[libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

2012-01-29 Thread Daniel Wibbing
Hi everyone! I am new to this mailing list. I hope I am using it in the right way: The situation: I have a document (my dissertation) with a lot of pictures, which I inserted as links. The document is in a folder Dissertation The pictures are in the folder Bilder/... in the folder Dissertation

Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

2012-01-29 Thread Fernand Vanrie
Daniel Wibbing, I donot know if early versions suported relative links, as the link is stored a a url ? with a simple macro you can restore easly the URL's to your original path Greetz Fernand Hi everyone! I am new to this mailing list. I hope I am using it in the right way: The

Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

2012-01-29 Thread Calvin Kim
On 01/29/2012 09:11 AM, Daniel Wibbing wrote: Hi everyone! I am new to this mailing list. I hope I am using it in the right way: The situation: I have a document (my dissertation) with a lot of pictures, which I inserted as links. The document is in a folder Dissertation The pictures are in

Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

2012-01-29 Thread Daniel Wibbing
Hi Brian, you are a genius! :) Using this little dot in front of the path name really works! ./Bilder/Kapitel 2/Hall_effect_A.png Like this I am now able to delete the beginnings of the absolute path names, set the dot in front of the relative part and the picture will be shown. Great!

Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

2012-01-29 Thread Dan Lewis
Daniel: Perhaps a little studying on how relative paths work is in order. When you see a relative path that begins with ./xxx, this means to begin looking for xxx in the same folder you are presently in. (xxx can be a folder or file.) When you see a relative path that begins with ../xxx, this

Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

2012-01-29 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:32 29/01/2012 +0100, Daniel Wibbing wrote: you are a genius! :) Possibly not - but I'm pleased if I've solved your problem, of course. Using this little dot in front of the path name really works! ./Bilder/Kapitel 2/Hall_effect_A.png Like this I am now able to delete the beginnings

Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

2012-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 29 January, 2012, 20:32 Hi Brian, you are a genius! :) Using this little dot in front of the path name really works! ./Bilder/Kapitel 2/Hall_effect_A.png Like this I am now

Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

2012-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 29 January, 2012, 21:47 At 21:32 29/01/2012 +0100, Daniel Wibbing wrote: you are a genius