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2) The Edit Links dialog (Figure 301) shows all the linked files. In the Source file list, select the
files you want to change from linked to embedded.
3) Click the Break Link button.
4) Save the document.
Note
Going the other way, from embedded to linked, is not so easy—you must delete and
reinsert the images, one at a time, selecting the Link option when you do so.
Figure 301: The Edit Links dialog
Inserting an image from the clipboard
Using the clipboard, you can copy images into a LibreOffice document from another LibreOffice
document and from other programs. To do this:
1) Open both the source document and the target document.
2) In the source document, select the image to be copied.
3) Move the mouse pointer over the selected image and press Ctrl+C to copy the image to the
clipboard.
4) Switch to the target document.
5) Click to place the cursor where the graphic is to be inserted.
6) Press Ctrl+V to insert the image.
Caution
If the application from which the graphic was copied is closed before the graphic is
pasted into the target, the image stored on the clipboard could be lost.
Inserting an image using a scanner
If a scanner is connected to your computer, LibreOffice can call the scanning application and insert
the scanned item into the LibreOffice document as an image. To start this procedure, place the
cursor where you want the graphic to be inserted and choose Insert > Picture > Scan > Select
Source.
Although this practice is quick and easy, it is unlikely to result in a high-quality image of the correct
size. You may get better results by scanned material into a graphics program and cleaning it up
there before inserting the resulting image into LibreOffice.
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