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Hi LO users -

I have a naive question how you guys achieve the most efficient way to
transfer vector graphics from other programs to LibreOffice (mostly
Impress in my case). I work quite a bit cross-platform in a mixed Linux/
Windoze environment. The main question is how to keep a maximum of
editability and a most accurate transfer from another program.

Here my workflow (which is quite a pain in the neck):

I generate a vector format in e.g. Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/)
and like to have it transferred to LO-Impress.

= Copy and Paste does not work, since LO interprets the SVG as a pile of
text.
= I can save it as SVG in Inkscape directly, but then, when importing in
Impress, all curves are automatically closed (draw a triangle in which
one side is missing, save as SVG and then 'Insert' a picture in LO).
Furthermore gradient fills are just screwed up and bezier lines have
funny empty shapes at their nodes.
= it's a little better, if I open the SVG directly in Draw (the curves
are not closed, gradients do not work either)
= I can save from Inkscape directly as ODG, but similar problems occur.
= by exporting into WMF, I again lose all gradients...
= then I try to save in Inkscape as a PDF, this works sometimes
decently, but if there is a gradient fill, it screws up LO totally.
= when I am totally desperate, I save the file as a bitmap and have it
as a 'never-change-again' object in my presentation

Maybe you have a better workflow - I am curious!

Cheers!


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