Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: image anchoring

Hi :)
Yeh, i haven't tried images in Calc.  However breaking them in Writer is
unlikely to help that.

I vaguely remember you had an excellent post with version numbers, OS and
more.  If you could test-drive the newest branch to see if the problem
still happens in there then posting a bug report asap might well draw
attention.  Do you know the first version this problem happened in?  My
guess is that it's always been there = in which case you are asking for a
"feature request".  I think "feature requests" are more attractive to the
devs.

My thought back then was that what you are trying to do in Calc sounds more
like a database problem.  If the thread about SQLite is right about SQLite
being an easier back-end for Base then that might be a MUCH better way to
go.  People on this mailing list might be quite "up for" helping with
that.  Also it sounds like right now might be a good time to ask questions
about how to use that back-end and set-up Base.  2 people working on it
means you might help each other by asking questions.
Regards from
Tom :)




On 16 December 2014 at 23:16, Hedley Finger <hedley.finger@gmail.com> wrote:
> All:
> ​
> > Why not stay with the advantages of LibreOffice instead of trying to
> make
> > it as hideous as MS Office!!?
>
> ​Can MS Office be more hideous than this?
>
> I decided to make a small database of bicycle spare parts in Calc, in
> which I would include a photo of each part as it's easier to scan a
> printout for a picture than look up words.
>
> Copying a graphic file from Gimp, etc. (or even another cell) and pasting
> into a cell produces these results:
>
>    - the anchor may be in the selected cell, or it could be to the sheet,
>    or in the cell above, or the cell to the left
>    - the cell must not only be selected (heavy border) but in direct
>    text-entry mode to have any hope of pasting into the cell, otherwise the
>    graphic will be anchored to the sheet for sure.
>
> ​You can change the anchor so that the graphic is equivalent to a
> character, with these results:
>
>    - if you hide the column in which the graphic character is located,
>    the graphic is still visible, but it should be hidden like all the other
>    text characters in that column. In fact, they are not only not hidden but
>    they obscure the contents of the neighbouring visible (= non-hidden) cells
>    - the same goes for hiding rows
>    - if you resize the cell, the graphic overlaps into neighbouring
>    cells, unlike what would happen if it were a real text character or string,
>    which gets masked off at the borders.​
>
> ​The database file is located in the same folder as the graphic files.
> This is important because the graphics are imported by reference, i.e. the
> graphics are loaded when the Calc file is opened. Except some aren't but
> are randomly not loaded.​
>
> ​I was the point of submitting a bug report when I lost all the content
> and didn't have the motivation to redo it all.​ Time to copy this email
> into a new bug report.
>
> Regards,
> Hedley
>
> P.S.
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