing all 
anchors to "as character" and problems were solved, the document is a 
lot more responsive too. Downside: layout is not very nice and due to 
lacking of wrapping text around object, the number of pages becomes 
considerable larger.

In this document most images have blanc spaces on the left and the 
right. The table solution mentioned by Bruce is used, two images on one 
line using left and right aligned tab stops is used and to emulate 
wrapping, an image followed or preceded by a frame is used - and all 
anchored as character. So far it works again.


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