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Issue #|114966
Summary|Picture in Picture
Component|Word processor
Version|1.0.0
Platform|PC
URL|
OS/Version|Windows, all
Status|UNCONFIRMED
Status whiteboard|
Keywords|
Resolution|
Issue type|DEFECT
Priority|P3
Subcomponent|editing
Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm
Reported by|cheaptightwad
------- Additional comments from cheaptight...@openoffice.org Wed Oct 6
16:24:50 +0000 2010 -------
OpenOffice Version 3.2.1 (as well as previous versions)
Windows 7 x64 (problem also occurred with WinXP)
Problem:
Every time I make a document with multiple copies of the same picture, Open
Office creates a "picture in picture" effect.
For example, I wanted to print multiple coupons on one document in order to save
paper:
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9422/oopicdoc.png
When the document is printed, it creates this 'picture in picture' effect:
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5390/ooproblempicinpic.png
Step by Step Details:
1. Open a new OpenOffice Text Document/Writer or Drawing
2. Copy an image saved to your desktop by “Right Clicking” your mouse and
selecting “Copy”
3. “Right Click” on the OpenOffice document and select “Paste”
4. “Left Click” on the document outside of the image
5. Press “Enter” to create a line break
6. Repeat steps 3-5 as many times as needed
The “picture in picture” effect also happens when dragging and dropping the
images, inserting the images from a file, and inserting the images into a table.
The document looks fine in the Page Preview but it always prints with a picture
in a picture.
Solution:
Before submitting this bug, a search turned up issue 76906 which offered this
“solution”:
1) within a graphics package - PhotoImpact 10 - open a .jpg picture .
2) place a selection rectangle around a portion of the picture .
3) copy the selection to the clip board .
4) create a document with OpenOffice Write .
5) paste the picture portion into the document .
6) using another picture portion repeat steps 1 to 4 .
7) directly after the first picture portion - paste the second picture portion
into the document . The second picture portion will be pasted over the first
picture portion - not directly after it .
Strangely, this solution did work (using Win7 Snipping Tool), however, it is not
practical because: 1) It is tedious when many images need to be produced within
a document and 2) it creates formatting problems because selecting each image
individually produces images that are not the same identical size within the
document. For instance, I often print hang tags for crafts with 30-40 identical
images on a single sheet of paper. Because of formatting issues, it is
impossible to use OpenOffice for this task.
OpenOffice is usually a great alternative to MS Word. But, it bugs me to have
to go back to Dirty Word each time this problem rears its ugly head. In fact,
this problem is the only thing that keeps MS Word on my PC. In Word, you can
simply copy an image, then paste it into a document as many times as needed.
Hopefully, one day it will be that simple in OpenOffice.
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