I needed to use a frame rather than a paragraph due to the little white lines between multiple paragraphs when using a dark paragraph background color. But… I can’t get the image behind (in background or through) frame to show frame text over the image. With various configs, the image either doesn’t show through the frame at all or is on top of the text. I have messed around with transparencies a little, but I think I have finally found something LO cannot do! OH NO! I hope I’m incorrect about this limitation I’m experiencing. When using a paragraph, the image shows perfectly underneath the text… but then I have the little lines. I’ve also tried putting in a section, but then it messes with the border shadow.
I’m running Windows 10 Pro,
LibreOffice 25.2.3.2, and
.odt file format.
Link to download test doc… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CRAqq0yEpcM_ePSnjgCoewX7LJf3bUs9/view?usp=drive_link
Please specify your operating system, LibreOffice version, and the file format used.
An abridged and anonymized file uploaded here would be very helpful. Thank you.
There is no reason why you could not achieve your goal. However, this requires a clear specification. What is the general layout? What are the “components” of this layout? How do you want to combine them? Explain this in “geometric” terms, not as a Writer procedure.
What is your skill in formatting? Styling ? Direct formatting? I must mention that combining frames with text in a predictable and stable way is one of the most difficult tasks in Writer.
For best diagnostic and advice, attach a sample file as per @Hrbrgr’s request.
Note: Using Frame | Area | None will have an opaque consequence (white color) for the frame’s background.
Better customize the frame’s properties for area like: Frame | Area | Color XY | Tranparency 99% (or even 100%).
Doing this the graphic displays through the frame resp. the frame’s background.
Some more information:
Your document seems to be derived from a foreign origin (Word) and has got some character styles which seem to be not useful.
Most of the text is DF (direct formatted) and does not contain appropiate character styles nor paragraph styles - which may cause instability on the long run.
Series of empty paragraphs instead of spaces above/below paragraphs may cause hard problems if the layout has to be altered.
I am afraid there is no solution in the present state of your document. It is formatted exclusively through direct formatting.
Such a workflow makes it difficult for Writer to guess which paragraphs are similar (formatting-wise).
Writer may not be the culprit for the thin gaps you see (they don’t appear when exported to PDF). You made things complicated by having shadowed characters on the last line of paragraph before “XXXX” and similarly on the first line of paragraph after “XXXX”.
Shadow characters are not provided by fonts. They are computed from glyph shapes. This distorts sightly the alignment properties. Writer and PDF cope with this. Perhaps the Amazon viewer is less subtle and can’t account for the necessary adjustments.
Anyway, I don’t understand your request.
What you did on the first page is correct (except you did it with direct formatting). You set Wrap to In background and that’s it: the image is sent behind all texts and does not interfere with them. Alternatively, you can set wrap mode to Through to remove the image from text interaction.
In page 3, you have multiple text elements: ordinary paragraphs and a frame. If you send you image into the background, you still have the paragraphs and frame interacting with each other. Your choice of Warp Off makes room for the frame by forcing the paragraphs downward (you request priority for the frame). Remember that the frame “floats” over the background where you want your image. Since the frame has itself a coloured background, this frame background masks the page background (containing the image). You need then to bring back the image in the foreground (unticking In background) and make it “non interacting” with wrap mode Through.
This is particularly contorted and unstable.
As a general rule, don’t use frames whn this is semantically inappropriate (as is the case here where your frame text is part of the main narrative).
I must add I don’t understand the purpose of the image. It does not related to text meaning and creates confusion.
My final recommendation: learn how to use styles (look in the documentation page for the Writer Guide and excellent Bruce Byfield’s Desinging with LO – you need to scroll down a bit to find the latter). Avoid frames. Make your document architecture as simple as possible. Don’t try to compensate for third party tools errors or limitations by creating worse problems in Writer.