[libreoffice-users] making graphics stay where you put them

If you've done much work positioning graphics in text, then you know how 
difficult it can be to make sure that the graphics stay in place. In the past, 
many experts have come up with recommendations about the best settings to use, 
but these suggestions either don't work if you try to export to another format 
or else have been made obsolete by changes to the program over the year.

In preparation for my upcoming book on OpenOffice/LibreOffice, I'm hoping to solve 
this  problem once and for all. Could anyone who is interested reproduce the 
two methods below, then try to break them by copying and pasting, adding text 
around the graphics, and anything else you can think of? I would be very 
interested in hearing results, especially on platforms other than Linux.

Method #1: Right-click on a graphic, and select Picture -> Options -> Protect 
_> Position and Size.

Method #2: 

1. Turn off auto-caption in Tools > Options

2. Create table with 1 column, 2 rows. Set space above and below. Do not allow 
to splilt across page or column, or keep with next paragraph, do not create 
heading row.

3. Set space above and below table (multiple of line height)

4. Place picture in 1st row. If you have trouble placing it in a cell, space 
down in the cell a few times before inserting the picture.

5. Position picture: either move using alignment or, if you want an 
indentation from the left, adjust from right, subtracting space from the total 
width of the table.

6. Add caption in second row. If graphic is indented, you will need to create 
a caption paragraph style with an indent.

7. In table context menu, unselect Table Boundaries. For convenience, you may 
want to unselect only before you print. 

Thanks to anyone whose curiosity or need encourages them to join the 
experiment.
-- 
Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time)
blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com
website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/

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