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Hi, I've recently changed over to a new hard drive/OS (Windows XP) and
found that the old files I created with Open Office 2.0.2 under Windows
98 do NOT contain any of the images I embedded in them. This goes for
both RTF and doc files.
My concern is that if I install the latest Open Office under Windows XP,
the same thing will happen. I began to notice the problem right before
changing over to the new hard drive, where any time I changed an
embedded image's location, the image would no longer display in my
file. These are standard jpg and gif images.
Is the missing image problem linked to Windows 98, or is it something
which will occur under Windows XP as well? If it's linked to Windows
98, how do I restore any images that were lost, short of tediously
re-embedding them? If it's not linked to Windows 98 and will occur
under Windows XP as well, how do I set images in a document so they
don't get deleted if an image's path is subsequently changed? This is
especially critical for my purposes, as I'm writing instructions with
illustrations which I then send to others. If my documents contain no
illustrations, the instructions will make no sense at all. I need to be
able to send *complete* doc or RTF files, without having to reference
and include separate images. Otherwise, these are nothing more than
fancy text files!
Thank you for any assistance,
Melanie
It sounds as if you linked the pictures into your document(s) rather
than actually inserting them. When you changed OS, you changed the
file/directory structure on your hard drive and destroyed the links.
Using W98 and Linux, on the Insert Picture from File window is a
checkbox labeled "Link." When inserting images, I leave it unchecked.
I don't own an XP machine, but I assume this checkbox is also present
there as it is an OOo item, not an OS dependent issue.
If my assumption is valid, you can recreate the directory structure
(path) to your pictures to match the Win98 path which may allow OOo to
find them. It also might be possible to set the Path in Tools | Options
and achieve the same result depending on how you had everything set up
in Win98.
Good luck!
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DougT
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