Re: [libreoffice-users] Multuple rules/conditions to range of cells

Thank you so much, Jean-Francois.  The only information given about joining this 
was that I could post a question, nothing was said about receiving e-mails of 
every question posted.  If that had been made clear, I would not have joined.

Your answer to my question, I'm afraid, makes no sense to me because I do not 
know where I should look for "Insert>Images, etc."  original MS Word document or 
the one I copied to Libre Office?  With the  original document, as I changed 
picture sizes, the whole document reformatted to accommodate changes.  In the 
Lib. Off one I have only black boxes with red lettering inside showing some type 
of designation for each picture.  Can you clarify your response considering the 
above information?   Often I have problems with help because the helpers assume 
I have more technical knowledge than I do.  I'm just a retired teacher who uses 
e-mail, writes with WORD and does web searches.  I have no technical computer 
background.
Lynn




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From: Jean-Francois Nifenecker <jean-francois.nifenecker@laposte.net>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 10:59:33 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Multuple rules/conditions to range of cells


Le 06/06/2011 07:32, Lynn Wilde a écrit :
> I don't know why I got this e-mail.  Please don't send me such
> e-mails again.

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Now, back to your question...

> I do have a question.  I copied a book that I wrote with MS Word on
> to LibreOffice, but none of the pictures transferred, only boxes
> where the pictures would be.  The computer on which I wrote the
> document ran Win XP Home Edition. I transferred all my files to this
> new computer, runs Win 7, downloaded LibreOffice and copied and
> pasted the book to  LibreOffice.  No pictures.  Much frustration as
> there are many pictures.  What's the fix?  Or, will someone fix this
> problem in LibreOffice.  It must be a common one. Lynn

Embedding images within a document can be made under two options:

1. The images are actually made part of the document, causing it to get bigger 
and bigger, according to the images size. The advantage being that you've got an 
all-in-one item that is easy to carry along.

2. They can be just *linked* to the document. This way, the document size 
remains small. The drawback is that you have to carry the whole lot (document + 
images) together everytime you want to move things around.


Now for two new questions...

-- How do we opt for 1.or 2.?

Look at the Insert > Images > From file dialog. You'll notice there's a checkbox 
saying something like "Insert as link" (not sure about the English phrasing as 
I'm using a French version). Make sure it is UNchecked to embed the images 
within the document.

Note that this checkbox state is saved from a session to another. This can lead 
to some "strange" behaviour if it was (un)checked by mistake once.

If the images size is not gigantic, I'd suggest embedding them within the 
document.


-- What if the images are simply linked and you want to store them in the 
document?

Go to the Edit > Links dialog, select the images (multi selection is possible) 
and click the "Unlink" button (once again, I'm not sure about the exact wording 
of the button but you get the idea). Wait a few moments and you're done. Save.


Hope this helps,
-- Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux


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