I would have thought using a Frame would be better. Am I missing something here?
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > At 13:09 20/12/2013 -0500, Charles Meyer wrote: >> >> I'm trying to help a friend create watermarks in Libre Writer. He's >> wondering if there is any way to adjust the shading of a watermark created >> in Libre Writer? He wants to play around with different shades to decide >> which shading is best. > > > I don't see any way to do this in a text (Writer) document itself - at > least, if you use the Background facility to insert the watermark. If your > watermark is a graphic, you probably need to shade it some other software > before inserting it. > > If you need a text watermark - such as "Draft", perhaps? - try this: > o Start a drawing (Draw) document. > o Click the Text icon in the Drawing toolbar and drag a text box in your > drawing. > o Type the required text. > o Adjust size, orientation, and so on - including perhaps setting the text > colour to a pale grey. > o Right-click the text box and go to Convert > | To Bitmap. > o Right-click again and go to Save as Picture... to save just the required > item (not the complete Draw document) in a suitable format. > o In your text (Writer) document, go to Format | Page... | Background. > o For As, select Graphic and browse to your saved watermark. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
