> -----Original Message----- > From: James Elliott [mailto:james.elli...@wn.com.au] > > As stated in my previous post, I am having challenges using > inserting photos > into OOo 3 Draw running on my Win XP computer, so I decided > to copy all the > OOo Draw files I was using, and the jpeg photos, onto my USB > memory stick > and do the work on my Linux computer which also runs OOo3 - > the operating > system is Ubuntu Linux. > > When I run OOo on the Linux machine and pull up a Draw page > in which I have > already inserted two pictures, on the linux version of OOo, > in the place of > the pictures I have a long address including the path ... > i.e. a string of > text instead of my picture. The captions I put there on the > Windows machine > are still there and read as they should do, but the pics are gone and > replaced with text addresses. > > Why is this so? I have had to go back to my Windows machine, > which does not > please me. > > Kind regards, James
Could it be that, when you inserted the photo in OOo on Windows, you might have had the "Link" box checked (near the bottom) in the Insert > Picture > From File > Insert picture dialog? As I understand it, leaving that box blank causes the picture to become inserted as part of the OOo document, whereas checking the "Link" box causes the <reference to the> picture to be inserted as just a link. The default is to have the picture included with your document, for the kind of portability that you desire. The disadvantages are: a) in a fast-moving working environment, is that someone might change the original/source picture, and your document still has a copy of the version that you initially brought in... outdated b) it increases your document's filesize. Having a link, instead of the actual picture allows the picture to be updated externally (in some other program/application), and the version in your document is updated, because OOo simply displays whatever it currently finds at the end of that link. The disadvantage is that, if you move to another computer, that link is broken and all you get is the text of the link because OOo can no longer resolve it. I had that problem a while back, because I mistook the meaning of the "Link" checkbox - I didn't realize that it was either/or. . . partly because I was accustomed to other applications that used different terminology for that setting. I think that, for clarity, the dialog should have the text beside that box say: "Link-only to external picture/file?" or something of that nature. Did that make sense? Was I in the ballpark? - Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
