Hi :) Do you mean position of the images in relation to the wording around them or static on specific pages regardless of the text (or lack of) on that page? Regards from Tom :)
On 21 May 2014 20:16, Bruce Byfield <bbyfi...@axion.net> wrote: > If you've done much work positioning graphics in text, then you know how > difficult it can be to make sure that the graphics stay in place. In the > past, > many experts have come up with recommendations about the best settings to > use, > but these suggestions either don't work if you try to export to another > format > or else have been made obsolete by changes to the program over the year. > > In preparation for my upcoming book on OpenOffice/LibreOffice, I'm hoping > to solve > this problem once and for all. Could anyone who is interested reproduce > the > two methods below, then try to break them by copying and pasting, adding > text > around the graphics, and anything else you can think of? I would be very > interested in hearing results, especially on platforms other than Linux. > > Method #1: Right-click on a graphic, and select Picture -> Options -> > Protect > _> Position and Size. > > Method #2: > > 1. Turn off auto-caption in Tools > Options > > 2. Create table with 1 column, 2 rows. Set space above and below. Do not > allow > to splilt across page or column, or keep with next paragraph, do not create > heading row. > > 3. Set space above and below table (multiple of line height) > > 4. Place picture in 1st row. If you have trouble placing it in a cell, > space > down in the cell a few times before inserting the picture. > > 5. Position picture: either move using alignment or, if you want an > indentation from the left, adjust from right, subtracting space from the > total > width of the table. > > 6. Add caption in second row. If graphic is indented, you will need to > create > a caption paragraph style with an indent. > > 7. In table context menu, unselect Table Boundaries. For convenience, you > may > want to unselect only before you print. > > Thanks to anyone whose curiosity or need encourages them to join the > experiment. > -- > Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) > blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com > website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
