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Key: JRA-10156
Type: Improvement Improvement
Status: Open Open
Priority: Major Major
Assignee: Unassigned
Reporter: Rene Verschoor
Votes: 13
Watchers: 11
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Export issue to Word doesn't export images

Created: 12/May/06 09:10 AM   Updated: 23/Sep/08 06:37 PM
Component/s: Import / Export
Affects Version/s: 3.6.1
Fix Version/s: None

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Environment:
3.6.1-#154 Enterprise Standalone
Opera 8.53 and Firexox 1.5.03
Word 2003 and OpenOffice.org
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Participants: =Neal Applebaum, Anton Mazkovoi [Atlassian], Bruno Steininger, Emmeline Dobson, Fran Dilla, Jim Birch, Justin Koke [Atlassian], Lynn, meirain, Muhammed Shameem Siddique, Nick Menere [Atlassian], Osiris Martinez, Ray Oei [Furore], Rene Verschoor and Tiffany Bartlett
Since last comment: 2 weeks ago
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When an issue with an image attached is exported to Word, the image doesn't show up in the Word document.
Tried with a JPG attachment, not other formats.
Opening the exported document in Word 2003 and OpenOffice.org 2.0 both results in a document without images, only the /images/icons/attach/image.gif placeholder + filename is shown.
They aren't even hyperlinked

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=Neal Applebaum added a comment - 14/May/06 08:10 AM
For me.. I wouldn't want it to, at least not without an option to export attachments or not.

Nick Menere [Atlassian] added a comment - 15/May/06 01:06 AM
Rene,

The relative directory you gave was for icons? not attachments.

Are you saying that the Issue type/Status icons are missing or that the attachment files are missing?

If it is the attachment files, that is by design and we don't wish to include these.
The other icons should still be linked, though these images are not embedded into the word doc but are still retrieved over the web.
This is due to how we store the .doc file. It is just basically HTML with a .doc extension. MS Word is smart enough to display this correctly. But since it is html, you can't embed images.

Cheers,
Nick


Rene Verschoor added a comment - 15/May/06 03:33 AM
The attachments are missing, only a placeholder GIF is shown.
The relative path I mentioned is the path to these placeholder icons.

My users expect the attachment thumbnails to show up in the Word document.

If you export the HTML page and the attachment thumbnails into the same directory, they will be picked up by Word.
Just like you do with a webbrowser: you can opt to save just the HTML page or the HTML page with images.


Justin Koke [Atlassian] added a comment - 16/May/06 02:36 AM
Hi Rene,

I think the best solution is for it to render img references for the thumbnail (so these can be requested by Word in seperate requests - this is how the placeholders actually work). Or a slightly nicer solution may be to have full path links for the attachments so a user could click on them and download them if they feel they need to view them.

If you see this as an important feature you may like to modify this support request to an Improvement request?

Regards,
Justin


Rene Verschoor added a comment - 16/May/06 02:48 AM
Hi Justin,

Treating the attachment thumnails like the placeholder icons would be a big improvement which shouldn't be that hard to implement.
Having both thumbnails and full attachment available upon request would be even better, but let's start easy

As my users expect their attached pictures to show up in their Word docs I'll change this to an improvement request.

Cheers,
Rene


meirain added a comment - 25/Oct/06 10:23 PM
Our customers also expect the attached images to show up in the word document when a issue was exported.

regards,
Henry


Lynn added a comment - 01/Mar/07 08:00 PM
We also need the full image (not just the thumbnail) to show up in the word document.
Lynn

Fran Dilla added a comment - 02/Aug/07 04:52 AM
We would also like to be able to display the full images in the word document as well as when we choose to print the issue
Thanks,
Fran

Muhammed Shameem Siddique added a comment - 04/Oct/07 12:05 AM
The Attachments could be torn down is size resulting the resolution to be bit lossy.

An Example case scenario for picture size would be as the pictures of attached with Picasa (Google)


Bruno Steininger added a comment - 04/Dec/07 09:27 AM - edited
To have images embedded in word files would be a very handy feature for us as well. A mere link to the images rather than real embedding is not sufficient and constrains us in our process to communicate issues to external staff.

Regards,
Bruno


Tiffany Bartlett added a comment - 04/Dec/07 10:04 AM
The images should show up if you give permission for anonymous view of that space.

-Tiffany


Osiris Martinez added a comment - 14/Dec/07 04:05 PM - edited
Please disregard the following. It was meant for the Confluence product (thanks to Anton for pointing me in the right direction).

______________________

Hello,

Are there plans in place to correct the issue? When I export a page to Word the images do not save over to the *.doc file. I'm particularly interested because exporting to a Word doc is important for my organization's needs, and we are presently evaluating Confluence for potential purchase.

Thanks for any guidance/assistance.

Cheers,

Osiris


Anton Mazkovoi [Atlassian] added a comment - 16/Dec/07 06:33 PM
Hi Osiris,

This issue is for JIRA product:
http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/
not Confluence.

At the moment, due to the large number of feature requests for JIRA, this is not scheduled. Fore more information on the way issues are scheduled for JIRA see:
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+and+Improvements

However, I am not sure what the plans for Confluence are. You may want to contact the Confluence team by reasing a support request in our support system:
http://support.atlassian.com
in the Confluence Support project.

Cheers,
Anton


Ray Oei [Furore] added a comment - 27/Feb/08 07:45 AM
I want to be able to provide a customer with all issue information. Including images and/or attachments (and comments).

Jim Birch added a comment - 22/Sep/08 12:54 AM
If you embed the attachment in a comment (ie attach it then include it as an image in a comment) then surely it should print.

Otherwise, in the case of an image/file that is attached but not displayed, I think you would want an "export all" link that does the issue info, comments, plus any attachments. Could be a bit funny with a 4 Mb log file, but then I guess you get what you ask for.

Maybe an export link that asks for format, and what to include, maybe with a page limit. It's a bit messy, but not being able to export a word doc with the screen shot is a problem.


Emmeline Dobson added a comment - 23/Sep/08 05:00 AM
Our users also need to be able to export to Word, complete with images laid out as they appear in the document body. Have tried Export to Word with both Firefox and IE but images do not show properly, just an outline with an [x] icon shows.

Jim Birch added a comment - 23/Sep/08 06:37 PM
This isn't a browser issue, the Word conversion is done at the server then downloaded to the server. It isn't really a bug either. The problem is the design of the Word conversion code that runs on the server not doing what we want.