On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 20:56 -0400, Daniel Lewis wrote: > Mark Miller wrote: > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Daniel Lewis<elderdanle...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >> Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Is the photo and textbox inside a frame? > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> The photo got there via Insert -> Picture -> From File. The textbox > >>> was part of the Slide Layout. I dragged the photo to the dimensions > >>> that I wanted (centered in the slide, about 80% of the slide's area) > >>> and I tried dragging the textbox over it, but the textbox is > >>> stubbornly remaining beneath the photo. > >>> > >>>> Or, is the textbox layered on > >>>> top of the photo? > >>>> > >>> The textbox seems to be in a layer below the photo. > >>> > >>>> Where is the textbox in relation with the boundaries of > >>>> the photo? (At the bottom, on the right, on the left, or in the middle?) > >>>> > >>> At the bottom. > >>> > >>> > >>>> Do > >>>> you want the top of the textbox to be lined up with the top of the photo? > >>>> Or, is this photo and textbox layered, and you want to arrange the > >>>> textbox > >>>> to be in front of the photo (lays on top of the photo)? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I wish to arrange the textbox to be in front of (on top of) the photo. > >>> > >>>> I'm just not sure what you want to do. Right off the top of my head, > >>>> I > >>>> would click the textbox to select it. Its border should appear with the > >>>> handles. Then I use the arrow keys to move it where I want it to appear. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I do that, and it works. However, when I release all selections, the > >>> photo obscures the textbox. > >>> > >>> > >>>> (The cursor could be used to move the textbox as well.) This may or may > >>>> not > >>>> work depending upon the answer to my questions above. > >>>> > >>>> Dan > >>>> > >>>> > >>> A sample file is here: > >>> http://dotancohen.com/images/examples/test-layering.odp > >>> > >>> In the sample file, the textbox is slightly to the left, and the photo > >>> is slightly to the right, so that they do not overlap. This is the > >>> only way to arrange the slide such that the textbox is accessible (can > >>> be focused with the mouse). > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> > >> Right click the photo to open a context menu. Click "Arrange" to open > >> another context menu, and click Send to Back. The "Hello World" should now > >> be on top. Arrange is what is used when you have more than one layer and > >> you > >> want to change how the layers are placed on each other. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> It is a very nice slide, by the way. > >> > > I tried it out, just for my own edification, and I can't make it work. I > > right click the photo and get the dialogue box, but when I go to arrange I > > get "No selection possible". What am I doing wrong? > > > > > I'm not sure. Is it possible that you opened the presentation in "Read > Only"? The instructions I gave were the ones I used to arrange the > textbox over the photo instead of under it. > > Dan I had opened the slide in ooo and had the same problem. So saved the file next time, then opened and it worked fine. Regards Ron > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org >
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