Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 85523
large file; images misaligned; out of position
Last modified: 2008-02-05 09:16:43 UTC
First of 2 similar but different issues; hoping to get both in today, not sure. OS: XP Pro SP2+ Attached Files: junk1.doc, original Word 2002/SP3 file junk1.odt .doc as opened with Writer junk2.doc: .doc copy of all but last para mark to blank .odt file (small - pics are placeholdres but similar problemr). The Word file is stable; it can be opened and closed, reopened with no problems as long as no editing is done. To desensitize the file, I did a text replace of all letters (but not font, puncutation, etcl) with the letter "A". Then I touched up image positions due to the text width differences, and saved it. That's attachment 1 [details]. For attachment 2 [details] I opened the desensitized .doc and opened it with soffice. I noted the misaligned images, saved the file, opened it again to see the the misalignment remained, closed it again, and that is attachment 2 [details]. Then I opened the .doc file and copied all but the last paragraph mark in the file (a popular way to "fix" many things) and pasted it into soffice's blank Text Document. That file is small, with picture place-holders. That is attachment 3 [details]. This only seems to occur on files with a size of about 9 Meg and greater. The larger the file, the worse the image damage becomes. The submitted file -could- be repaired manually, but it would be a pretty fair amount of work. I will happily respond to any requests for further information and if wanted can easily provide screen shots. I don't see any way to attach files on this page so I'm assuming it will come up on the next page? Hope so. Best REgards, Twayne
Created attachment 51118 [details] Oliver: Say file limit is 1 Meg; can NOT sned other attachments. Sorry
OD->Twayne: Please send your files via private mail to MRU (Michael Ruess, QA engineer) and in copy to me. MRU will investigate the issue with your given text document and will process forward.
New development: This evening just for grins I downloaded and installed Sun's ODF Add-In to allow MS Office to Import/Export ODF files (OOo files). The amount of image mislocation in OOo was markedly LESS using the Export odf from Word on my 33 Meg test file. It would still be a pretty fair annoyance to repair, but ... it would be possible to manually repair that document. There was only one place, around page 25 or so, where the image movement put several tabled images one on top fo the other haphazardly. There were still other instances of images, particularly those at the bottom of the pages, to be moved down, outisde the confines of its page but that may be a result of the initial haphazardness I just mentioned. That's the good news because that would cover nearly ALL of the Word files I have with a few notable exceptions. The bad news is, with the 53 Meg file, the image trashing was still substantial enough to be extremely annoying to repair manually. To synopsize though, it at least appears that the Sun Add-in allows files quite a bit larger than 10 Meg to be successfully transferred to OOo format. I have a LOT Of those. But, for the few in the 50 Meg and up range, I would be willing to further breatk those up into smaller files if it were my only choice. Going forward I would just never again allow a file to get larger than 10 Meg. It's a workable work-around if nothing else. 2nd of the "two related issues" still not posted; awaiting resolution of mru contact details.
MRU: I have uploaded Junk1.doc and Junk1.odt. I believe now all three attachments I mentioned in my Desc1 have now been provided. Twayne
Me and OD now had a closer look at the problem - it is an already known one. Open the document in OOo. Just click the large graphic of the bridge (on page 51) and open the graphics properties. On the first tab page click "follow text flow" option and OK. Now it will look es expected. This problem is already tracked as issue 84783. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 84783 ***
Closing duplicate.