User:Regina/ComparisonWriterDrawPicture

Comparing Writer-Pictures and Draw-Pictures

Users often ask, why they cannot rotate pictures in Writer but in Draw, e.g.Issue 3545 . They are often told to copy a picture from Draw to Writer. Then it can be rotated. But that picture is another object than the picture used in Writer. In the following table I try to collect all those differences.

A long term goal should be, to consolidate this two kind of picture objects without loosing any special property.

"n.a." means, that it is not available in the UI. It might be possible to do it by a macro.

Subject	Writer-Picture	Draw-Picture
Object class	SwXTextGraphicObject	SwXShape
Insert via file picker	Insert > Picture	Insert > Picture
Insert via clipboard	Bitmap/Metafile/SVXB	Drawing format
Naming the picture	Context menu > Picture > Options > Name	Context menu > Name
Flipping vertical or horizontal	Icon in toolbar Picture or Context menu > Picture > Picture > Flip	Drag green handle to the opposite side
Rotating	n.a	Context menu > Position&Size > Rotation or set to rotation mode and drag a corner handle.
Crop	Context menu > Picture > Crop	n.a.
Reset to original size	Context menu > Picture > Crop or Type > Original Size	n.a.
Raster graphics operations, e.g. filter Invert	toolbar Picture	n.a.
Wrap contour	Contour Editor	Context menu > Wrap > Edit > Contour Transparency is not detected and not used, but shape is always rectangle. The fact, that contour indeed works, can be seen, when the picture is rotated.||
Border	Context menu > Picture > Borders	Context menu > Line
Shadow	Context menu > Picture > Borders	Contex menu > Area > Shadow. Shadow is calculated from fill type.
Hyperlink on whole picture	Context menu > Picture > Hyperlink	n.a.
ImageMap	ImageMap Editor	n.a.
Assign macro	Context menu > Picture > Macro	n.a
Save selected graphic	Context menu > Save Graphics	n.a.
Group with drawing objects, e.g. arrows	n.a.	Click picture > Shift-click drawing object > Context menu > Group