Re: [tdf-discuss] Two simple writer annoyances

On 1 May 2011 11:22, Sigrid Carrera <sigrid.carrera@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Alexander,
>
> On Sun, 01 May 2011 07:16:37 +0200
> Alexander Ostuni <folkfreak@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > Yes, it is build to produce Dokuments and because of that I need to
> > rotate a picture. I work in a bank. We have restrictions on the
> > installed programms. I am not allowed to install any application that
> > can rotate pictures.
> > I have to create our formulars/documents. Each of them has a barcode. I
> > get the barcodes horizontally but need them vertically in the
> > formulars/dokuments.
> > In MS word I can rotate them, in LO (wich is allowed in our bank and
> > also the software we shall use over Word) not, so I can't use LO but
> > have to use Word.


> If you have LibO on your computer, why don't you use then Draw to rotate
> the barcode? Sure, it is more convenient to have that feature in Writer, but
> Draw is the specialised component for drawings and it has a lot more
> functions and capabilities, that you could ever built into a text processing
> component.

Good point. I'm probably just out of the habit of using Draw because I find
Inkscape better for me in many ways.  On the other hand, being able to right
click on an image and rotate it situ is a bit more elegant than having to
OLE to Draw just for a simple change in position, size or orientation.
Personally I think you should be able to adjust size and position in situ
and just go to Draw if you need to edit. Just seems better ergonomics. The
case of the barcode shows that going to Draw is probably not intutitive for
most users and that is also quite an important consideration.

> Sigrid
>
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