[libreoffice-users] cropped images in docx file not formatted correctly

[John King]

LO 3.5.4 on opensuse 12.2
LO 3.6.3 on Windows XP

Most of my colleagues are now using recent versions of Word, where docx 
is the default format. Exchanging pure text documents is not a huge 
problem, but I've run into difficulties with docx files containing 
cropped images, of which there are many.


When read into LO, the cropped images are not formatted correctly. 
Instead of being cropped, the image is 'squashed' to the dimensions of 
the cropped image, but no cropping has taken place.


I've submitted a bug report as:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57378

with sample files illustrating the problem.

I can't find any setting in the LO options to overcome this, but I may 
be missing something as I couldn't find any previous bug reports of this 
phenomenon, so perhaps other people are not experiencing it. Can anyone 
else confirm it happening?


John King

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Re: [libreoffice-users] cropped images in docx file not formatted correctly

[Joel Madero]

I'd suggest looking at bugs.freedesktop.org and search for similar
problems. I know that image placement has been reported before and .docx is
a nightmare to work with (Microsoft isn't very open about sharing their
standards.if you didn't know that :) ).

Regards,
Joel

P.S. If you don't see similar bug reports I suggest you report the bug and
attach a test document so that we can look into it


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:11 AM, John King  wrote:

> LO 3.5.4 on opensuse 12.2
> LO 3.6.3 on Windows XP
>
> Most of my colleagues are now using recent versions of Word, where docx is
> the default format. Exchanging pure text documents is not a huge problem,
> but I've run into difficulties with docx files containing cropped images,
> of which there are many.
>
> When read into LO, the cropped images are not formatted correctly. Instead
> of being cropped, the image is 'squashed' to the dimensions of the cropped
> image, but no cropping has taken place.
>
> I've submitted a bug report as:
>
> 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=57378
>
> with sample files illustrating the problem.
>
> I can't find any setting in the LO options to overcome this, but I may be
> missing something as I couldn't find any previous bug reports of this
> phenomenon, so perhaps other people are not experiencing it. Can anyone
> else confirm it happening?
>
> John King
>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] cropped images in docx file not formatted correctly

[Dan Lewis]

 This is not necessarily a problem with .docx files. What John 
mentioned is how "cropped" images have been handled going back prior to 
when OOo was donated to Apache. Neither AOO nor LO truly crop images. 
They only limit what is seen to the "cropped" area.

 To crop a picture, I have to use another program, mostly gimp.

--Dan

On 11/26/2012 12:14 PM, Joel Madero wrote:

I'd suggest looking at bugs.freedesktop.org and search for similar
problems. I know that image placement has been reported before and .docx is
a nightmare to work with (Microsoft isn't very open about sharing their
standards.if you didn't know that :) ).

Regards,
Joel

P.S. If you don't see similar bug reports I suggest you report the bug and
attach a test document so that we can look into it


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:11 AM, John King  wrote:


LO 3.5.4 on opensuse 12.2
LO 3.6.3 on Windows XP

Most of my colleagues are now using recent versions of Word, where docx is
the default format. Exchanging pure text documents is not a huge problem,
but I've run into difficulties with docx files containing cropped images,
of which there are many.

When read into LO, the cropped images are not formatted correctly. Instead
of being cropped, the image is 'squashed' to the dimensions of the cropped
image, but no cropping has taken place.

I've submitted a bug report as:

 
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=57378

with sample files illustrating the problem.

I can't find any setting in the LO options to overcome this, but I may be
missing something as I couldn't find any previous bug reports of this
phenomenon, so perhaps other people are not experiencing it. Can anyone
else confirm it happening?

John King

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Re: [libreoffice-users] cropped images in docx file not formatted correctly

[John King]

On 26/11/12 17:14, Joel Madero wrote:

I'd suggest looking at bugs.freedesktop.org and search for similar
problems. I know that image placement has been reported before and .docx is
a nightmare to work with (Microsoft isn't very open about sharing their
standards.if you didn't know that :) ).

Regards,
Joel

P.S. If you don't see similar bug reports I suggest you report the bug and
attach a test document so that we can look into it


The bug report and sample files are at:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57378



John





On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:11 AM, John King  wrote:


LO 3.5.4 on opensuse 12.2
LO 3.6.3 on Windows XP

Most of my colleagues are now using recent versions of Word, where docx is
the default format. Exchanging pure text documents is not a huge problem,
but I've run into difficulties with docx files containing cropped images,
of which there are many.

When read into LO, the cropped images are not formatted correctly. Instead
of being cropped, the image is 'squashed' to the dimensions of the cropped
image, but no cropping has taken place.

I've submitted a bug report as:

 
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=57378

with sample files illustrating the problem.

I can't find any setting in the LO options to overcome this, but I may be
missing something as I couldn't find any previous bug reports of this
phenomenon, so perhaps other people are not experiencing it. Can anyone
else confirm it happening?

John King

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Re: [libreoffice-users] cropped images in docx file not formatted correctly

[John King]

On 26/11/12 18:28, Dan Lewis wrote:
This is not necessarily a problem with .docx files. What John 
mentioned is how "cropped" images have been handled going back prior 
to when OOo was donated to Apache. Neither AOO nor LO truly crop 
images. They only limit what is seen to the "cropped" area.

 To crop a picture, I have to use another program, mostly gimp.

--Dan


I think it is a problem with docx files.  If the sample file I have put 
in the bug report is saved in Word97-2003 .doc format, LO imports it 
correctly, with the same cropping as in the original Word2007 document.


It's only when LO tries to import the docx version that the 'squashed' 
image effect occurrs.


John




On 11/26/2012 12:14 PM, Joel Madero wrote:

I'd suggest looking at bugs.freedesktop.org and search for similar
problems. I know that image placement has been reported before and 
.docx is

a nightmare to work with (Microsoft isn't very open about sharing their
standards.if you didn't know that :) ).

Regards,
Joel

P.S. If you don't see similar bug reports I suggest you report the 
bug and

attach a test document so that we can look into it


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:11 AM, John King  
wrote:



LO 3.5.4 on opensuse 12.2
LO 3.6.3 on Windows XP

Most of my colleagues are now using recent versions of Word, where 
docx is
the default format. Exchanging pure text documents is not a huge 
problem,
but I've run into difficulties with docx files containing cropped 
images,

of which there are many.

When read into LO, the cropped images are not formatted correctly. 
Instead
of being cropped, the image is 'squashed' to the dimensions of the 
cropped

image, but no cropping has taken place.

I've submitted a bug report as:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=57378

with sample files illustrating the problem.

I can't find any setting in the LO options to overcome this, but I 
may be

missing something as I couldn't find any previous bug reports of this
phenomenon, so perhaps other people are not experiencing it. Can anyone
else confirm it happening?

John King

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Re: [libreoffice-users] cropped images in docx file not formatted correctly

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Standard tactics are 
*  Ask people to send you documents in the older format "because not everyone 
has the time and money to upgrade their MS Office every couple of years"
*  Give people the link to the download site for LibreOffice as part of your 
signature
*  Ask people to also send a Pdf because word-processing formats always look 
different on any other machine depending on random variable such as which 
printer-driver is the default on that machine and which OS it's running.  

Don't make apology for it.  Just tell them to do it.  You are not the only 
person that is likely to have trouble with their documents.  
Regards from
Tom :)  
  





>
> From: John King 
>To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
>Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 17:17
>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] cropped images in docx file not formatted 
>correctly
> 
>On 26/11/12 18:28, Dan Lewis wrote:
>> This is not necessarily a problem with .docx files. What John mentioned is 
>> how "cropped" images have been handled going back prior to when OOo was 
>> donated to Apache. Neither AOO nor LO truly crop images. They only limit 
>> what is seen to the "cropped" area.
>>      To crop a picture, I have to use another program, mostly gimp.
>> 
>> --Dan
>
>I think it is a problem with docx files.  If the sample file I have put in the 
>bug report is saved in Word97-2003 .doc format, LO imports it correctly, with 
>the same cropping as in the original Word2007 document.
>
>It's only when LO tries to import the docx version that the 'squashed' image 
>effect occurrs.
>
>John
>
>
>> 
>> On 11/26/2012 12:14 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
>>> I'd suggest looking at bugs.freedesktop.org and search for similar
>>> problems. I know that image placement has been reported before and .docx is
>>> a nightmare to work with (Microsoft isn't very open about sharing their
>>> standards.if you didn't know that :) ).
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Joel
>>> 
>>> P.S. If you don't see similar bug reports I suggest you report the bug and
>>> attach a test document so that we can look into it
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:11 AM, John King  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> LO 3.5.4 on opensuse 12.2
>>>> LO 3.6.3 on Windows XP
>>>> 
>>>> Most of my colleagues are now using recent versions of Word, where docx is
>>>> the default format. Exchanging pure text documents is not a huge problem,
>>>> but I've run into difficulties with docx files containing cropped images,
>>>> of which there are many.
>>>> 
>>>> When read into LO, the cropped images are not formatted correctly. Instead
>>>> of being cropped, the image is 'squashed' to the dimensions of the cropped
>>>> image, but no cropping has taken place.
>>>> 
>>>> I've submitted a bug report as:
>>>> 
>>>> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=57378<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57378>
>>>> 
>>>> with sample files illustrating the problem.
>>>> 
>>>> I can't find any setting in the LO options to overcome this, but I may be
>>>> missing something as I couldn't find any previous bug reports of this
>>>> phenomenon, so perhaps other people are not experiencing it. Can anyone
>>>> else confirm it happening?
>>>> 
>>>> John King
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