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

Okay, Bruce, I just tried method 1 using LO 4.1.5.3 on Windows 7. I 
inserted about 11 pictures. I then resized them using a Frame Style I 
had previously set up. I then moved them into position where I wanted 
them and, once in place, I protected both their positions and size using 
your first method.

On a couple occasions, LO stopped responding for a few seconds, but it 
recovered. It was generally going well until I got to the 10th picture. 
After setting its size with my Frame Style, I just couldn't move it to 
my desired location. I kept trying when, "Sproing!!" The 10th picture 
got stuck in a footer and the 9th picture (on which I had already 
protected both size and position) suddenly resized itself, stretching 
from the top margin to the bottom margin. It had originally only covered 
about half the page from top to bottom. So, obviously the protect size 
and position didn't work.

Dang! I thought I had it.

Virgil


On 5/21/2014 3:16 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote:
> 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.


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