webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > > Ubuntu 10.10, LibreOffice 3.3.1 from the LibreOffice download page, not > from the repository or PPA. > > I was working with a document in Writer that had a large image in the > background. > > I had Wrap set as "through" and "in background" checked. This was the > only way I could get the text to go over top of the image. Then I > cut/pasted text for another document to "written" over the background > image. I made the document text be in two columns, working with only > the left one, at this time. > > Here is the "bug". When I wanted to bold some words in the text, I > could not highlight/select the text so I could bold it. I could do the > select/bold when there is no background image. The "Select All" option > still worked, but I could not get the first word in the line/paragraph > selected to be changed to bold, italic, etc.. > > Am I doing something wrong, or is this a "bug"? > > Some people would use draw for what I am doing, but I am more > comfortable with Writer for dealing with columns of text. So I worked > on a landscape document with most of the page covered with the > background image. I use what I am most comfortable with, so right now I > am using Writer. Later I could learn to use Draw for this, or use > Inkscape which is my default way of doing this work. But I wanted to > try it in Writer. > > > Hi. I can confirm the issue you describe. I also can only select text that is outside the graphic. It does appear to be a bug unless it is designed to function like this. Perhaps someone else may know.
However, have you tried Format/Page and then adding the graphic via the Background tab? This works well if you are able to position the image where you want it. Then, with a multi-column layout, individual words can be selected for formatting without issue. HTH Regards Dave -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
