On 23 March 2010 20:44, McLauchlan, Kevin <[email protected]>wrote:
> All, > > OOo Writer (3.2.0 on Win XP Pro x64) has taken over the word "Watermark" > with something other than what I think of as a "watermark". > > My question is how to get the effect I want. > > I want to place a graphic on the 'paper', at the very bottom, > full-width (edge-to-edge... would bleed if the printer allowed). > > I want it to appear on every page, faded to about 30%. > > I want it to not interfere in any way with text or graphics > on my working page (in the text area). > > Insert > Picture > from file doesn't seem to do that. > > Format > Page > Background > [graphic tab] won't let me > place the imported graphic outside the page margins. > It insists on putting it UP from the bottom and IN from > the sides of the sheet of paper background. I can't > see any options or selections to get past this. > > What is the procedure to impose what English speakers > would really recognize as a "watermark" and not just > "some graphic, sorta in back, inside the margins" ?? > > Thanks, > > > > > Kevin McLauchlan > > Not sure if this fits the bill 100% but I think it comes close: - Insert>Footer>Default; the cursor is now in the footer. - Insert>Picture>From File; choose your picture. - Adjust the size of the picture by dragging its green handles; in my OOo 3.1.1 on Win XP Pro I can drag the left/right sides of the picture to the extreme edges of the *paper* and/or adjust its size numerically by right-clicking it and setting values in the picture>type> pane. I can make it deeper (higher) that the footer itself which only need to be one line deep. - Adjust the picture's transparency using the "wine-glass" icon on the Picture tool-bar. You can now type into that part of the picture that is above the top of the footer, which, as I said you can make quite small. HTH -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
