Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing graphic images in documents

On 11/29/2011 08:00 PM, TomW wrote:
> On 2011-11-29 09:48, James Finnall wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > For years with OpenOffice I was able to use a document as template to 
> > print my photos on 8 1/2"x11" photo paper by reloading the document 
> > and simply replacing the images.
> >
> > I think it was UBuntu version 11 that changed me over to 
> > LibreOffice.  I have found that my documents seem to load and print 
> > just fine as they were originally saved.  But I have not been able to 
> > locate a method to replace the graphic images in a document, either 
> > by the top menu or by right clicking the image.
> >
> > The only way I have found is to delete the image and then insert the 
> > new image from scratch!  This is most difficult for precise image 
> > size and placement.   I use a standard aspect on my camera (3:2) and 
> > have the image size for all four photos exactly the same.  They are 
> > also positioned to allow just a barely visible white line between the 
> > photos for cutting.  And the margins are set to be allowed on my 
> > printer without the images being cropped off.
> >
> > To duplicate all these settings on every image is way too time 
> > consuming.  I need to be able to simply change the image in the four 
> > graphic entities without effecting size, placement or aspect ratio of 
> > the original image.
> >
> > Anybody have any suggestions that I might try to replace the images 
> > of a document?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > James
>
> James:
>
> If all you are doing is using the template to print the picture, then 
> you could just link the image to your template.  Then when you want to 
> print a new picture, just change the link in the document to the new 
> picture.
>
> From LibreOffice Help:
>
>
>    "Inserting Bitmaps
>
> A bitmap image can be inserted in LibreOffice Writer, LibreOffice 
> Calc, LibreOffice Draw and LibreOffice Impress documents.
>
>   1.
>
>      Choose *Insert - Picture - From File*.
>
>   2.
>
>      Select the file. In the *File type* box you can restrict the
>      selection to certain file types.
>
>   3.
>
>      Click the *Link* box if you want a link to the original file.
>
>      If the *Link* box is marked, whenever the document is updated and
>      loaded the bitmap image is reloaded. The editing steps that you
>      have carried out in the local copy of the image in the document
>      are re-applied and the image is displayed.
>
>      If the *Link* box is not marked, you are always working with the
>      copy created when the graphic was first inserted.
>
>      To embed graphics that were first inserted as links, go to *Edit -
>      Links* and click the *Break Link* button.
>
>   4.
>
>      Click *Open* to insert the image."
>
> You can change the picture from the menu Edit|Links
> or
> In the Picture properties dialog, select the Picture Tab, there you 
> can change the picture link.
>
>
> TomW
Thank you Tom for the information.  I had not tried the link feature 
because it was greyed out and would not allow me to change it.  But from 
your help above I could see how to create the images as links.  So I did 
try it and it appears to work very well.  I can say that this is almost 
the same process as I was doing before by selecting the file name from 
the dialog or typing it in directly.  Since most all of my images have 
the same aspect ratio this is certainly a possibility for me to use.

Since it appears I need to recreate my photo layouts for this, I think I 
will use the same image just as a place holder with the document 
itself.  It can be used many times across many documents.  Then open the 
doc and change the links to the photos I want printed but discard when 
completed.

Thank you again and it appears this will be the best way for me resolve 
my problem.
James


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