Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 60755
Images anchored to paragraph can reach page boundary
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:37:39 UTC
I have used a two-column table to control the text flow in my odt file having 300+ pages. I use the left column as margin and the right column to hold text. I position small images (e.g. screenshots) and icons (e.g. "tips", "warning") in the left column, but keep them anchored to the paragraphs in the right column, so that they move together when the text is edited. During editing, some of these paragraphs reach too close to the bottom edge of the page, and then the image reaches beyond the page's printable limit, overlaps on the footer or even goes beyond the edge. Expected: Writer should sense that the image is touching the printable area's border, and automatically exercise a wrap control (similar to the orphan control in case of paragraphs). The paragraph and the image should be taken to the next page.
Use the option "Follow text flow" in the graphic properties.
Closed.
No if I use that control, it simly yanks the image from the left column to the right. That's not what I want! In the attached document, try to reposition the bulb at the end of the first page. Thanks.
Created attachment 33364 [details] Try to position the Bulb at the end of the first page!
An option is desired which lets the frame/picture in a different column not to cross the page border without being moved back to the column where it is anchored to.
No that's not it: Remove the limitation from the "Follow text flow" in the graphic (or any object's) properties. It should not require that an image and their anchor should be within the SAME cell of a table. In fact, the help file clearly states this constraint for this control: "Keeps the selected object within the layout boundaries of the text that the object is anchored to. To place the selected object anywhere in your document, do not select this option." Why is that limitation imposed anyhow?