On Nov 8, 2007 5:20 PM, Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Dowling wrote: > > ... > > Failing that, is there a way to export the entire slide show's set of > > slides as a sequence of graphics files so that I could embed links to > the > > individual images? (Somehow this seems less elegant than the OLE > > approach.) > > You may be interested to follow, vote for, or comment on Issue 77824: > Copy/paste Impress slide to Writer is corrupted > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77824 > > The only way I know of to do this is to > 1) From Impress, export to HTML > This will create a complete set of images, along with some html > "glue" pages. > ** Make sure you create a new folder and enter that folder before > you export, or you will mix all the presentation files (3 files > per slide) with your document files. > 2) Insert the images into your Writer file: Insert > Picture > From file > Unfortunately, you have to do it one at a time, and you have to > re-format (for size & position) each image as you add it. > > It's a lot of repetitive work that should be handled better by OOo, but > that's the way it is for now. > > <Joe > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello Joe,
This is a very useful piece of information. If you don't mind I will propose to capture it in the next edition of the Impress Guide on OOoAuthors. I guess it should be easy to write a macro to do the resizing and positioning of the picture. Actually, it should even be possible with a bit more effort to automate the import process. Cheers, Michele Cheers, Michele
