[libreoffice-users] Re: Picture size controls...

On 10/29/13 4:27 PM, Regina Henschel wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> Ken Springer schrieb:
> > Well...  The following seems really dumb.   :-(
> >
> >       1.  Insert a picture in a document
> >       2.  Select the picture, rt. click and select "Picture" from the
> > popup box
> >       3.  Click the Type tab, and check "Keep ratio".
> >
> > Leave the dialogue box open or close it, your choice.
> >
> > Grab a corner handle, adjust the size, but the ratio is NOT retained.
> >
> > Surely, this is not right.
> >
> > The ratio is kept if you manually change the size in the dialogue box.
>
> And exact that is the purpose of the check box, to bind the entered
> values to ratio. It is _not_ a lock ratio property of the image. Such
> property does not exists. To keep ratio while dragging with the mouse,
> hold down the Shift-key.

Just discovered this reading Paul's message, and experimenting.

> Kind regards
> Regina


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