McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
Michael Adams [mailto:[email protected]] was the
second (at least...) to send some sample "watermark" pages
using the original poster's graphic to demonstrate...
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Guys,
I'm really not complaining here - it's great that you
quickly show an example or two of what the OP might
be attempting.
However... I'd like to suggest the following, for
benefit of both the OP and anybody who browses the
archives next month, looking for similar info
(like maybe me...):
Instead of just some meaningless sample text on
the sample page, how about replacing that text with
a) numbered list of the steps you used to accomplish
the task (very general, no detail, for actions done
outside OOo (such as in GIMP or Photoshop); more
explicit detail for the OOo actions
b) detailed list (if not included above) of all
the possibly-relevant settings for Page format,
page breaks or section breaks, any use of header
or footer, kind of object you imported, how it
was placed, how it was anchored, how text flow
properties were set, and so on.
It might also be useful to include different elements
on the page to show how they interact with each
other and the "watermark" graphic - say, a
screen-capture (to show some of the dialog settings
that I mentioned), text box, column break, MARGINS,
and other elements that would be part of a normal
document page.
For example, Michael, your faded glider reaches the
two side edges and the bottom edge, but starts a
half centimeter/quarter-inch down from the top. Is
that just because it happens to be that size when
proportionally stretched? Or is the top boundary
somehow tied to the way it is anchored? Other?
I'd even add a second and third page to show that
the "watermark" either repeats on each page,
or doesn't.... and include some 'overtext' saying
what was happening - is the glider on page 2 an
automatic background on each new page, or did you
have to place it by repeating the same manual steps
as for page 1... and so on.
Yeah, I know. More work. :-)
I'd do it myself, except that I'm not happy with
how my similar effort turned out, last week, so
I don't want to expend effort telling people how
to do something badly. Ahem. (my story, and I'm
sticking to it)
Regards,
- Kevin
PS: What comedian used to do that Camp Grenada song?
He pronounced it "Hello muddah, hello faddah".
Good points. I think the comedian was Alan (Allan, Allen?) Sherman.
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