Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer loses format of MSOffice2007-Doc (watermark, embedded image, format etc)

Sounds like whatever is displaying the image isn't being initialized 
properly for whatever reason. "Reopening" it allows that function to 
execute with the proper parameters.  To sit on the page in the proper 
place the coordinates of the image would have to be known and set 
properly. If the images are "stacking" then they're all getting the same 
set of coordinates.  The trick is to figure out why.

For the laymen... the best analogy I can think of is to picture an 
assembly line, with a conveyor belt.  Empty bottles sit on the conveyor 
belt.  When you start the conveyor belt and the associated machinery 
that fills the bottles with some liquid, the bottles are not aligned 
properly so when the filling nozzle starts pouring liquid it misses the 
bottle opening by just enough that it sprays onto the belt and spills 
over onto the floor. By restarting the machinery at the exact moment 
that the bottles are properly aligned it "fixes" the problem.

Kind of a lame analogy but like I say, the best I can think of at the 
moment.

On 7/27/2012 4:58 PM, anne-ology wrote:
>         yes;
>
>         I've found a simple way to sometimes 'find' these hidden images is
> to minimize the window file ...
>            then when you 're-open' it, these images appear;
>
>         I think this is one of the mysteries of the electronic age -
>            if anyone has a reason for this phenomenon, I'm listening as long
> as it's in layman's terms  ;-)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi :)
> > I've often found that even tho images appear to have vanished they are
> > still really there somewhere.  That gives at least 2 opportunities;
> > 1.  Edit and save without trying to find the images and then see if the
> > images apparently re-appear in the right places when the edited file is
> > opened back in MS Office 2007/2010
> > 2.  Hunt around the edges of the pages and move any images you do find
> > anywhere to see if the other images have been hidden underneath as they
> > tend to get piled-up on-top of each other.
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer loses format of MSOffice2007-Doc
> > (watermark, embedded image, format etc)
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Date: Friday, 27 July, 2012, 13:50
> >
> > On 07/27/2012 03:28 AM, Miriyala, Vasu wrote:
> > > Hi Forum,
> > >
> > > Appreciate your pointers or help on how to open the MS office word files
> > in writer while retaining the format of original intact. Currently Libre
> > when opening MSOffice-word2007 docs loses water mark, embedded image,
> > images inserted thru "insert features of word 2007" etc
> > > Thanks, Vasu
> > I generally have success accurately opening docx format files.
> > Occasionally I get one that I have to open MSO and convert to doc (2003)
> > or ODF 1.0/1.1. Usually it is some graphic layout that causes the
> > problem. This is known issue with LO and AOO.
> >
> > docx file conversions are occasionally difficult because MS is trying to
> > push their proprietary MS Office and makes open the file accurately
> > problematic.
> >
> > If you are using Linux, you might try Calligra Words (probably available
> > in your repository) to see if it is better at opening the file and
> > saving to odt.
> >
> > --
> > Jay Lozier
> > jslozier@gmail.com


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