In a message dated 2010.08.25 18:56 -0500, NoOp wrote:
That doc/example [OOoDraftDoc.odt] was using fontworks. Here is one
[OOoDraftDoc_Frame.odt] with a watermark frame. To view the frame
style: View|Navigator|Text Frames|Frame1 - right click& select 'Text
Frame|Edit' and you will then see that the frame style is 'Watermark'.
Thanks, Gary. Yes, I see that, and it's an interesting example. [Why
is "interesting" so often associated with "difficult' and "problematic"?
;-) ] First, the nice part: Your example shows, in effect, almost
exactly what the OP requested: No graphic import needed; you just type
the word "Draft" in the frame, and it's done! That said, it seems
fraught with quibbles and caveats [many of which, it must be said, are
characteristic of OO/Writer, not limited to this topic]:
1) [The Help has, of course, nothing about Watermark frames, so I have
to ask about process.] Is this your process? -
a) Insert > Frame... click OK.
b) With frame selected, go to Frame styles [discovering, BTW, that
it is already styled as Frame style "Frame" - whatever /that/ means
("Frame"="Default"?)], and select style "Watermark".
c) Edit the watermark frame attributes as needed. Do you size the
frame at this point, or is the frame sized from the (text) contents? Is
there some reason not to make it full-page size?
d) Type watermark text in the frame. [Another BTW: Going to the
Paragraph styles, we see that the text is already styled as "Frame
contents". What does /that/ mean?]
Would you please fill in the blanks on that summary?
2) More fundamental than the *process* of making a frame-based watermark
is the question of whether it *works* as a watermark: Since it is not
attached to a Page style, it is not repeated on subsequent pages. So,
does it get copied to every page of a "DRAFT" document? If so, is that
an intelligent use of a word processor?
More questions occur, but these seem to be the essential ones. Can you
help us think through (a) what OOoWriter intends for the watermark
function and (b) what purpose is intended for the Watermark frame?
Thanks,
John
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