[Solved] Images Don't Paste In Writer

[rayroshi]

Using Writer on my laptop running windows 10, when I try to copy and paste from a website, the text pastes fine, but the images often don't show up; instead, all I see is a red outline of a box with some wording, but no image. I went to Tools > Options > Open Office Writer > View and made sure that the box labeled "Graphics and Objects" was checked (It was), but don't know what else to do. Any ideas?

Any help would really be appreciated.

[RoryOF]

For fault-finding, try a roundabout way: click on the website image, select Save image; then use /Insert /Picture: from file to place it in your document.

[RoryOF]

I should note that there are some image formats used on web sites which OpenOffice does not like; these formats need to be opened in an image editor (I use GIMP) and converted to jpg, png or other format that OO can handle, and then inserted by /Insert /Picture : from file.

[MrProgrammer]

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[rayroshi]

Hi Rory. Thanks for your reply.

No, I tried just copying the image and then inserting it as a picture, but got the same result. Any other ideas?

[RoryOF]

What is the picture type - the extension after the .? How did it come by that extension - was it offered automatically when you Saved it?