What does Read Error mean

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Hawthorn
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What does Read Error mean

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I have been inserting jpg images into an Open Office document and they are there for a while and then the images disappear and i see a sign saying read error What do I do ?
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John_Ha
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Re: What does Read Error mean

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There is a bug in AOO which causes images to be lost like that.

See 16. Lost images ... and a word of caution about using AutoRecovery. LibreOffice 6.1 and later is now probably better than AOO in [Tutorial] Some useful hints on using images for a full explanation.

The bug is (almost completely) fixed in LibreOffice so consider migrating to LO.

Showing that a problem has been solved helps others searching so, if your problem is now solved, please view your first post in this thread and click the Edit button (top right in the post) and add [Solved] in front of the subject.
LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit

See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.

Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
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