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Edit: Crossposted here

Hello,
Is there a page object in Writer that can be accessed via macro?

For example, say I wanted to copy the first page via macro, how would I access the first page object (if a page object exists) to copy it?

Would it be something like:
or or
If there is no such thing as a page object, how would I copy all Draw, Images, and objects from the first page?

Same question posed at AskLibreOffice.

Same question posed at AskLibreOffice.

...and that question was asked by me. I asked two questions at once in hopes of quicker replies. :/

Use a third party Object Inspection Tool, like the XrayTool or the MRI. Then you will able examine the properties, methods of the objects, and their existing child objects.

The graphical objects located on one huge draw page (similar as a layer in the Draw) in the Writer documents.

You can get the objects located on this DrawPage, and you can determine, how they are anchored. If they are anchored to a page, the - I think it - there is some method to determine which page they are anchored to.
But when they are anchored to a paragraph, or to a character, or as a character, the location of the graphical object is not "constant": it will move with the text flow.

@Zizi64 I was aware of the Draw page, I just figured there would be some page object to access that would get all objects on that page (as well as a partial Draw page) because that would seem convenient to structure a Writer document like that. Perhaps I am incorrect with my assumption. It seems there is no way to easily pull objects and data from an individual page. It seems Writer formats its documents on a constant scroll of text and ignores the concept of pages (unless printing). I'd assume I would have to select each individual object and Draw object on the page and duplicate them (and maybe reanchor some Draw objects). Only problem: how would I access individual objects on my document that are NOT Draw objects?

P.S. I'll try out Xray and MRI.

Only problem: how would I access individual objects on my document that are NOT Draw objects?

Do you mean the text objects: paragraphs, sections, tables?
You can get the paragraphs by index number.

All of the graphs/charts, button, checkboxes, and other form control elements, and the shapes, images are graphical objects, and they are located on the Draw Page. You can get
- type
- name
- relative position to the anchor point
- and many more other properties
of them.


Install and use one of object inspection tools.