** Reply to message from Jean-Francois Nifenecker <[email protected]> on Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:36:54 +0100
> Better late than never... > > Le 24/01/2014 04:39, Cliff Scott a écrit : > > 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. > > > > You'll get what you're looking if you add the Fontwork *toolbutton* (not > Fontwork Toolbar) by: > > a. Tools > Customize. > b. In Toolbars page select the toolbar you want to add the button to > then click Add. > c. In the new dialog, select the Format category, Fontwork command. > Validate > > Now you've got the right tool to get going. > > Usage: > 1. draw a line or a shape. > 2. enter the associated text to the line/shape, as usual > 3. click the Fontwork button and enjoy! > > HTH, Jean-Francois, Thank you very much for coming back to me on this. I had given up on getting any help. I did as you said and it works pretty well, but takes some getting used to it characteristics. One question remains: Is there a way to put the text on a free form line or only on the shapes the Fontwork Button dialog box has? Thanks. 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
