Re: trouble inserting pictures

Thanks for the suggested workaround. It helps. I need to adjust the
text box to the picture before saving or else the picture distorts to
fill the box as it did to fill the page.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:20:29 -0600
Bob Hinds <bobhombre@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using Abiword 2.8.2 in an Ubuntu 10.04.4 installation and have
> the same experience when inserting a picture directly into the
> document.
>
> For me it works out much better to insert a "Text Box" and then insert
> a picture inside the "Text Box".
>
> Doing it that way maintains the picture's shape and size after saving
> it.
>
>
> On 1/28/13, Ron Schwiesow <nanron62@msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > OS Debian 6.0.6 Squeeze, abiword 2.8.2, downloaded as Debian
> > package.
> >
> > When I insert JPG pictures, they are stretched and distorted to full
> > page length after the file is saved and reopened. This also happens
> > if the document is saved as PDF. JPG seems preferred to PNG for
> > photos for smaller files, so I haven't tried PNG.
> >
> > Also, I cannot resize pictures with the mouse while maintaining
> > aspect ratio.
> >
> > Tried FAQ and back 3 years in the archives without finding help.
> > Tried inserting page break after picture with no improvement. Web
> > search gave no useful results.
> >
> > Ron
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Received on Wed Jan 30 06:34:16 2013