Re: How to Make a Background Fit?
Thank you Nancy, David, Robert, It's a new day, and I was so tired last night. I followed the directions in: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html But I also changed in View > Print Layout or Web Layout. Web Layout has the margins way outside and Print Layout doesn't. I made yet another draft of the letter, saved as, and opened a new copy. Changed from Print Layout to Web Layout, got my margins back, and followed steps 1-4 https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html Says: 4. Click the “Browse” button, select your background image and click the “Open” button. [I get a preview of the image which isn't complete] 5. Select a graphic option in the “Type” section. The “Position” option allows you to select a page position for the image, while the “Tile” option will repeat the image throughout the page. [The choices are 1. Position 2. Area 3. Tile. I don't remember clicking 'tile', maybe the cat did it... I changed it to 'area'] 6. Click the “OK” button when you’re satisfied with the way your new background image looks. Now, I have a letter, on a beautiful background which has it's own gold frame, on a page, with white margins all the way around! It's closer, but still no banana. I haven't ever used 'styles'. I'm very unfamiliar with the processes they use. The final message in this thread does appear to accomplish my goal. https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108078 Thank you for your ongoing support as I learn more about Apache Open Office. Linda On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:42 AM Nancy Shiffrin wrote: > Go to format, pages, set up your margins and save. > > On 8/18/2023 11:42 PM, 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 > >>> > >> > > > > -- > I cherish early morning silence/wonder where the crows have gone >from Silence in THIS SACRED EARTH new poems by Nancy Shiffrin > chaos theory applied to a world in crisis > https://www.NancyShiffrin.net nshiff...@earthlink.net > >
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: 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 > > >
How to Make a Background Fit?
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
