CoGDork wrote:Problem with that is that it has to be submitted as a Word file or Google doc.
John_Ha wrote:First, it is not AOO which is "ruining inserted images" - it is user error on your part. Have you read Chapter 8 - Working with graphics in the manual?
I have no idea what you have done to your .doc file because it is enormous - it is 17 MBytes.
Saving it as Monkey Island Review.odt file reduces it to 1 MBytes. Saving Monkey Island Review.odt as Monkey Island Review.doc gets it to 980 kBytes.
See [Tutorial] Differences between Writer and MS Word files for why you should always work in and save files as .odt. Only create a .doc as the final act (of sillyness?!). ((wow, this was sort of rude and unnecessary))
You will find much useful information in the User Guides, the Writer, Base and Calc Tutorials and the AOO Frequently Asked Questions. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.
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John_Ha wrote:CoGDork wrote:Problem with that is that it has to be submitted as a Word file or Google doc.
Read the tutorial. You are having problems because you are misusing AOO. It is user error.
It is far better to process your images in an image editor so that they are exactly how you want them to appear before inserting them into AOO.
CoGDork wrote:With regards to your "Oh you dummy dummy, you should never ever save anything as anything besides .odt" attitude, as I said before, I CANNOT SUBMIT IT IN ODT FORM. I CAN ONLY SUBMIT IT AS A DOC. I don't know how to make it any clearer than that. The person I have to submit it to will not accept any other form aside from .doc form. That's the long and short of it--there is absolutely no other option except to have it work correctly as a doc; as such, telling me to just make it an odt is no help at all, so please stop telling me to do that and start telling me how to make it work as a doc.
0. When using Writer always save all documents as .odt files
When using any application, always save files in that application's format because everything will be saved. When using Writer always save all documents as .odt files.
That way you know that all your document and formatting will be saved. If someone irrationally asks you to send them a .doc file, question the request, and offer to send them a .odt file instead as all versions of Microsoft Office later than 2007 claim to be able both to read and to write .odt files. If MS Word corrupts the .odt file, get the recipient to complain to Microsoft - note the hatched area below where MS Word chooses not to work with that content stored in a .odt file. If the requester insists on a .doc file, then create a .doc file as a copy of the master .odt file, and delete the .doc after sending it so you don't start editing it by mistake in future. If you want to guarantee the recipient sees what you see you have two choices:
1. Send them a .odt file and tell them to open it with AOO Writer. Even this does not guarantee it because if the user does not have the fonts you used installed on their PC, their PC will substitute different fonts.
2. Create a PDF and send them the PDF. This guarantees they will see exactly what you see in your PDF. AOO embeds the fonts in the PDF so even if they don't have those fonts installed, they will use the fonts you embedded. The downside? is they cannot edit a PDF.
Always work in, and save all Writer documents, as .odt files.
4. Saving as .doc files is not recommended but ...
... if you are forced to create a .doc file, save as a .odt as usual, and create a copy as a .doc file. Be sure to select Word 97 / 2000 / XP as it is the most recent format. Word 95 and Word 6.0 .doc formats are very old and obsolete and less comprehensive than Word 97 / 2000 / XP .doc format. For example, Word 95 and Word 6.0 file format cannot store Draw objects.
Saving it as Monkey Island Review.odt file reduces it to 1 MBytes. Saving Monkey Island Review.odt as Monkey Island Review.doc gets it to 980 kBytes.
John_Ha wrote:Download the files whose links I gave you and work with them.Saving it as Monkey Island Review.odt file reduces it to 1 MBytes. Saving Monkey Island Review.odt as Monkey Island Review.doc gets it to 980 kBytes.
John_Ha wrote:The images in the downloads are what they are your original .doc file so if they wrong there, they will be wrong in my files. But the .odt file will be stable for any new work. Unlike .odt files, .doc files do not offer an easy way of extracting images (other than by r-click > Copy etc).
I don't know how you want your images and I don't have the original images. If they are incorrect then
1. Delete the images from the .odt file
2. Open the correct images with an image editor and edit/resize etc as required until you have the image as you want it. Save the images as a PNG or GIF.
3. As they are PNG or GIF images insert them by dragging them or pasting them into place. Adjust to size..
4. Save as a .odt file.
5. Now create a copy of the .odt file as a .doc file to send.
CoGDork wrote:EDIT: I copied the .odt file, then renamed it as a .doc file
CoGDork wrote:I tried editing them and changing the size, but when I inserted them they were back to the default size they were before I adjusted them to the page (that's what I did when I first did the article, before the problem popped up). Changing the size in an editor didn't affect how big they were in OO.
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