i’d like instead of a line(single/double/decorative) to put a line of words around my page - rather than listing them in the body of the document.
can i do this? i need the text to remain in standard format, but be able to reorient the page via right rotation.
Please give a more detailed specification, if possible an image representing the goal.
You tagged W7, but which LO version? and which save format?
In Draw you can
TextBorderAroundPage.odt (29.9 KB)
If you want to rotate the page then you will need to select the shape and make it shorter and wider. This will probably need a redraw to see it properly so scroll to a new page and back.
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You could create the shape in Writer but it is easier in Draw.
Version: 24.8.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: fddf2685c70b461e7832239a0162a77216259f22
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 X86_64 (6.1 build 7600); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
save in .odt and/or .doc and/or .docx
this is a rough idea of how i want it - the corners are going to have small special characters - the problem with an image file is that it’s difficult to get the precise proportions correct on all four sides. obviously if i were working on a typewriter it would be easily accomplished manually, but here we are. any help will be appreciated, and i will try every suggestion.
inserted a text box, then tried rotating text as instructed - text does not rotate but the text box does.
thank you- am trying to follow your instructions when i do i get stuck at shape>convert>to curve - cannot locate “shape”.
i have long been text-oriented so draw this’n’that is like learning to walk.
As I said, I did it in Draw and pasted it into Writer.
In Writer it is probably in the format menu, maybe a sub menu of Text box and shape. I remember seeing it but I am not near my computer at the moment.
wild guessing :
Hello bluemlein,
In LibreOffice Writer, you can add a frame to the page edges. To do this, click on the “Insert” menu at the top of the LibreOffice Writer page. Then a list will open. find the “Frame” heading and click on it.
(
Insert>Frame>Frame)
Don’t forget to reply if you solved the problem. You can help users who have the same problem as you.
Best regards,
eo.ozsahin
I tested a frame (anchored in header) which included a 3x3 table. In the outer table cells I set text boxes which can be rotated in 90° and 270°, but also in 180°; they are editable. Into the corners I set Draw objects.
It is not easy to get this result and the file itself seems a bit instable. Especially the anchoring as character is not as easy as it should be. For a better positioning and size you have to alternately anchor to paragraph and as character.
See the result as a screenshot and its originating file.
@Grantler’s suggestion is unnecessarily complicated. The reason is: frames or drawing objects are not constrained by any container. They can be positioned freely anywhere on the page without “back-interacting” with their container (page, table, frame, …) – except of course when they are anchored As character.
So, the frame and table serve no real purpose when it comes to positioning the text boxes.
I eliminated these “noise” elements (which impact negatively performance without bringing adding value to layout because their text contents is empty):
There are now only text boxes anchored to header for top left and to footer for bottom right. I could have anchored them all in the header but I preferred to anchor some of them in the footer in order not to forget to reserve some area at bottom through the page style.
Position was tuned with Position & Size. I chose relative positioning to page elements so that it adapts automatically to modification in the page style, such as margins and header/footer height.
I left as an exercise insertion of the corner decorative elements.
There remains an inconvenience: Drawing Objects are not controlled by frame styles. Therefore all tuning must be done individually on every object.
TextAroundPageInTableInFrame-ajl.odt (52.8 KB)
