Bug 170218 - Unable to change default Anchor setting of Frames/Formulas/Drawing Objects to “As Character”
Summary: Unable to change default Anchor setting of Frames/Formulas/Drawing Objects to...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2026-01-03 21:10 UTC by Farid
Modified: 2026-01-04 12:56 UTC (History)
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Description Farid 2026-01-03 21:10:15 UTC 
Description:
For scientific writing I need to set the default Anchor setting of Images/Frames/Formulas/Drawing Objects to “As Character”. Below is a summary of Writer’s behavior with different types of objects
    • Formula: changing Frame Style > Formula > Type > Anchor is effective and new Formulas are inserted with “As Character” anchor setting.
    • Image: Changing default “Frame Styles > Graphics > Type > Anchor” is not effective
      Tools > Options > LibreWriter > Formatting Aids > Anchor  is effective but only for images.
    • Frames : changing the “Frame Style > Frame > Type > Anchor” is not effective.
      There is no global options for Frames like Images
    • Shapes (drawing objects): has not associated para/frame style. Only appears in the Navigation panel.

Steps to Reproduce:
For each type of object, change the default style and set the Anchor to "As Character". Then insert a new object (frame/formula/drawing object/image) and check its Anchor type.

Actual Results:
The Anchor type is the Writer default "To Paragraph"

Expected Results:
The Anchor type to "As Character"


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 580(Build:2)
CPU threads: 20; OS: Linux 6.17; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Debian package version: 4:25.8.3-1+b1
Calc: threaded