[Solved] Text box is created but it disappears

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[Solved] Text box is created but it disappears

Post by AP777 »

 Edit: Split from Locking items in Impress
This seems to be a new subject and needs a new topic. Topics are not related just because the come from the same person. 
I've been using drawing, and made the background by exporting the items as a bitmap and locking it on a layer in a new document.
When I go to put a text box over the background layer, the text box is created but it disappears.
Sometimes the text will flash up for a sec if I click around to find it, and I can then edit it, but once I click off it, it disappears.
I've tried Arrange > 'Bring to front' & Arrange > 'In front of object', but it still stays hidden. I've tried it a couple times, and tried it on different layers.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thank you very much
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Locking items in Impress

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Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Please upload an ODF type sample document here.
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Re: Text box is created but it disappears

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Thank you for your help,
I've just made a new document for my project instead, as it was hard for me to send a sample.

I must have chosen a setting on the last one which caused a problem.
It seems to be working properly on the new one.

Thank you!
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Re: [Solved] Text box is created but it disappears

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For other people encountering the same problem. I solved it by anchor the (until then invisible) text box 'to page'.
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Re: [Solved] Text box is created but it disappears

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blub99 wrote:For other people encountering the same problem. I solved it by anchor the (until then invisible) text box 'to page'.
That's peculiar, for me "to page" is not an option for text box anchoring. I only have "to paragraph", "to character" and "as character". And none of these options seem to fix my problem, sadly.
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Re: [Solved] Text box is created but it disappears

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Phagocytosis wrote:That's peculiar, for me
Read the OP's configuration:
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Open your own thread and provide a screen capture to show this problem.
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