[Solved] Auto Refresh in Writer

[patrickskelton]

Hi,

(Very sorry if this is in the wrong forum - I am new to Open Office.)

Is it possible to embed an image in a Writer document in such a way that the image automatically refreshes when the underlying file on disk is changed? I have tried embedding it as a link, but this doesn't seem to work. I have also tried doing the document as an HTML document using the Web Writer, but this does not seem to refresh either.

According to the Keyboard Shortcuts Help CTRL-SHIFT-R refreshes the document window, but this seems to have no effect on the image either.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Best wishes, Patrick

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Try Zoom to Page Width or any other action that will redraw the screen. That works here.

What I did.

• Linked an image
• Edited it in Irfan View
• Saved it
• Zoomed to page width in OpenOffice

[huw]

"Update All" refreshes a linked image from the saved version.

You can map it to a keyboard shortcut with Tools > Customise > Keyboard > Functions : Category = Edit & Function = Update All

or similarly you could add it to a toolbar as a button.

[patrickskelton]

Both of those work a treat! Thank you very much.

Best wishes, Patrick