Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 9822
Cannot crop certain kinds of inserted objects--eg OLE
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:19:56 UTC
When inserting certain kinds of objects (e.g. OLE), there is no cropping capability. For example, choose insert OLE-->new OOo draw object. This cannot be cropped after insertion.
Reassigned to MRU
Until now, it was never planned to have cropping of OLe Objects... but it would also be a good feature regarding Interoperablablabla... ;-)
Hi Andreas, I do not think that cropping OLE objects is a no.1 feature to implement for compatibility reasons. But we should keep it on our to-do list for filters. retargeted to OO 2.0 and set to feature.
Hi Mathias, if it's possible to crop OLE objecte, this will be a feature request for you, isn't it?
Still needs investigation, but currently I don't preclude that this will be possible in OOo2.0
There might be some under-estimate of the importance of the cropping of OLE objects in previous comments. Word processor's main role is to package info. from all sources for business competitiveness. Professionals exploit advanced tools, often via OLE, in hope for a better competitive position. The majority of inserted OLE objects need scaling to make them pleasantly legible. Imagine the impact when the inserted OLE objects cannot be trimmed for quality impression in the marketing brochure, or any other business document. Guess which word processor the boss will instruct to use to achieve business target, if only one word processor is to be selected as company norm?
Looks like indeed it will not come to OOo2.0. So for now I set it to OOo Later.
Any ideas on when later will be? (about four years have passed now) Is there no way to reuse the cropping code from bitmaps?
We have many Word documents with embedded MS Visio objects. In Word the Visio objects are edited directly in the Word document without opening a new window. Therefore one can crop by simply grabbing the edges and corners of the object's frame. Very useful and very much missed since Writer opens the Visio object in a new window. I would add the ms_interoperability keyword.
Tested in OOo 3.1. Feature not yet implemented. When I double-click an embedded MSVisio object in Writer, OpenOffice.org 3.1 displays the error "General error". The error only allows "OK" as a reply. Please add the keyword ms_interoperability. This issue is the only reason we still have MSWord installed on one of our 100 workplaces. Everybody else has been using Writer for years.
Created attachment 62861 [details] Word doc with embedded MSVisio object
Could this be a duplicate of Issue 20042?
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".