Re: [libreoffice-users] Disappearing images in LO Writer doc.

This is a problem my wife has been experiencing for years in a very large
file of family history. I discovered the images were still there and saved
them off as jpg. She didn't use frames, just pasted the image at the
appropriate point. The disappearance was I think related to an upgrade, but
I wasn't able to identify which one.


On Sun, 3 Aug 2025, 14:18 Philip Jackson, <philip-jackson@gmx.com> wrote:

> On 03/08/2025 06:13, John Kaufmann wrote:
> > On 2025-07-31 10:04, Philip Jackson wrote:
> > > Using LO 24.2.7.2 in UbuntuStudio 24.02. But the same happens with LO
> 25.2.1.2 in Windows 11.
> > > The book has 72 images in 13 Chapters, all B&W .png images of a
> technical nature. All were inserted in the same manner: each inside a frame
> containing the image and beneath it, a caption "Figure x.x: some text".
> They are all embedded and not linked.
> > > ...
> > > When I look at the parameters of the frames and the images, I can see
> nothing which distinguishes Figs 7.6 and 7.7 from any of the other 70
> images in the book.
> > > Can anybody shed any light on where to look to see what distinguishes
> these two from the rest so that I can rely on their visual presence when
> the file is opened?
> > Have you checked the Navigator?
> Yes - the Navigator shows all the 'frames' with identical settings as far
> as I can see. When the file is first opened with the images in their 'not
> displayed' state, the Image57 and Image58 are displayed in the Navigator
> but 'grayed out'. A right click on the grayed out Image57 in the Navigator
> reveals that the first 4 elements which are normally displayed are NOT
> displayed for the grayed out images [that is: Go to, Edit, Delete Image,
> Rename]. A left click(s) on the grayed out Image57 does nothing (normal,
> since it's grayed out).
>
> Do you have anything else in mind that I should check for in the Navigator?
>
> If I change the anchor point of these two images inside their frames from
> 'as character' to 'to frame', then the images remain visible next time the
> file is opened.  The other 70 images are all anchored inside their frame
> 'as character' which, iirc, was the LO Writer default at the time the
> documents were originally created. They all display correctly when the file
> is opened.
>
> This problem can be lived with, but it would be good to understand why two
> of the images behave differently after these files were edited this year.
>
> Philip
>
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