Re: Updating [was: Background and Text in Writer]
At 03:10 10/03/2019 -0400, Linda Hull wrote: I've located the Archive of older versions 4* https://archive.apache.org/dist/openoffice/ Could you explain how to download the 4.1.2 that I need? You don't need to go there. As I said, go to the normal download page - at http://www.openoffice.org/download/ - and select "4.1.2" from the right hand drop-down menu on that page. (Click the down-arrow against "4.1.6" to show the options.) Then click "Download full installation". Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Updating [was: Background and Text in Writer]
Brian, I've located the Archive of older versions 4* https://archive.apache.org/dist/openoffice/ Could you explain how to download the 4.1.2 that I need? On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:28 AM Brian Barker wrote: > At 21:53 09/03/2019 -0500, Linda Hull wrote: > >Thank you very much Brian and Julian! > > No probs! > > >I did the update, but it's asking me about a database, I don't know > >what I should answer. > >The updated version seemed to be trying to recover older documents > >which it can't find. (I get red X's), so they must be from long ago. > >I clicked ok and now it's asking this: > > (I imagine you pasted an image here, but nothing came through.) > > Earlier versions of OpenOffice for Windows - including your 4.1.2 - > relied on an .msi file for installation, which is a database of > installation information, required just as much for removal of a > program as for its installation. In order to remove programs, you > need to preserve this file. If you haven't done so, the solution is easy: > o Download the installation file for your existing version 4.1.2 again. > o Run the installation for version 4.1.2 again. Accept the option to > reinstall the product. > o Now run the installation for 4.1.6. > > Delete the installation files for 4.1.2 only after you have been > successful in getting 4.1.6 to work. If the above doesn't work, try > removing version 4.1.2 - using Windows 7's proper procedure, of > course - whilst the installation files for 4.1.2 are where they were > when you reinstalled it. Then install version 4.1.6. > > You can obtain the required installation file for version 4.1.2 at > http://www.openoffice.org/download/ by selecting that version from > the right hand drop-down menu on that page. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
Re: Background and Text in Writer
At 14:32 09/03/2019 -0500, Julian Thomas wrote: On Mar 9, 2019, at 12:32, Brian Barker wrote: Remember that many (most?) printers cannot print to the very edge of the paper, so you need some blank margins anyway. If, as you suggest, you are going to share this document, remember also that the margins need to be big enough for your consumers' printers, not just yours. Exception is when the doc is only going to be shared as .doc .odt or .pdf. Sorry, but no: the format in which the document is shared is irrelevant. Any format can be displayed on screen with material to the edge of the document, but if it ends up being printed it is the printer's limitations that must be considered. The questioner did not suggest that the final document was never to be printed; in any case, how would she know that no-one wanted to use it in this way? Also if you are using a smaller paper size. No paper size is small or large in an absolute sense! (Is a "smaller paper size" shorter than a piece of string?) And the restriction applies even if printing is performed on paper smaller than the largest that any printer can handle. The main problem is that it is more or less impossible to guarantee that the printed image lands precisely on the paper, especially with low-end printers likely to be used in the home or office. Any pigment thus deposited instead on supporting rollers creates unpleasant set-off. Professional printers arrange printing to the edge of the paper by printing slightly oversized images on even more oversized paper and trimming it to size afterwards. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Background and Text in Writer
Exception is when the doc is only going to be shared as .doc .odt or .pdf. Also if you are using a smaller paper size. Sent from JT's Ipad - maybe using voice dictation! > On Mar 9, 2019, at 12:32, Brian Barker > wrote: > > Remember that many (most?) printers cannot print to the very edge of the > paper, so you need some blank margins anyway. If, as you suggest, you are > going to share this document, remember also that the margins need to be big > enough for your consumers' printers, not just yours. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Background and Text in Writer
At 13:48 08/03/2019 -0500, Linda Hull wrote: I'm on Windows 7 and using Open Office 4.1.2. I'm wondering why you are using an older version of OpenOffice. There is seldom any reason to do this with free software. I want to make an image with text I write, a nice background, with some space the same color as the background, around the writing so it looks professional. Remember that many (most?) printers cannot print to the very edge of the paper, so you need some blank margins anyway. If, as you suggest, you are going to share this document, remember also that the margins need to be big enough for your consumers' printers, not just yours. So far, in OO Writer, I got the background, and my text, but the text runs from margin to margin, and so does the color, but the margin areas are white. If you want no white margins at all, you can set the page margins to zero, but remember printer limitations as above. How can I get the text to be smaller than the colored area? There are various ways to do this. o You could set paragraph margins appropriately on your text - on the Indents & Spacing tab of the Paragraph dialogue. Setting Before, After, Above, and Below will achieve what you need. The problem with this approach is that if your text has multiple paragraphs they will also be additionally spaced by the Above and Below settings. You may be able to work around this by spacing your text paragraphs using line breaks instead - using Shift+Enter - though this is rather messy. o Better would be to insert a Frame (Insert | Frame...). Adjust the size and position of the frame to allow the margins you require inside the real page margins that limit your background image. Enter your text inside the frame. To prevent the frame simply obscuring your background image, you will need to adjust the frame's properties on the Background tab of the Frame dialogue. Choose Colour for "As", select any colour for "Background colour". White (at top left) will do, but note that this is *not* the same as No Fill! Adjust Transparency here to 100%; you can type into the box or use the up and down arrows as a thumbwheel to adjust the value. I've followed directions from: [...] I'd like to be able to use: [...] (Adjust the intensity) Remember that these are from a newspaper publisher, not OpenOffice itself - though they do seem to be accurate. The steps for this are based in http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/manuals/oooauthors/Working_with_Graphics.pdf It isn't up to date or doesn't match my Apache Open Office. My arrangement for these steps is different. Indeed so (2005; for version 1). And the "View," "Toolbars" and "Picture" toolbar doesn't show any numbers. I hope it does. (Could this be because the computer is using a lot of ram for FireFox?) Nope. I'd really like to be able to lower the intensity of an image to make the text stand out more, but I need the directions to be for the Apache Open Office version that I'm using. Is there a help page that is newer, please? Chapter 8 of the Writer Guide, "Working with Graphics", is what you need. See https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/images/2/2b/0208WG33-WorkingWithGraphics.pdf . If you select your background image, the Picture toolbar should appear automatically. By default it floats, but you may have docked it alongside your other toolbars. If it doesn't appear, it will do so if you go to View | Toolbars > | Picture, as you suggest. Towards the right of the Picture toolbar, you should see an icon of a wineglass with an associated box to its right, probably defaulting to "0%". (If you hover your mouse over them you should see the Help Tip "Transparency".) You need to increase this value to reduce the intensity of your background image. Again, you can type into the box or use the thumbwheel arrows to adjust the value. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Background and Text in Writer
I'm on Windows 7 and using Open Office 4.1.2. I want to make an image with text I write, a nice background, with some space the same color as the background, around the writing so it looks professional. So far, in OO Writer, I got the background, and my text, but the text runs from margin to margin, and so does the color, but the margin areas are white. How can I get the text to be smaller than the colored area? In the end I'll want to save it as a .pdf and convert it to a .jpg or .img or copy it to Paint, for uploading to an image sharing site, that I can link to for social media. I've followed directions from: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html I'd like to be able to use: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-text-over-image-openoffice-53710.html (Adjust the intensity) The steps for this are based in http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/manuals/oooauthors/Working_with_Graphics.pdf It isn't up to date or doesn't match my Apache Open Office. My arrangement for these steps is different. And the "View," "Toolbars" and "Picture" toolbar doesn't show any numbers. (Could this be because the computer is using a lot of ram for FireFox?) I'd really like to be able to lower the intensity of an image to make the text stand out more, but I need the directions to be for the Apache Open Office version that I'm using. Is there a help page that is newer, please? Thanks so much! Linda
