I can't insert an image into a LibreOffice Writer document - view display is on for Images & Objewcts

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#1

I can’t insert an image into one document. I have libreoffice 6.0.7.3 on an ubuntu 18.04.5 laptop.

I can insert images in another document. It’s just this one document that does not give me the option to “insert image”. The icons are grayed and so is the “image” line in the Insert menu.
I have another document open at the same time that lets me insert images.

Searching for an answer, I find that the common response is to turn on “Images & Objects” in the Tools - Options - Libreoffice Writer - View menu. It IS on and I can insert images with no problem in the other documents. It’s just this one document that was given to me and that needs me to add a signature to it that is problematic.

What could be the option to enable insert images in this document? Is it a security setting? Some macro? Any help is greatly appreciated.

#2

If you opened it from email then it is probably read only. Click File - Save as and save it to a document folder, after that you should be able to modify the document.

You should upgrade your version of LibreOffice, 6.0 version is less tested than 6.4.7.2 which is the last on the 6 series. Current versions are 7.5 for stable and 7.6 for fresh

#3

Thanks. I tried this already before asking the question. This document was already “saved as” under a different name. That didn’t help. I also toggled on/off the open as read-only, allow to modify settings. I can modify the document, and indeed I can write my name, date, address in the text. What I cannot do is add an image for my signature.

#4

You might be inside a Textbox, possibly one that covers the page. If there is a blue edge, click on it to display the handles and drag one to reduce the size a little so you can click in the margin somewhere. By clicking in the margin you select the page which will allow you to insert an image

#5

The document type is .doc and I saved as .doc and as .docx in the hope that a more recent version of Words format would better support inserting images.

#6

I don’t see a blue edge. I can see the margin, header and footer. When I click in margin, I get:

  • left click: nothing happens
  • right click: two options, “paste” or “Styles” in one box
#7

Please attach a sample file with the issue.

#8

ITUjournal_copyright_agreement_simple.doc (59.5 KB)
This is the file. When I open it, it looks ok, but when I start editing it, the insert image features (and other features) disappear.

#9

Works fine for me with:
Version: 7.6.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: f5defcebd022c5bc36bbb79be232cb6926d8f674
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded

#10

You are in a Section. Click at the end of the document and press Alt+Enter to create a new paragraph after the section. From there you can Insert > Image and drag it to a suitable place.

Or Right click inside section and select Edit Section and untick the box Protect

Note that in Word, you can edit only inside the first table where the fields are; you cannot even select the other words.

#11

even in the signature paragraph? I can modify in the earlier part of the doc

#12

Thanks! I could insert an image and drag it. That’s great help!

But the right clicking part only gets me the same two options: “paste” and “styles” and I have no clue how to unprotect the text.

#13

Right click in the body of the text, not a table, to see if you can Edit Section. It works with 6.4.7.2

Note that the author’s intention was to prevent you from modifying any part of the document except the form, you are expected to physically sign the printed copy.

#14

The section has attribute Protected enabled. Right-click in the section and Edit Section to remove protection.

Why have you a section all over the document? It is completely pointless. Is it an artefact od .doc format? If you’re the author of the document, save it as .odt. But, BEWARE! It is already polluted (or even damaged) by the foreign format. The best you can do is to start with a blank document and paste the whole text as Unformatted Text. And try to use styles instead of direct formatting. What you did is not better than using a prehistorical mechanical typewriter.

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