I have tired to create a textbox in a report in Base. I can get the box, but then can only highlight the box; I cannot get a text entry “beam”. What do I need to do to type in the box? In Writer I do not even see a way to create a textbox. Help does not recognize “textbox” or “text box”. I’m sure this is something simple, but it is eluding me so far. Help, please. Thanks.
Thanks for the thorough answer from qubit.
(on Ubuntu 12.04.1, using LibreOffice 3.5.4.2)
To create a textbox in Writer,
- Open a new document in LO Writer
- Open the ‘Drawing’ toolbar by navigating to: View → Toolbars → Drawing
- (in my version of LibreOffice, the drawing bar docks at the bottom of the document by default)
- Click on the “T” icon for textbox. You should get a cursor in the shape of cross-hairs (with a small text-entry ‘beam’ on the right, as a kind of hint)
- Single-click and drag down and to the right to expand the box.
- Add some text!