Re: How to Make a Background Fit?
Linda - When you were 'playing with the backgrounds', did you try adjusting the page margins to make the image cover the entire page? Or did you use the real 'Background' feature that ignores the page margins for the image but should leave them unchanged for any text you add to the page? In an earlier message you referred to images being opened in Draw rather than in Writer. It wasn't clear how you were opening the image. For use in Writer, you should not open the image using File > Open, but rather use Insert > Image, or Format > Page Style > Image. In an earlier message you also referred to getting '3 or 4 images in one' in Writer. That sounds like the tiling behaviour when an image is used as a true background: if the image is smaller than the page, Writer will make additional copies of it to fill the page, like tiles on a floor. Maybe you'd already figured those things out but I wasn't sure. - Robert From: Linda Hull Sent: August 19, 2023 02:42 To: David Robley ; users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: How to Make a Background Fit? David, There are things which I don't understand about Open Office. Since I started playing with the backgrounds I've lost the regular one inch margins on any new pages I open. How do I get them back? I don't think I can send examples to the forum, but if anyone wants to see? Linda On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:05 PM David Robley wrote: > See if https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108078 is > helpful. > > On 19/08/2023 05:49, Linda Hull wrote: > > Dear Wonderful Open Office People, > > > > I want to send a letter, either paper or electronically, with an > > appropriate background image. I have Windows 10 and Open Office 4.1.13. > > > > I found an image, cropped it, opening it in Open Office, I get one image > in > > the middle of the page and even though I specified Writer, it's in Draw, > OR > > I get 3 or 4 images in one, in Writer. > > > > ...
Re: INFO PROBLEM WITH SAVING
"impossible to save this way. choose another" Is that the exact error message? To where are you trying to save your documents? What happens if you try to save to your desktop? On 19/08/2023 20:28, Alice Isnardi wrote: Hello, thanks for all your infos! now i have details: it’s OpenOffice 4.1.11, Windows 10, Laptop Hp240GB. I cannot save all kind of texts, even with just one word, in any format that is not PDF: i tried with ODF (.odt), Test document Openoffice.org XML 1.0 (.sxw), (.txt), Microsoft word 95 or 60 (.doc), Rich text format (.rtf), (.xml) but nothing: it doesn’t save, there is a notification that says “impossible to save this way. choose another” Did someone ever meet this? Thanks a lot in advance Regards AI Il giorno ven 18 ago 2023 alle 23:11 Alice Isnardi < aliceisnardi...@gmail.com> ha scritto: Hello, sorry; i was just added to the mailing list, I need to solve a problem about saving files in Openoffice: can i ask here for help? thanks Alice - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: INFO PROBLEM WITH SAVING
Hello, thanks for all your infos! now i have details: it’s OpenOffice 4.1.11, Windows 10, Laptop Hp240GB. I cannot save all kind of texts, even with just one word, in any format that is not PDF: i tried with ODF (.odt), Test document Openoffice.org XML 1.0 (.sxw), (.txt), Microsoft word 95 or 60 (.doc), Rich text format (.rtf), (.xml) but nothing: it doesn’t save, there is a notification that says “impossible to save this way. choose another” Did someone ever meet this? Thanks a lot in advance Regards AI Il giorno ven 18 ago 2023 alle 23:11 Alice Isnardi < aliceisnardi...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hello, sorry; i was just added to the mailing list, I need to solve a > problem about saving files in Openoffice: can i ask here for help? > thanks > Alice >
Re: INFO PROBLEM WITH SAVING
Just ask your question. Make sure you include information about your OpenOffice and operating system version, and the format in which you save your documents. On 19/08/2023 06:41, Alice Isnardi wrote: Hello, sorry; i was just added to the mailing list, I need to solve a problem about saving files in Openoffice: can i ask here for help? thanks Alice - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: How to Make a Background Fit?
You have possibly made changes and set them in your default template. See https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1161 for how to create or modify this. On 19/08/2023 16:12, Linda Hull wrote: David, There are things which I don't understand about Open Office. Since I started playing with the backgrounds I've lost the regular one inch margins on any new pages I open. How do I get them back? I don't think I can send examples to the forum, but if anyone wants to see? Linda On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:05 PM David Robley wrote: See if https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108078 is helpful. On 19/08/2023 05:49, Linda Hull wrote: Dear Wonderful Open Office People, I want to send a letter, either paper or electronically, with an appropriate background image. I have Windows 10 and Open Office 4.1.13. I found an image, cropped it, opening it in Open Office, I get one image in the middle of the page and even though I specified Writer, it's in Draw, OR I get 3 or 4 images in one, in Writer. I only want one page. If it goes to page 2, then another one maybe. Or possibly just the background without the frame and flowers. I'm following the directions here: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html How to Add a Background Image to an OpenOffice Document by Jacob Michael Jacob says to write the letter first. I decided to see if I could get the background first, because the flowers might make it difficult to read the text. Does having text on the page make a difference? - Answer The text flows across all 3 background images. * I can't see how to make the margins control the text in OO 4.1.13? [Solved] Multiple pages on screen - From 2016 https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=86060 I don't see what they are talking about at the bottom. I should note that I tried reducing the size of the image once, but the preview looked the same. I now changed it from .png to .jpg - it opens in Draw not Word. Years ago I experimented with plain colored backgrounds and that worked fine. How do I get the background image to fit the page and see ONE page to work on, in Writer 4.1.13? Linda - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: How to Make a Background Fit?
To change the margins go to "Format/Page"AlanSent from my Galaxy Original message From: Linda Hull Date: 19/08/2023 07:40 (GMT+00:00) To: David Robley , users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: How to Make a Background Fit? David,There are things which I don't understand about Open Office. Since Istarted playing with the backgrounds I've lost the regular one inch marginson any new pages I open. How do I get them back? I don't think I can sendexamples to the forum, but if anyone wants to see?LindaOn Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:05 PM David Robley wrote:> See if https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108078 is> helpful.>> On 19/08/2023 05:49, Linda Hull wrote:> > Dear Wonderful Open Office People,> >> > I want to send a letter, either paper or electronically, with an> > appropriate background image. I have Windows 10 and Open Office 4.1.13.> >> > I found an image, cropped it, opening it in Open Office, I get one image> in> > the middle of the page and even though I specified Writer, it's in Draw,> OR> > I get 3 or 4 images in one, in Writer.> >> > I only want one page. If it goes to page 2, then another one maybe. Or> > possibly just the background without the frame and flowers.> >> > I'm following the directions here:> >> https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html> >> > How to Add a Background Image to an OpenOffice Document> > by Jacob Michael> >> > Jacob says to write the letter first. I decided to see if I could get the> > background first, because the flowers might make it difficult to read the> > text. Does having text on the page make a difference? - Answer The text> > flows across all 3 background images.> >> > * I can't see how to make the margins control the text in OO 4.1.13?> >> > [Solved] Multiple pages on screen - From 2016> > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=86060> > I don't see what they are talking about at the bottom.> >> > I should note that I tried reducing the size of the image once, but the> > preview looked the same.> >> > I now changed it from .png to .jpg - it opens in Draw not Word.> >> > Years ago I experimented with plain colored backgrounds and that worked> > fine. How do I get the background image to fit the page and see ONE page> to> > work on, in Writer 4.1.13?> >> >> >> > Linda> >>
Re: How to Make a Background Fit?
David, There are things which I don't understand about Open Office. Since I started playing with the backgrounds I've lost the regular one inch margins on any new pages I open. How do I get them back? I don't think I can send examples to the forum, but if anyone wants to see? Linda On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:05 PM David Robley wrote: > See if https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108078 is > helpful. > > On 19/08/2023 05:49, Linda Hull wrote: > > Dear Wonderful Open Office People, > > > > I want to send a letter, either paper or electronically, with an > > appropriate background image. I have Windows 10 and Open Office 4.1.13. > > > > I found an image, cropped it, opening it in Open Office, I get one image > in > > the middle of the page and even though I specified Writer, it's in Draw, > OR > > I get 3 or 4 images in one, in Writer. > > > > I only want one page. If it goes to page 2, then another one maybe. Or > > possibly just the background without the frame and flowers. > > > > I'm following the directions here: > > > https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html > > > > How to Add a Background Image to an OpenOffice Document > > by Jacob Michael > > > > Jacob says to write the letter first. I decided to see if I could get the > > background first, because the flowers might make it difficult to read the > > text. Does having text on the page make a difference? - Answer The text > > flows across all 3 background images. > > > > * I can't see how to make the margins control the text in OO 4.1.13? > > > > [Solved] Multiple pages on screen - From 2016 > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=86060 > > I don't see what they are talking about at the bottom. > > > > I should note that I tried reducing the size of the image once, but the > > preview looked the same. > > > > I now changed it from .png to .jpg - it opens in Draw not Word. > > > > Years ago I experimented with plain colored backgrounds and that worked > > fine. How do I get the background image to fit the page and see ONE page > to > > work on, in Writer 4.1.13? > > > > > > > > Linda > > >
