Issue 74884

Summary: Bitmap Object association control
Product: Impress Reporter: haganj <jamie.hagan>
Component: formattingAssignee: AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status: CONFIRMED --- QA Contact:
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P3 CC: elish, issues
Version: OOo 2.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux, all   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Latest Confirmation in: 4.1.0-dev
Developer Difficulty: ---
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Description haganj 2007-02-26 16:20:40 UTC 
Hello,

I am the technology specialist at an elementary school in Utah.  I am trying to
switch over to OOo.  Most of what I do works great on Windows XP.  My other lab
is Linux (SUSE 10)(Also won't work on Mac OSX)  One of the biggest needs I have
is to be able to insert and edit a bitmap object.

Works great in Windows.  I can go to Insert Object and choose "Further Object"
put in the object.  Students can double click it and it will open right up in
Paint seamlessly.  They can then use simple paint tools to illustrate the
concept.  The paint tools in Draw are too difficult for them.  

Can the same type of feature be built into the Linux version?  I can attach a
document if needed. 

Thank you
Jamie Hagan
Comment 1 haganj 2007-02-26 16:21:52 UTC 
Created attachment 43385 [details]
PaintingMath4
Comment 2 wolframgarten 2007-02-27 08:49:17 UTC 
Reassigned.
Comment 3 msacco 2010-06-05 07:41:51 UTC 
(Michael Sacco - 6/5/2010)

I have reproduced the following enhancement on the following platforms:

Windows 7 x64bit - OOo 3.3.0 - DEV300m78
Windows XP Professional - DEV300m78

and was, as you mentioned, able to open and edit the inserted bitmap freely (in
Microsoft Paint) using your provided file by simply double-clicking the bitmap
on the slide. To confirm your Linux enhancement request, I tried it on the platform:

Linux (OpenSuSe) - OOo 3.1.1

and I can confirm the fact that you cannot edit a bitmap. OpenOffice defaults to
"Draw" as their editing program on Linux side and doesn't allow for choosing to
edit on another editing program, such as GIMP.

To do some follow-up testing, I made sure that this was not simply file specific
as I created my own file with a bitmap object and could access it just the same
on Windows platform and unable to access it, again, on Linux.

Steps to create bitmap object (Windows Platform):

1. Create new Presentation
2. Choose any slide layout
3. Insert > Object > OLE Object > Further Objects > Paintbrush Picture
4. This opens a paint window that allows for editing, draw intended picture
5. Close paint editor and return to slide view - this will display the created
picture in the slide
6. Double-click bitmap object to re-open in MS Paint for further editing

I attempted to do the same on the Linux side, but there existed no option for
"Further Objects" so I wasn't able to produce any object using a local editing
program.
Comment 4 msacco 2010-06-05 07:43:00 UTC 
(Michael Sacco - 6/5/2010)

I have reproduced the following enhancement on the following platforms:

Windows 7 x64bit - OOo 3.3.0 - DEV300m78
Windows XP Professional - DEV300m78

and was, as you mentioned, able to open and edit the inserted bitmap freely (in
Microsoft Paint) using your provided file by simply double-clicking the bitmap
on the slide. To confirm your Linux enhancement request, I tried it on the platform:

Linux (OpenSuSe) - OOo 3.1.1

and I can confirm the fact that you cannot edit a bitmap. OpenOffice defaults to
"Draw" as their editing program on Linux side and doesn't allow for choosing to
edit on another editing program, such as GIMP.

To do some follow-up testing, I made sure that this was not simply file specific
as I created my own file with a bitmap object and could access it just the same
on Windows platform and unable to access it, again, on Linux.

Steps to create bitmap object (Windows Platform):

1. Create new Presentation
2. Choose any slide layout
3. Insert > Object > OLE Object > Further Objects > Paintbrush Picture
4. This opens a paint window that allows for editing, draw intended picture
5. Close paint editor and return to slide view - this will display the created
picture in the slide
6. Double-click bitmap object to re-open in MS Paint for further editing

I attempted to do the same on the Linux side, but there existed no option for
"Further Objects" so I wasn't able to produce any object using a local editing
program.
Comment 5 Edwin Sharp 2014-04-27 13:46:28 UTC 
Confirmed with
AOO410m18(Build:9764)  -  Rev. 1589052
2014-04-22 12:11 - Linux x86_64
Debian