Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 15835
Image Copy/Pasted from Draw to Writer scales - except fonts
Last modified: 2005-05-30 11:33:16 UTC
When I Copy/Paste a vector picture from Draw to Writer (or Insert-Graphics-From File), the picture itself is scaled perfectly, just the font size remains unchanged, making the picture very difficult to read (scaling A4 to something fitting a in smaller box!). This was true in 1.0.3(1) and remains the same in 1.1. beta 2. Did I get the intended behaviour wrong? I'll be happy to add whatever information is necessary... Hope I got the component right - is this a Draw or Writer issue?!?
Would it be possible to attach the graphic file? Which graphic format do you use? Thanks for your help.
Created attachment 7006 [details] Original Drawing
Created attachment 7007 [details] Resulting Text Document with "bad" graphics
First - I stand corrected Insert-Graphics-From File is for BMPs only. This is a Drawing. Now, find as attachments the two files, the original drawing and the (resized) drawing in the text doc. Thanks for the quick response!! Christof
The behaviour is correct. Draw and Impress behave the same way and so does writer when a drawing is pasted. For example: draw a rectangle with text and resize the rectangle: you do not expect the text to scale, too. For resolving your problem I would say: try the different options under Edit/paste special. GDI metafile should fit your needs, with OpenOffice 6.0 drawing you insert an OLE which can be scaled, too. The last should be the best option, I think. Hope this helps.
Closed.
I do not agree - this behaviour may be "as defined" (and as- such "correct" technically). However, SO 5.2 behaved differently, and so does my intuition - I would expect that components that scale (boxes etc...) and contain text make the text scale, too. Let's make this a "wish" or "feature" - again, technically correct, but less than intuitive.
Sorry, but the SO 5.2 behaves in exact the same way: draw a rectangle with text, resize it and the text will keep it's fontsize, in writer or in impress. when I change the size of a box I do not want to change the size of the contained text. Even MS Word behaves in that way. Maybe there should be an option to connect box and content. But as long as there are options like OLE the default should not be changed. If you want this please file an enhancement or feature wish. Thanks for your help.
Closed again.
There is the need for truly scaling an image (see issue 50030). Issue 15835 is one evidence for that. In my opinion, this issue was improperly closed and should be reopened. The fact that all ancestors of OOoffice did the same thing of scaling "not to scale" is simply not an argument for this being correct and the only thing that users could imagine/whish/need.
I was comparing with SO 5.2 because cwehner said that it was different there. Anyway, 50030 is open and a requirement. As I have said earlier on the user could have filed a feature wish or enhancement. That was not done until 50030. Several issues for the same thing would be confusing, thats why I keep this one here closed. By the way: giving an explicit linewidth or fontscale to a drawing I expect this to keep it even after scaling. And not only OOo behaves this way - Corel Draw and a lot of others do it, too.