Re: Openoffice Letterhead

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:07 PM, John D Lamb <J.D.Lamb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 09:49 -0600, drew.einhorn wrote:
1)  Instead of filling the entire page.  I just fills the area inside
the margins.
How do I get the background to fill the entire page?

2)  Some folks in the office still insist on MS-Word, when I save as .doc,
I lose the background.  I may have to try again on one of their computers
with MS Word (yuck).

The following should work and should be saveable in .doc format without
too many problems. Instead of using the background tab, try

Insert > Picture > From File…

to insert the graphic. Then click on the graphic to select it and use

Format > Picture…

To format it. On the Type tab, set Anchor to To page. This makes sure
the picture is not placed relative to the text area. Exit the dialogue
and place the picture carefully. You may want to use the dialogue again
to fine-tune the placement. Once the placement is correct, use

Format > Picture…

to reopen the dialogue. On the Wrap tab, select Through and In
background. You will now have the image in the background on the first
page only.

Hmm. What if they have a different letterhead for second,
and subsequent pages.

The reason for using the dialogue twice is that if the
picture doesn’t overlap the margins when you set it as a background
image you won’t be able to select it directly (though it is still
accessible through Navigator).


I did not undstand that.

You may find it helpful to use Gimp to get the image looking better,
though scanned images are never as good as the original.

The first thing I'm going to do is rescan the page at higher resolution.
Then maybe I won't have to delve into the mysteries of gimp.

You may also
find it useful to set the page style as First Page (Format > Styles and
Formatting) so that you can change the page margins to suit the first
page while leaving default margins for subsequent pages.


Good idea. AThey may be where I have to mess with an alternate
background image for second and subsequent pages.

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