Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 20960
Changes to imported Chart. Also dimension changes with successive displays of same slide.
Last modified: 2003-10-13 15:22:34 UTC
I have been using OpenOffice.Org very successfully in preparation for the demise of my MS Office 2000 suite, which is not affordable for my one-man business. I like the progams and have had virtually no snags at all – it really is a Godsend : however:- I have recently put together and Presented a large Impress (2.6 MB) package which included a 'Calc' plot reproduced on a number of slides with boxes superimposed on the plot representing the operating envelopes for various hydraulic components through a range of conditions. A small extract from this package is attached see YA84-B3.sxi. Out-of-the-blue when it was becoming quite large, some of my 'Calc' plots changed into different plots which appeared to have no relation to the original. You can see these on Slides 1-3 of YA84-B3.sxi, Slide 4 hosever has not changed and is still the correct original version (at least it was when I displayed it just now!). An additional but minor problem I encountered earlier was movement of the superiposed boxes in relation to the CalcChart beneath : each time when displayed they had moved just a millimetre or so, which spoiled the accuracy of my presentations. To get over this I went back to Excel and Powerpoint, finding that the MS text boxes hold slightly less text per line than OpenOffice boxes (this problem arises when going from Word to OO-Write also), but that was easily amended. Both the above problems were now OK and after some anxious days the work was completed – see the attached file YA84-B3.ppt. However I had to use PPViewer to present it with my Laptop, rather than Impress which I would have preferred, just in case the problem jumped out at me half-way through!. Where did the mystery charts come from, and is this a bug? Regards & thanks from : Chris Stacey, 3 Kennels Cottages, Grizedale, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0QH, UK. Email: staceyeng@fish.co.uk Tel:+44 (0)15394 36472
Please Attach the documents which make this problem, so we can test it/faster to confirm. (Without the documents, we cannot confirm the problem easily/need more time) Don't forget to cut other part of the documents, so the file size is small, but we still able to see the problem. Please try using the latest OpenOffice 1.1 Final , you can download it from www.openoffice.org many bug fixes and enhancements since your version and 1.1 Final . If the problem still happend in 1.1 please report back It maybe not yet solve your Issue, but it worth to try.
Hello, it seems that there something did not work right with your attachment. Please attach it again using the "Create a new attachment" link above. Thanks in advance.
Created attachment 10266 [details] 2 attachments : .ppt with correct charts as used & .sxi with phantom chart.
Hello, thanks for posting the files again. Yes, the .sxi file looks terrible. But since you work on an old 1.0.3 I would suggest to update to a current version OO1.1. I opened the ppt file of yours in this current version and it looked much, much better. The bug is fixed there. If you are still disappointed with the result please feel free to reopen this issue or write a new one. Thanks for your help. Hope this helps!
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