Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing graphic images in documents

Hi :)
Would this mean that renaming a copy of the new picture would make it replace the old picture in 
the document?  If so then that might well be the easiest, fastest option
Regards from
Tom :)

--- On Wed, 30/11/11, Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com> wrote:

From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Replacing graphic images in documents
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 7:50



On 11/30/2011 06:53 AM, Joe Conner wrote:
> On 11/29/2011 6:48 AM, James Finnall wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > For years with OpenOffice I was able to use a document as template to print my photos on 8 
> > 1/2"x11" photo paper by reloading the document and simply replacing the images.
> >
> > I think it was UBuntu version 11 that changed me over to LibreOffice.  I have found that my 
> > documents seem to load and print just fine as they were originally saved.  But I have not been 
> > able to locate a method to replace the graphic images in a document, either by the top menu or 
> > by right clicking the image.
> >
> > The only way I have found is to delete the image and then insert the new image from scratch!  
> > This is most difficult for precise image size and placement.   I use a standard aspect on my 
> > camera (3:2) and have the image size for all four photos exactly the same.  They are also 
> > positioned to allow just a barely visible white line between the photos for cutting.  And the 
> > margins are set to be allowed on my printer without the images being cropped off.
> >
> > To duplicate all these settings on every image is way too time consuming.  I need to be able to 
> > simply change the image in the four graphic entities without effecting size, placement or aspect 
> > ratio of the original image.
> >
> > Anybody have any suggestions that I might try to replace the images of a document?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > James
> Have you tried to insert a frame, and then put your photo into it?
> Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA
Have you tried linking the images instead of embedding them. Call them 1,2,3,4 and just copy over 
them with the new images each time.

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