Finding hidden Draw objects

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#1

Hi :slight_smile:
Perhaps;
1. create a copy of the file
2. rename the file-ending from .ods to .zip
3. open with an archive-manager (on Gnu&Linux you might be able to skip
step 2 but if not then just double-clicking on the .zip should open it)
4. inside the zipfile is a folder called something like "images".
5. open each image in turn until you find the bad ones and delete them
6. rename the file-ending from .zip to .ods
7. does the file still open or does it crash or not open at all?

Sorry this answer is a bit of a painful route and totally inelegant!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#2

Try this:

* Open Navigator (F5)
* This should show the Navigator, with a list of slides, but no objects
  in the slides (or at least, only named objects).
* Click on the far right tool button (with "Show Shapes" as the tooltip)
* This should open a drop down menu with the options "Named shapes" and
  "All shapes"
* Select "All shapes"
* Now the list of slides should have small plus signs next to them, and
  expanding them should show all drawing objects in the slide.
* I'll note that neither right-clicking nor double-clicking them
  actually does anything, but at least you can see that they are there.

This seems far easier, and is, I think, what you want to know. Although
if it doesn't show everything, Tom's way will be more complete.

If you find things you aren't sure about, you may have to make a copy
of the file, and go through the copy, deleting or naming everything,
until you find the offending item or items, but if you're first going
to all that trouble, Navigator isn't really necessary in the first
place, so I guess a feature request should be filed to give a
right-click menu to Navigator allowing at the very least a "bring to
front" option.

Paul

#3

But these are (presumably) Draw objects, not images.

Brian Barker

#4

All,

Thanks for the ideas. Unfortunately none of the ideas revealed the
extranous line that ended up in the pdf file. I like the idea of the
Navigator, but as is, it is worthless. What needs to happen is that
when an object is clicked in Navigator, it is selected in the editor so
it can be seen. A description would also be nice (name if available,
shape, location, size).

Of course there is also the possibility that the pdf conversion process
is flawed and that the extranous line does not really exist.

Dave,

#5

The name is one thing you can have. Select a Draw object. Go to Modify | Name... (or right-click | Name...) and set a name there. Names will then appear in the Navigator.

Brian Barker