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Full A4 background image in Writer

asked 2012-08-09 17:19:21 +0200

INNOVOT gravatar image INNOVOT
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Hello, I have received some images from a designer so I am able to make up my stationary. I have made the image the full size of A4 but when I set it as the background image the margins put white space over it. Is there anyway to truly make it background so that I can see my full design ? Thank you.

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answered 2012-08-10 00:21:31 +0200

cloph gravatar image cloph
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Don't add it as a background for the page, as that is limited to the printable area/the area defined by the page-margin.

Instead

  • insert the graphic into the document,
  • choose Anchor|To Page from the contextmenu
  • choose Wrap|In Background from the contextmenu

If the graphic should appear on all pages, insert a header or footer and anchor the graphic to a paragraph or character in the header or footer, then choose Picture from the contextmenu. On the Type tab, in the Position section choose left/top to Entire Page. As with the previous method, set wrap mode to "in background".

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This appears to work well though I am struggling to see how you anchor the image to a character in the footer. I have added a footer with our company address in it, opened the picture contextmenu and select Anchor->to character but what does one do next ?

INNOVOT ( 2012-08-10 10:58:28 +0200 )edit

Every time I click on Anchor->To Character the Anchor graphic appears on the first character of the main text. How do you select a character from within the footer ?

INNOVOT ( 2012-08-10 11:44:18 +0200 )edit
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@INNOVOT: did you put the cursor into the footer before inserting the image? AFAIK the anchoring position is determined by the cursor postion on insert.

tohuwawohu ( 2012-08-10 12:08:19 +0200 )edit
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select graphic, <ctrl>+x, cursor into the footer, <ctrl>+v (i.e. cut and paste the graphic), alternatively put the cursor into the footer before inserting the image. Dragging the gray anchor symbol to/from header/footer doesn't work anymore since the change of header/footer display.

cloph ( 2012-08-10 12:34:58 +0200 )edit
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Its Friday so if you could see me you would watch me dancing! Worked perfectly.

INNOVOT ( 2012-08-10 12:44:21 +0200 )edit
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answered 2013-04-10 21:46:05 +0200

Editor gravatar image Editor
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Thank you for showing how to make full page image background in Writer. Now the image is there, sent to the background, already-entered text is there above the image, but I can not edit the text any more. When I shrink the image so that text area gets larger than the image, clicking outside the image lets the text be edited. But how can I edit the page text when the image (anchored to page, wrapped to background) covers the whole page?

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