On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:41:04 +0100 Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) increased personal carbon footprint by exciting electrons the world over with these memorable words:
> Hi folks, > > My first message here, got problems using Images in my documents... > sounds basic... maybe not. > > Best way I can describe, is with an example... > > In OOo.Draw or OOo.Writer... > > Say I have an image which is 600x400 pixels, which is a 3:2 aspect > ratio, and I use "Insert | Picture | From File..." > I find that if I use the corner points around the edge to resize, it > skews the image instead of maintaining the aspect ratio of 3:2. > I would only really expect that from resizing from the four straight > edge side points. > So in OOo.Draw I would "Right Click | Position and Size", then alter > the Height or Width, while 'Keep Ratio' is ticked, this way it keeps > the 3:2 aspect ratio. > Or in OOo.Writer I would "Right Click | Picture" go to the 'Type' tab, > tick 'Keep Ratio', and alter the Height or Width, this way it keeps > the 3:2 aspect ratio also. Hold [shift] while you resize with the mouse (or is it [ctrl]?) I don't quite get your second point. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
