Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Twayne wrote: >> HI All, >> >> First let me preface this by saying I think OO.o is an outstanding >> accomplishment and a fantastic job well done for the most part. In >> addition, having once managed R&D software and hardware offices I am >> reasonably aware of the very large problems of developing >> applications. There; hope that's enough sucking up to get you to >> read this<g>: I am at a make or break point with my attempt to use >> OOo 2.3.1 for my >> purposes. Either I figure out some work-arounds or I'll have to >> relegate OOo back to a "future" date for serious use. After >> searching many old posts and asking a few questions here and on one >> of the other groups, I feel I have a reasonable head-around for >> using OOo. However, I am unable to get around some problems that >> prevent me from continuing to use it. >> >> Example: I have one file (.doc from Word) that I've imported, >> pasted, and otherwise played with to get it into OOo in a manageable >> form. It's about 33Meg in size, 60 pages, and contains 101 embedded >> (not linked) JPEG color images ranging in size from 1/16 page to 1/4 >> page , sized prior to insertion into the document. There are only 4 >> Word styles, no sections, in this particular document. >> I create the .odt, close the document, Reboot just for grins, and >> then open the .odt again. >> Nothing I try has succeeded in an import/paste/paste special, >> paste without last para mark, etc., of the .doc into an OOo .odt >> file in any usable manner. >> >> The largest problem is image positioning. Images beyond the first >> about 8 pages are nearly all misaligned, misplaced, and their >> anchors have moved to incorrect pargraphs. If the images were in a >> table, they are now outside the table and cannot be moved back into >> the table without deleting and re-creating it. Images will overlap >> each other and even overlap text, but the text either shows on top >> of the image, or the image isn't opaque, I'm not sure which. Touching >> the image wiht the mouse corrects that and text moves away >> from the image as expected, but the image may still be as much as an >> entire page removed from its correct, anchored position. >> As you can imagien, correcting this image positioning is a real >> problem since they don't misalign in any orderly or sequential >> manner, and the tables that held the images have just been >> completely abandoned. There are also other spacing problems, but they >> could be relegated to >> the annoyance category if it weren't for the image mistreatment. >> Spaces between paragraphs are not consistant and several other >> things happen that means it would require a page by page treatment >> to correct because "replace" operations can not properly function on >> them. For whatever reason, spacing problems all seem to relate to >> the vertical dimension; there are no horizontal issues except with >> images; I see no pattern to their movement. >> >> *IS* there any specific way around these problems? The images >> moving in particular? If not, I think I'll have to relegate OOo to >> the shelf again and continue using Office for my work for the >> foreseeable future at least. >> As much as I want to support OOo, I won't be able to since I just >> plain won't have the time to gain the experience and background >> needed to become a useful volunteer who can contribute to it. >> >> Thanks for reading and if this pisses anyone off, I'm sorry, because >> I don't mean it to do that. I just have a decision to make and must >> do so soon as possible since I've gotten essentially no where with >> being able to make a full and reliable transition to OO.o. >> > > It is very hard to give a general solution to your problems without > knowning the concrete text documents, which causes the trouble. > > Can you provide sample text documents demonstrating your problems? > The best would be to provide such text documents is to provide these > text document as attachments to a defect submitted via IssueZilla - > the bug tracking system for OpenOffice.org. > > Regards, Oliver.
That's a reasonable request IMO and I'll do it. It may take me a couple days but I *will* do it. I've held off on it simply because I didn't want to issue a bug report if it was really cockpit error<g> at first, then as I got frustrated I just plain forgot about submitting. One thing I neglected to say before too: The mal-arrangement is consistant; the same each time. That should help someone once I get it submitted. Thanks much, Tom -- Please reply to the newsgroup so everyone benefits. E-mails may not be responded to. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
