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

Virgil:

I didn't think it could be so easy.

I suspect that the second method may be more reliable. Frames seem to be wonky 
in the latest releases, but tables seem to have fewer problems. 

On Wednesday 21 May 2014 06:26:44 PM Virgil Arrington wrote:
> 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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