On Wednesday 24 March 2010 08:44, McLauchlan, Kevin 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.
With a good combination of options "Insert - Picture - From File..." does indeed let you attach an image to the page background in the footer. With the picture selected, Asterisk instructions are right click options: On the picture toolbar set the "Graphics Mode" to Watermark, or if not enough colour is left set the "Transparency" percent yourself. Watermark gives about 90% transparency. * Anchor - To Paragraph * Alignment - Base at Top * Wrap - In Background Adjusting picture size is a snap either with the handles or to the precise width of the page with; * Picture... - Type tab - Tick "Keep Ratio" and adjust the width accordingly. The width of the printer page can be read from the Menu "Format - Page... - Page tab". HTH -- Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
