[Issue 125998] Position and size of inserted chart is bind to the outline presentation object

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https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125998

Ken Reinert <gr...@hotmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Ken Reinert <gr...@hotmail.com> ---
Confirmed error in:
- AOO411m6(Build:9775)  -  Rev. 1617669 2014-08-13 09:06:54 (Mi, 13 Aug 2014)
- Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit version)

There are actually two separate issues mentioned in the initial report and both
were replicated.

First issue, content frames with content being resized by changing layout:

Minimum required steps:
1. With an existing blank slide open, select a slide layout containing a
content frame
2. From the media chooser, select one of the content types and insert the
object (or alternatively, use the insert menu)
3. Resize the content frame containing content
4. Re-select the same layout from the properties pane, or an alternative layout
with content frames

Result - Content is resized to conform to the size of the default content frame
in the new layout.

This may actually be expected behavior of the layout feature.  The
documentation for Open Office 3
(https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Impress_Guide/Formatting_a_presentation)
indicates that changing the layout does not cause loss of contents already on
the slide.  When any content (other than images, confirmed with text, movies,
tables and charts) are inserted into a content frame, changing layout will
resize that content frame, but will not remove it.  If multiple content frames
have content, each will be resized and preserved so that no content is lost. 
This is an intended feature of the default content frames in the different
layouts.

Workaround - To avoid this issue, chose a layout that does not have content
frames and insert the object from the insert menu, or paste it into the slide. 

[Note: if a content frame is present, the object will automatically be inserted
into one of the available content frames.  This may be related to:
issue 124784 - https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124784
issue 125613 - https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125613
and may be fixed in version AOO 4.2.0 r1658822]


Second issue, content frames being resized with changes to the default content
area in the master slide:

Minimum required steps:
1. With an existing blank slide open, select a slide layout containing a
content frame
2. From the media chooser, select one of the content types and insert the
object (or alternatively, use the insert menu). *See Note*
3. From the view menu, select master, and then slide master
4. Adjust the size of the default content area in the slide master
5. Close the master view to return to the normal view
6. (Occasionally required) Select a new layout with content frames from the
property pane

Result - Layout content resized to fit into the adjusted default content area
from the slide master

*Note* - Unless a new layout is selected, inserted movies and occasionally
charts are unaffected by the resizing.  If a new layout is selected, all
content enclosed in layout content frames will be resized.

This behavior seems to be a valid bug.  Documentation for Open Office 3
(https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Impress_Guide/Modifying_a_slide_master)
state that "changes made to one of the slides in Normal View ... will not be
overridden by subsequent changes to the slide master.  Although the specific
examples cited are text changes, it seems reasonable that this should also hold
for non-text slide content.  As such, content resizing after editing the master
slide clearly seems to be an undesired behavior.  When a new layout is chosen,
and the content is resized to fit the adjusted layout, this seems more
reasonable but whether or not this is the desired behavior needs to be
discussed.

Workaround - Again, to avoid this issue, choose a layout that does not contain
content frames, and then insert or paste your content.  Since the resulting
objects are not in content frames, they will not be affected by subsequent
changes to either the master slide or layout.

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