Re: [libreoffice-users] caption editing

At 10:15 07/05/2012 +0200, Gergely Buday wrote:
> I made the mistake to have one image as Drawing and another one as 
> Illustration. Now I want to change the Drawing into Illustration. 
> The Caption entry in the Insert menu is only for creating a new 
> caption - how can I get a similar menu for editing a caption?

I'm not sure there is any easy direct method.  You can edit the text 
of a caption in place.  You can even edit the headword "Drawing" to 
"Illustration" in place - but this does not modify the associated 
field, so caption numbering will no longer behave correctly: your new 
illustration will be numbered as if it were still a drawing.  That's 
your problem, of course.

Here's a workaround:
o Click in the image to select it: you will see the eight green 
handles.  Make sure you select the image and not the frame that 
contains the image and its caption.
o Cut the image (Edit | Cut or Ctrl+X).
o Click the edge of the frame that now contains just the caption to select it.
o Press Backspace to delete the frame.
o Paste the cut image (Edit | Paste or Ctrl+V).
o Now create a new "Illustration" caption for the new image.
o If necessary, press F9 to update the fields to renumber the 
illustrations automatically.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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