Hi Berhnard, Thanks for the explanation. I must say that this makes me reluctant to link to openclipart.org directly without providing the user with some explanations (a short tutorial, for example). It might just be easier to encourage users to go to openclipart.org, download the clipart as a raster graphic file and then use Insert -> Picture -> From File. Or, to point them to a location that has a list of available themes... but then we should have plenty of themes ready for them.
The default OOo gallery is in pretty bad shape (in terms of the graphics it offers, a good number of which are very outdated) and this might be a wonderful opportunity for the Art project to contribute to OOo directly (as in the program itself) by updating the default theme that ships with OOo. This could mean: providing new grapics/templates to be included in OOo, putting together a small library of high quality clipart from openclipart.org that will be included in OOo, etc... What do you think - is this feasible? Regards, Ivan. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Bernhard Dippold<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ivan, Per, all, > > Ivan M wrote: >> >> Hi Per, >> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Per Eriksson<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>> I would chose the Open Clip Art Library: >>> >>> Open Clip Art Library >>> http://www.openclipart.org/ >> >> Yes, that's a great source of clipart.... but the question is, how >> easy is it to download clipart from there and import it into OOo? Is >> it simple enough for the average user to do? Does it involve a complex >> process, and if so, is there some way we can make it easier for users? >> (Sorry, I seem to be asking more questions than usual these days :) ). >> That's my only concern. [...] > > The simplest way to include clipart is to use gallery themes IMHO. > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Impress_Guide/Managing_the_Gallery_themes > > André Schnabel created such themes as extensions and included them in the > German PrOOo-Box: > http://live.prooo-box.org/de/html/gallery.html (sorry, German text) > > I found some other galleries in the extensions repository. > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/GalleryDangerSigns > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/freie-schaltzeichen > > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/oxygenoffice-gallery > (non-free) > >>> Get Clipart >>> http://www.openclipart.org/ > > I'd prefer a starting point on our website (or wiki) with a link to > openclipart. > > People providing finalized gallery themes for OOo should be able to upload > them quite easily. > > These might be at the extension website or as a new category of the Art > Project Galleries. > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Art/Gallery > > I don't know if it's trivial or standardizable to create an .otx extension > from a gallery theme - if so, I'd prefer the Art Project as starting point. > > Best regards > > Bernhard > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
