Inserting a picture without it getting cropped or cut off

[joymommy]

I have an impress document that I created from scratch that has a 2 layout format on one of the pages. I want to put a picture on one side and text on the other one. When I insert the picture that I saved (I saved it as a jpeg in an approximate square shape that would match the box on the layout), it cuts off a bunch of the picture and crops it weird. How do I get the picture so I can see it all? I tried the help and says to go to format, picture, and click on the crop picture button that has lots of options but when I click on Format there is no picture option. There is a crop picture button that is grayed out. I made sure that I had the picture I had inserted selected when I clicked on Format and it is still grayed out. I can't figure out how to be able to insert it without the picture getting messed up. Thanks for any help!

Melanie

[acknak]

Greetings and welcome to the community forum!

Yes, there is a nasty bug in Impress when you use the special layouts: Issue 125613: Insert Picture from file do not work

Workaround for version 4.1: Insert a slide with a blank layout. Insert the picture into that slide and from there copy and paste it to the target place.