Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 11559
Editing graphics in openoffice
Last modified: 2014-04-01 13:16:17 UTC
I would appreciate if I could edit graphics (don't matter how) embedded in an OOo document. This feature was present in staroffice 5, but was removed in staroffice 6. Do you plan to support such editing in the future?
This could be achieved in the following way: 1) In OOo Preferences the user defines any number (every graphic program has its own specific set of specialized featurs) of graphic editor programs by: Path, Name, ev. commandline parameters (e.g. '% 1 -e'). 2) When the user in OOo [word processor] rightclicks any type of graphic (gif, bmp, png, jpg, etc.) the appearing context menu contains a menu item 'Edit [graphic type]' with submenu items: These submenu items are the names of the former defined graphic editor programs. 3) Clicking one of the submenu items copies the graphic to a temporary directory. Then OOo [word processor] calls the resp. graphic program with the graphic file in the temp directory on the commandline (all graphic programs are able to open a file passed on the command line). 4) The user then can edit the graphic in the graphic program and then save the graphic (in most graphic programs the default Save- command saves the file in the same format and same path as the graphic loaded on the command line). 5) Because OOo [word processor] is monitoring the graphic file in the temp directory it notices when the graphic program saves the file, so after every file change the graphic embedded in the OOo [word processor] document is updated. 6) When the user closes the graphic program (monitored by OOo) OOo deletes the temporary file in the temp directory. 7) The user goes back to OOo [word processor] and finds his file edited without the time consuming hassle of having himself to save and load the graphic several times.
reassigned to bh@openoffice.org
*** Issue 67542 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
*** Issue 100287 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".
edit graphics possible. AOO410m14(Build:9760) - Rev. 1583418 Rev.1583418 Win 7
(In reply to Edwin Sharp from comment #6) > edit graphics possible. > AOO410m14(Build:9760) - Rev. 1583418 > Rev.1583418 > Win 7 How do you *edit* an embedded picture like it was able in StarOffice 5? Have I overlooked a new implementation of the old Image modul? How do you simply rotate an inserted image (not copied from draw or impress!)? Please explain. Thank you!
(In reply to mroe from comment #7) > (In reply to Edwin Sharp from comment #6) > How do you *edit* an embedded picture like it was able in StarOffice 5? > Have I overlooked a new implementation of the old Image modul? > > How do you simply rotate an inserted image (not copied from draw or > impress!)? > Please explain. Thank you! Original description talks about graphics editing "don't matter how"... Please feel free to clarify this vague description for those of us who are not familiar with StarOffice 5.
(In reply to Edwin Sharp from comment #8) > Original description talks about graphics editing "don't matter how"... Yes "don't matter how". One possible solution is described in Comment 2. Another possibility is an integrated image editor like there was in StarOffice 5. There can be other solutions provided "don't matter how". Further information can be found in the issues marked as duplicate of this issue. > Please feel free to clarify this vague description for those of us who are > not familiar with StarOffice 5. Your change in Comment 6 implied to me that you have understood.
This issue belongs to palecekj. This issue does not belong to Unknown, Michael Ruess or Eric Savary. Both me and you are not supposed (and even allowed) to speculate what the author meant. This issue will be resolved within 14 days of no meaningful information according to: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Issue_lifecycle