Re: [libreoffice-users] [writer] Moving a frame with a table in

On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 20:04 -0400, Calvin Kim wrote:
> On 04/12/2012 06:47 PM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 15:43 -0400, Calvin Kim wrote:
> > > On 04/12/2012 02:48 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > LibO 3.4.5 (official)
> > > > Xubuntu 10.04
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I meet a problem when trying to move frames with embedded tables.
> > > >
> > > > Moving a frame using direction keys is straightforward. Combined with
> > > > [Alt] we can move the frame in small increments.
> > > >
> > > > Strangely, when the frame holds a table, the [Alt]+direction key will
> > > > not move the frame any more, but it will redimension the embedded
> > > > table instead.
> > > >
> > > > Note: this only happens if the table is not preceeded by any character
> > > > (eg: no end-of-paragraph mark)
> > > >
> > > > I guess this is a bug. Anyone seeing this, too?
> > > Mmm, that's weird. I'm using LibO 3.4.4 in Ubuntu 11.10.
> > > To correct it,
> > >
> > >   1. Do not highlight the frame.
> > >   2. Move your cursor to outside of table, and inside of frame (to below
> > >      the table perhaps)
> > >   3. Then [Alt]+direction key works fine.
> > >
> > > cK
> >       To what is the frame anchored? If anchored as a character, the only
> > way to move the frame seems to be cut and paste. Anchoring to a
> > character allows me to use the direction arrows to move the frame.
> > Anchoring to a paragraph or page will allow me to do the same.
> >      My test frame contained a table, one cell of which contained a
> > 3100x2300, 5.8MB picture.
> >
> > --Dan
> Frame is anchored to page or to paragraph so that it's free to move 
> anywhere.
> Using just arrows works alright. But if you try to fine tune the 
> movement with "<Alt>+arrow" it's not working properly.
>
> cK
    
     When I am fine tuning where I place a frame, I right click the
frame and select Frame. The Type tab contains a Position section that
permits you to place the frame with an accuracy of 0.01cm (I use the
metric system for things like this for placement.)

--Dan



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