Bug 33842

Summary:	Impress does not save new background image
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Angelos Skembris <a.skembris>
Component:	Impress	Assignee:	Radek Doulik <rodo>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	jumbo4444
Priority:	medium
Version:	3.3.0 RC4
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description Angelos Skembris 2011-02-02 07:55:40 UTC

Hello everyone. 

I 'd like to report a bug I came across using LibreOffice Impress. I am using version 3.3.0 RC4 (which I think is the same as the official release). 

The problem is as follows: I created a new presentation in Impress. I chose a background for a particular slide, saved it. When I re-opened the application I wanted to go with a different background, chose the new one, saved it. When I re-open, the presentation still has the first image as a background for that slide (it should display the new one). 

Here is a breakdown of the procedure:

1) Open Impress, create a new presentation.
2) Choose a neutral background for all slides
3) Make a couple of slides
4) Choose a background image for a particular slide X (let's call this PictureA.jpg)
5) Save, quit, reopen presentation.
6) Choose a different background image for slide X (this will be called PictureB.jpg) (Choose "NO" when questioned about all slides both times)
7) Save, quit, reopen presentation.
8) Impress still has PictureA.jpg as the background for slide X, whereas it should have used PictureB.jpg

I have reproduced this problem using this sequence for at least 2 different slides. 

As a workaround, I have to delete the slide that uses PictureA.jpg as a background and recreate it choosing PictureB.jpg from the beginning. Not too much of a hassle, but it is annoying if the slide to be deleted has a lot of stuff in it. 

Let me know if you need additional info.


Angelos

Comment 1 Muthu 2011-02-03 03:26:27 UTC

Reproducible. one for rodo.

Comment 2 Laurent Balland 2011-02-13 04:14:57 UTC

Hello,

I'd like to complete this bug:
You cannot have different master slides with different background pictures when using Slide > Set Background Picture for Slide
It seems to be the same as
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=96646

An easy workaround is to add your background pictures in another way:
In your master slide view, Insert > Picture > From File

This way, all your pictures are correctly saved.

Comment 3 JackDeth 2011-04-04 21:54:10 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to complete this bug:
> You cannot have different master slides with different background pictures when
> using Slide > Set Background Picture for Slide
> It seems to be the same as
> http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=96646
> 
> An easy workaround is to add your background pictures in another way:
> In your master slide view, Insert > Picture > From File
> 
> This way, all your pictures are correctly saved.

I've been experiencing this error as well. While the workaround of importing an image, resizing it, and sending it to back is "easy", it is too many extra steps and is damn inconvenient - especially if you have a presentation with over 40 slides and 10 of them need to have different backgrounds.

The logical thing to do would be to change the background of an individual slide, which it WILL let you do as the original posted stated. You can also run your slideshow presentation and those slides appear correctly - as they should. But when you save, close, and reopen it, all the background go back to the master slide background.

Comment 4 Thomas Arnhold 2013-04-15 02:22:00 UTC

Not reproducible anymore. Version 4.0.2.2 (Build ID: 4c82dcdd6efcd48b1d8bba66bfe1989deee49c3).

Seems to be fixed as the AOO bug says.