Writer Guide

• Disadvantage – If you send the document to someone else, or
move it to a different computer, you must also send the image
files, or the receiver will not be able to see the linked images. You
need to keep track of the location of the images and make sure
the recipient knows where to put them on another machine, so
the Writer document can find them. For example, you might keep
images in a subfolder named Images (under the folder containing
the Writer document); the recipient of the Writer file needs to put
the images in a subfolder with the same name (under the folder
containing the Writer document).
Note
When inserting the same image several times in the document,
it might appear beneficial to create links; however, this is not
necessary as OOo embeds in the document only one copy of
the image file.
Embedding linked images
If you originally linked the images, you can easily embed one or more
of them later if you wish. To do so:
1) Open the Writer document in OOo.
2) Choose Edit > Links from the menu bar.
The Edit Links dialog box (Figure 250) 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 Writer document.
Figure 250: The Edit Links dialog box
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