Bug 154263 - There is no way to anchor an image to the frame of the first label in a MAILMERGE sheet and synchronize it across all labels
Summary: There is no way to anchor an image to the frame of the first label in a MAILM...
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.5.1.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2023-03-18 22:01 UTC by Jonathan Kamens
Modified: 2023-11-04 03:15 UTC (History)
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Description Jonathan Kamens 2023-03-18 22:01:44 UTC
Description:
Note: This is about 7.5.2.1 but that isn't a choice in the version list.


You should be able to anchor an inserted image to an absolute position within the first label in a synchronized labels document and have that image synchronize to the same position in all of the other labels when you click the "Synchronize Labels" button.

If you anchor it to the page, it doesn't synchronize. If you anchor it to the frame, it doesn't synchronize. It synchronize if you anchor it to the paragraph or character or as a character, but then it floats with the text, which is no good if you want it to have an absolute position within each label regardless of the text.

This is especially important if you're formatting labels with mail merge fields, because in that case the mail merge field names may be so long that they flow over multiple lines when the data inserted into the actual labels won't, so you literally can't see where the image is actually going to end up in the labels if you anchor it to text after the field names.

I suppose theoretically you could anchor it to the very beginning of the text, maybe, as a workaround? But you really should be able to do an absolute position anchor on the label.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 7.5.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 50(Build:1)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:7.5.2~rc1-0ubuntu1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Dieter 2023-04-06 13:35:02 UTC
Can't confirm or perhaps I don't understand the problem since I'm not familiar with mail merge

Steps:
1. File -> New - > Labels
2. Format: Sheet | Brand: Avery A4 | Size: J8173 -> New document
3. Insert an image (image is anchored to character)
4. Context menu of image -> Anchor -> To Frame
5. Image Properties -> Position and Size
6. Change anchor to "To Frame" and adjust position

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Comment 2 QA Administrators 2023-10-04 03:18:21 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2023-11-04 03:15:08 UTC
Dear Jonathan Kamens,

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