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Giuseppe Bertini
Hello,
there is something misterious to me about the way PP
handles linked images.
When inserting into a slide a bitmap image from a file,
you are given the option to either embed the image or
create a link to the file. I like links for two reasons.
First, because I want to be able to modify the source file
and have the changes reflected in the presentation without
having to reinsert them. Second, because my ppt files are
much lighter that way.
At times, however, I would need to be able to break a
previously established link and have the image embedded in
the presentation, instead.
Unfortunately, PP does not seem to treat linked images the
same way it does other linked objects (e.g., an Excel
chart). For one thing, linked images do not appear in
the "Edit->Links..." dialog.
This is particularly surprising, considering that if I
open the same PP-generated presentation in OpenOffice
(v.1.1.0), linked images DO show up under the
equivalent "Links..." dialog! In OO, links to image files
can be updated, edited, or broken.
As far as I can tell, however, there is no way to tell PP
to manually update, to modify the location of the source
file, or to break a link and place the corresponding image
into the presentation file itself.
I'd love to find out that I'm wrong. Any ideas?
Thank you all,
Giuseppe
there is something misterious to me about the way PP
handles linked images.
When inserting into a slide a bitmap image from a file,
you are given the option to either embed the image or
create a link to the file. I like links for two reasons.
First, because I want to be able to modify the source file
and have the changes reflected in the presentation without
having to reinsert them. Second, because my ppt files are
much lighter that way.
At times, however, I would need to be able to break a
previously established link and have the image embedded in
the presentation, instead.
Unfortunately, PP does not seem to treat linked images the
same way it does other linked objects (e.g., an Excel
chart). For one thing, linked images do not appear in
the "Edit->Links..." dialog.
This is particularly surprising, considering that if I
open the same PP-generated presentation in OpenOffice
(v.1.1.0), linked images DO show up under the
equivalent "Links..." dialog! In OO, links to image files
can be updated, edited, or broken.
As far as I can tell, however, there is no way to tell PP
to manually update, to modify the location of the source
file, or to break a link and place the corresponding image
into the presentation file itself.
I'd love to find out that I'm wrong. Any ideas?
Thank you all,
Giuseppe