On 19/05/2012, at 16:58, Florian Reisinger <reisi....@t-online.de> wrote:
> Am 19.05.2012 08:02, schrieb Jean Weber: >> I received the following question from a friend: >> >>> If I have a paper form to fill out, I'd like to be able to scan it and use >>> it >>> as a background image to a page, and type on top of it. I did manage >>> to insert an image of a form, but could not, even with flow-through, >>> type on the page. >> Is there a keystroke combination to switch between the graphic and >> the text? I can't find one. So... here is my workaround: >> >> Before inserting the image, press Enter once or twice to add a couple >> of blank paragraphs to the page. Then insert a page break so you have >> at least one blank paragraph on each page. >> >> Make the margins really narrow on the page to have the image (or both >> pages; doesn't matter). Now insert your image, setting the anchor to >> "To page" and the wrap to "In background". Adjust the image size to >> fill the page. >> >> Go to the page without the image, click in a blank paragraph, and then >> use the arrow keys to move the text insertion point into a paragraph >> on the page with the image. Now you can type! (It helps greatly to >> have end-of-paragraph markers turned on.) >> >> Any other ideas? > Why don't you insert the image as a background > (Translated from German UI): Format -> Page, Tab Background; Drop-Down list > -> graphic > In my case it worked > I thought I'd tried that, but maybe not. Will do it again, lying more attention this time. Thanks! Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
