Inserting PDF as OLE Object shows it as frame instead of clickable icon

[Olivier Godart]

Expected behaviour : When one inserts a pdf file as an OLE Object an icon representing your document should be inserted. Clicking on the icon should open the document using the appropriate program.

Observed behaviour : The file is inserted as an OLE Object frame as per http://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Insert_OLE_Object .

This has existed since openoffice.

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ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
Package: libreoffice 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Tags: precise running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-30 (99 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Olivier Godart, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect BUGNUMBER
When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

As well, please execute the follow at a terminal, and post the results to this report:
apt-cache policy libreoffice-pdfimport

[Olivier Godart (olivier-godart-gmail)]

Apport-collect told me that I don't have the package libreoffice, so changing to libreoffice-writer

This is the result of the other command:
$ apt-cache policy libreoffice-pdfimport
libreoffice-pdfimport:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.0.5+LibO3.5.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1.0.5+LibO3.5.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     1.0.5+LibO3.5.2-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

[Olivier Godart (olivier-godart-gmail)]

Got this message :
> 'libreoffice-writer' is a binary package. This bug has been assigned to its source package 'libreoffice' instead.

OK, I'm installing the libreoffice package then.

[Olivier Godart (olivier-godart-gmail)]

apport information

[Olivier Godart (olivier-godart-gmail)]

apport information

[Olivier Godart (olivier-godart-gmail)]

Ok, I installed libreoffice-pdfimport and now when I insert a pdf file, it inserts a frame with the pdf content.
That's good, but it's still not possible to insert a clickable icon instead of the actual document.
If for example I would like to insert a zip file instead, I just can't.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Olivier Godart, thank you for apport-collect'ing and installing the libreoffice package.

Regarding your comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1034370/comments/6 :
>"Ok, I installed libreoffice-pdfimport and now when I insert a pdf file, it inserts a frame with the pdf content. That's good,..."

Your original issue was due to you not having libreoffice-pdfimport installed. The LibreOffice debugging article https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOfficeBugWrangling has been updated to help prevent this.

>"...but it's still not possible to insert a clickable icon instead of the actual document."

As per http://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Insert_OLE_Object you will not be able to have a clickable icon, other than the actual document embedded as an object, as you saw.

>"If for example I would like to insert a zip file instead, I just can't."

This desire to be able to embed any file extension type seems to be a Won't Fix Wishlist as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOfficeBugWrangling#Wishlist_Reports . With this in mind, if you want to see in LibreOffice both a clickable object, and desire to embed any file extension type, this should be split up into two different bug reports. For more on this, please see the Ubuntu Bug Control and Ubuntu Bug Squad article:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/BestPractices#X.2BAC8-Reporting.Focus_on_One_Issue

and Ubuntu Community article:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_Reporting_Etiquette

If this is the case, could you please file a new report by executing the following via a terminal, and subscribe me to it:
ubuntu-bug libreoffice

This new report would focus on inserting zip files specifically, while this report will remain focused on the clickable icon.

Is this the case?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Joe, this is Wishlist Importance as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1034370/comments/7 . Tagging Importance as Wishlist until a response is received.

[Olivier Godart (olivier-godart-gmail)]

Yes it's the case. Thanks, I will open the other report for inserting zip files.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Olivier Godart, regarding this report:
- This is a clearcut upstream issue. You are welcome to send this to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status.
- Marking LibreOffice Packaging and libreoffice (Ubuntu) => Won't Fix Wishlist. This does not mean the issue will not be cared about, but if it is cared about (even by Ubuntu/Canonical contributors), it is done upstream at LibreOffice.

Thank you for your understanding.