Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 2313
Make images / pictures easier to handle
Last modified: 2014-09-24 01:50:46 UTC
Especially resizing ! It is quite noticable how easy images are to manage in Word as opposed to Open Office. Two examples: 1) Word appears to Anchor as Character by default so importing two images places them one after the other is some fashion (side by side or one below the other). Open Office by contrast defaults to Anchor to Page which means that importing two, or more, images results in them all sitting on top of each other ! 2) Dragging the left or right hand image resizing widget in Word 2000 automatically takes care of the margins. (Well that's not quite true ! Dragging to the left results in the right hand margin getting smaller or vanishing off the page altogether. The left margin then has to be move to the left !) In Open Office the maximum image size is fixed firmly to the current margin / page size. Messing about with the margins can lead to all sorts of fun and games !
Reassigned to Falko.
This issue is re-assigned to Christian Jansen for further evaluation.
1. Word users don't have the choice to place the anchor of an object to different items like page, paragraphs etc. The problem with anchors is that every default has a lot of pros and cons. Anyway, may we should invest some time to evaluate a better solution. 2. A soultion could be to handle graphics like in DTP applications. Graphics in those apps are placed in frames and could be resized, dragged or what ever real easy. The solution from MS even not real easy to handle.
I am in strong agreement with point 2 in CJ's comments. For OOo to be able to handle images in a similar way to, say, QuarkXPress would be a massive bonus for those of us who do use OOo as a DTP package. Or, if this already exists / is available via a practical workaround, it needs to be better signposted.
CJ: Reopened. Set target to Later.
Tyler Charles 09/23/2014 I successfully recreated this issue by uploading multiple images into a word document. I noticed tat the images are placed on top of each other when uploaded together, but when uploaded separately the second image in placed in a new document separate from the first image. Uploading multiple images to a single document becomes tedious when the user has to manually resize and reposition each individual image in the document.