On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:30:43 -0600 Wade Smart <[email protected]> wrote:
> Keith Bates wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to create some simple (approx. 50 pieces) jigsaw > > puzzles, by printing a photo overlaid with a template to provide > > lines to cut out the pieces. > > > > I've done a search but haven't found what I'm looking for. I've > > found a 10 piece puzzle from DTK, and some "powerpoint" tmeplates > > with pictures of generic jigsaw pieces. > > > > Is anyone aware of such a template or a graphic that I can merge > > with the main picture? > > > > > I eventually went with the DTK graphic... I was hoping to overlay it on the map of Australia that I was using as the picture, but I couldn't work out transparency in Draw (or GIMP for that matter) so I printed the puzzle outline on the back of each sheet. I discovered the nice feature of OO in being able to print the one graphic over multiple pages in Draw. I was going to settle for A3 but my wife said "make it bigger." So I set the paper size to A1 and the printer paper size to A3 and Draw just nicely printed it over 4 A3 pages. Nice! When we put it all together we found the original map left out Tasmania (the little island off the bottom of Australia- probably just offended both the Tasmanians on the list :) ) So I had to find another map just of Tasmania and print it to scale. The purpose of all of this? In church on Sunday evening we are celebrating Australia Day which falls on Monday. I'm going to give each person a piece of the puzzle. During the service I will ask them to write a brief prayer for the nation or the part of it that's on their piece and then we will put them together to make the map. Thanks to Wade and others that made suggestions. -- God bless you, Keith Bates www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
