Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Easier Graphic Insertion

2011/6/10 Charles Jenkins <charles.jenkins@tec-usa.com>

> Hi, everyone! I'm new here. I have a feedback to offer, and I was told
> this is the place to do it.
>
> In my day job as an engineer, I currently use Microsoft Word to write
> technical documentation which includes screenshot images. I'd like to
> break the Word habit.
>
> I understand that when creating publications like newsletters, some
> people may need to place graphics in a particular spot on the page and
> have text flow around it. However, I think most business and casual
> users -- and certainly someone like myself who produces technical
> documentation -- need to have the graphics flow along with the text.
>
> In other words, we need the graphics to be anchored as a character. I
> know LibreOffice can do this, but it is not the default behavior, and to
> fix it after inserting a picture involves a lot of work: The initial
> paste is almost guaranteed to put the anchor in the wrong place, and
> even after moving it, you typically have to go into the Picture dialog
> box to fix Position attributes.
>
> Microsoft Word and the Macintosh word processors I'm familiar with
> insert pictures anchored as a character by default. Though many other
> things are disastrously wrong with Microsoft Word, I have to admit that
> they do picture insertion just right. With LibreOffice, adding a
> screenshot is quite a frustrating battle for me.
>
> If "Insert Pictures Anchored as Characters" were only an option turned
> ON by default, LibreOffice would be much more usable for me, and I
> suspect many others, at work.
>
> --
>
> Charles

Agreed ! Simplifying the procedures necessary to implement a desired action
would greatly facilitate promoting LibreOffice to prospective users
unaccustomed to wending their way through complicated series of steps in
order to accomplish what to them are/should be relatively simple tasks. I'm
by no means asking for a ribbon, but a GUI which would allow one to, say,
insert an image in a running text would be most welcome indeed !...

Henri

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