Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 22704
Usability:Two Objects suggest no interrelation
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
Example: Insert a Chart, add a Caption and both Objects have no interrelation. (Select the Chart and change the Anchor to "To Page", the Chart will leave the Object and change the size)
OD: Yes, that's right - the chart object and the Writer fly frame that contains the chart object and the caption aren't in a close relationship. This is a usability defect and holds for all objects that are labeled in this way. One suggestions could be: Instead of inserting the chart object into the Writer fly frame, the chart objact and the Writer fly frames could be grouped. *But*, grouping of Writer fly frames isn't supported yet, and it would be quiet harder to access the chart object, because it's a member of a group (first you have to edit the group), and a border around the labeled object. This suggestion seems to have the same amount of usability disadvantages as the current one. OD->FL: Please take over in order to evaluate possible improvements and to decide about the target (I would propose target OOo later).
FL: I do not see a real problem in changing the anchor to page or the like. Adding a caption only puts the object into a frame, sets the width to 100% and adds a line for the caption below or above the object. 100% width means page width (borders) when anchored to the page. Captioning will be changed for oo.org 2.0, but the mechanism is kept . So this one will change to office later. Please find the spec for OO.org 2.0 here: http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/caption_dialog/Writer_Caption_Dialog.sxw