** Reply to message from Tom Davies <[email protected]> on Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:32:17 +0000
Tom, This is not about wrapping, but making text fit a contour that I define. Cliff > Hi :) > Do you have the text-box in the background? Then the image > overlapping the text-box. Set the wrap options for the image to make > the text flow around it? Perhaps "optimal page wrap" or something? > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > On 24 January 2014 03:39, Cliff Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to use Draw to make up some text to put around pictures in > > Writer. > > > > The help says: > > "Adjust to contour - Adapts the text flow so that it matches the > > contours of > > the selected drawing > > object." > > > > For the life of me I can't figure how to connect the text to a shape. I have > > a text box with text in it and a curve that I drew, but to get the text to > > follow that curve seems beyond me. I've selected the shape and gone to the > > menu Format/Text and selected adjust to contour as it says to do, but > > nothing > > happens. > > > > Then I selected both at the same time and still nothing. When I double click > > the line and start typing the text writes on a horizontal line and covers > > the > > line where it intersects it. > > > > This also in Help: To enter text on a line, double-click the line and type > > or > > paste your text. The text direction corresponds to the direction you dragged > > to draw the line. To hide the line, select Invisible in the Line Style box > > on > > the Drawing Object Properties bar. > > > > Can't make that work either. > > > > It seems as it I am blind or some key is missing in the help. Any help will > > be greatly appreciated. > > > > Cliff -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] 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
