Still in 3.1, I suffer the same issue. One possible solution may be that background image get only selected if you use graphic cursor explicitely.
-- [upstream] OOo Writer does not select text over background image https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/324209 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
