Thank you Nancy, David, Robert, It's a new day, and I was so tired last night.
I followed the directions in: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html But I also changed in View > Print Layout or Web Layout. Web Layout has the margins way outside and Print Layout doesn't. I made yet another draft of the letter, saved as, and opened a new copy. Changed from Print Layout to Web Layout, got my margins back, and followed steps 1-4 https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html Says: 4. Click the “Browse” button, select your background image and click the “Open” button. [I get a preview of the image which isn't complete] 5. Select a graphic option in the “Type” section. The “Position” option allows you to select a page position for the image, while the “Tile” option will repeat the image throughout the page. [The choices are 1. Position 2. Area 3. Tile. I don't remember clicking 'tile', maybe the cat did it... I changed it to 'area'] 6. Click the “OK” button when you’re satisfied with the way your new background image looks. Now, I have a letter, on a beautiful background which has it's own gold frame, on a page, with white margins all the way around! It's closer, but still no banana. I haven't ever used 'styles'. I'm very unfamiliar with the processes they use. The final message in this thread does appear to accomplish my goal. https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108078 Thank you for your ongoing support as I learn more about Apache Open Office. Linda On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:42 AM Nancy Shiffrin <nshiff...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Go to format, pages, set up your margins and save. > > On 8/18/2023 11:42 PM, Linda Hull wrote: > > David, > > > > There are things which I don't understand about Open Office. Since I > > started playing with the backgrounds I've lost the regular one inch > margins > > on any new pages I open. How do I get them back? I don't think I can > send > > examples to the forum, but if anyone wants to see? > > > > Linda > > > > On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:05 PM David Robley <da...@robley.net.au> > wrote: > > > >> See if https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108078 is > >> helpful. > >> > >> On 19/08/2023 05:49, Linda Hull wrote: > >>> Dear Wonderful Open Office People, > >>> > >>> I want to send a letter, either paper or electronically, with an > >>> appropriate background image. I have Windows 10 and Open Office 4.1.13. > >>> > >>> I found an image, cropped it, opening it in Open Office, I get one > image > >> in > >>> the middle of the page and even though I specified Writer, it's in > Draw, > >> OR > >>> I get 3 or 4 images in one, in Writer. > >>> > >>> I only want one page. If it goes to page 2, then another one maybe. Or > >>> possibly just the background without the frame and flowers. > >>> > >>> I'm following the directions here: > >>> > >> > https://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-background-image-openoffice-document-63567.html > >>> > >>> How to Add a Background Image to an OpenOffice Document > >>> by Jacob Michael > >>> > >>> Jacob says to write the letter first. I decided to see if I could get > the > >>> background first, because the flowers might make it difficult to read > the > >>> text. Does having text on the page make a difference? - Answer The text > >>> flows across all 3 background images. > >>> > >>> * I can't see how to make the margins control the text in OO 4.1.13? > >>> > >>> [Solved] Multiple pages on screen - From 2016 > >>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=86060 > >>> I don't see what they are talking about at the bottom. > >>> > >>> I should note that I tried reducing the size of the image once, but the > >>> preview looked the same. > >>> > >>> I now changed it from .png to .jpg - it opens in Draw not Word. > >>> > >>> Years ago I experimented with plain colored backgrounds and that worked > >>> fine. How do I get the background image to fit the page and see ONE > page > >> to > >>> work on, in Writer 4.1.13? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Linda > >>> > >> > > > > -- > I cherish early morning silence/wonder where the crows have gone > from Silence in THIS SACRED EARTH new poems by Nancy Shiffrin > chaos theory applied to a world in crisis > https://www.NancyShiffrin.net nshiff...@earthlink.net > >
