Paul, Andy, Dan,
Thank you very much for your help.
I followed Andy's approach and can get the text where I want it. The
only problem I have now is that it disappears when I go to place the
next one. It is 'really' there as I can make it visible by clicking on
it and if I export to pdf it is there as well. I just can't quite
figure out how to make it stay visible. I have tried bring to front and
sent the bitmap to the bottom of the pile so to speak. I know it isn't
hard but I am looking at a lot of info, help, manual etc. and just not
seeing it.
Thanks again
Frank
Andy Lewis wrote:
Hello Frank
I just tried this.
I imported a bitmap into Draw and placed it on its own layer, which I
then locked so that it wouldn't move about when I worked on top of it.
Then, on a different layer, I drew some text boxes which labelled
parts of the bitmap. Because I was working on top of the bitmap, I was
able to set the text colour to white straight away, and still see it.
So I could position the text boxes exactly where I wanted straight away.
I then went to File-Export and exported to JPEG. This exported both
the bitmap and the textboxes, correctly aligned. So I can't reproduce
your problem of not exporting the text.
I also tried copying the Draw document (to do this I unlocked the
layer containing the bitmap, then did Ctrl-A to select all, and Ctrl-C
to copy). I then pasted this into a presentation as a Draw-8 object,
and tried re-sizing it in various ways; I couldn't create any problem
with alignment - the text right on top of the parts it was labelling.
So again I can't reproduce your problem.
I'm not sure what I was doing differently to you, but I hope my
description of the steps I took might help? (Actually, I have got one
suggestion: when you exported to JPEG, did you still have the bitmap
selected (green handles round it)? Because I think if something is
selected, OOo only exports the selection not the whole drawing.)
(By the way you don't say which version of OOo you are using, but I
don't think it makes any difference anyway; I tried this using both
OOo2.0 and OOo1.1.0 on Windows XP.)
Hope this some help.
Andy
Frank Chambers wrote:
I give up.
I very much want to use OO exclusively. I have been working with
draw. I want to place text on top of a bit map and then export the
entire image as a jpeg for inclusion in a presentation. I have tried:
Saving the drawing in OO format and inserting into the presentation
as an object. This is an exercise in futility as the size is too
large and attempts a reduction lead to a disconnection between the
text position, which happen to label specific points on the bitmap
and the bit map.
Inserting the text directly on the bitmap. If all I wanted was text
centered in the drawing this would work. All attempts at
repositioning were futile. Once, after a crash, I was able to put
text where I wanted but then it was right back to I can place it
anywhere I want as long as it is dead center in the page. It cannot
be moved from there.
Creating a separate text layer and placing the text approximately
where I want it, adding the bitmap on its own layer as I can not,
with the send to background on the bitmap get the text to appear, and
positioning after the fact. This gives me what I want though with
difficulty since the text needs to be white on the black background
of the bit map and is hard to see (impossible) on its own layer
unless I give it a different color background which then shows when
the text is visible over the bitmap.
When I save this as jpeg the text does not show in the image. When I
move the text to the same layer as the bitmap it shows on the screen
but does not export so the text is still not visible in my presentation.
What now? I have eventually been able to get Write to do what i need
in other cases though the level of effort has been substantially
greater than the same process in Word. I believe that significant
work needs to be done on the usability before this is ready for prime
time.
Thanks in advance for any help
Frank
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