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Hi Steve

I wasn't aware of the anchor points and using a table with lines not visible but I also think you've got a good handle on what is happening with your description below.

I had assumed what the user saw ( i.e. the pictures) was all that was involved but I can sort of grasp that the anchor points make it more difficult - like moving furniture around your living room, not knowing that each item is tied to something else.

I've tried your approach with a borderless grid and it seems relatively straightforward and I think this approach can resolve some issues.

Do you think that showing the anchor point could have some benefit? It could at least make the process more transparent so long as users understand the relationship and this might mean having some detail on screen that appears when moving pictures or is obviously accessible.

The more difficult situations occur when the pictures you want to place together are all of different sizes. Having a table or something similar for each individual one may be a useful.

This particular thing doesn't happen often - in fact it is more likely to come up when my boys are doing school assignments. But any simpler intuitive approach would be appreciatively received.

Cheers

Phil Jackson




On 5/16/2011 4:57 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
Hi Phil.
I haven't fully grasped what your trying to achieve so not sure exactly
the best suggestion.
Try creating a table with border lines not visible. I do this to have
set grid patterns of pictures.
You can place images in a frame and anchor them to the frame, and then
move them as one.
I also find that if you place images anchored to page you can place them
anywhere.
I might have put you wrong with no wrap and meant wrap in background.
The main thing is not to have any anchor points in reflowed text.

Moving pictures and anchor points still needs polishing in LO.
Depending on how you anchor the image it can move with anchor point
movement but also moving the picture can change the anchor point when
you don't want to, and it is hard to set the anchor point for an image
to stay with one paragraph. You move an image, that reflows the text,
other anchor points move, then other images move and you struggle to get
it back to normal.
steve


On 2011-05-16 11:45, Phil Jackson wrote:
Hi Steve

I wasn't aware of that setting - that could be useful when pasting.

What about when pictures are moved around? I 've tried it several
times myself and the hidden rules that govern how pictures can be
moved seem to have a mind of their own. It's possible that a grid
approach as put forward below may provide a more workable solution as
it sets boundaries for individual images.

When there is a collection of images, I can appreciate how difficult
it is to manage programmatically. A grid would allow cropping and
placement control, knowing that the manipulation of one picture isn't
going to upset the location of other pictures. It should be possible
to drag picture between grid cells also. This could be an alternative
method for users who know precisely what they want to achieve.

Cheers

Phil Jackson


On 5/16/2011 11:14 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
On 2011-05-16 10:07, Phil Jackson wrote:
10) Pasting Pictures so that they don't jump around unexpectedly
when you
have many pictures on a page and you move one.
This is one major bother for me, too. This might be pretty hard to
solve..?


I've got some ideas on this which involve having some sort of wire
grid and pictures get pasted optionally into cells in the grid. It's
as if each grid cell is a Window and the graphic can be moved around
inside the grid but doesn't get displayed outside it. It would need a
simple grid designer to set the rectangular areas into which a user
will place images. The grid lines will be able to be moved to enlargen
or reduce the area of individual cell areas.
Hi.
If the default when pasting a picture was "No Wrap" then it shouldn't
disrupt the position of other objects when you insert a new picture.
steve




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