Operation Manual

Inserting an image as a background
To insert an image as the background to a page or paragraph:
1) Choose Tools > Gallery and select a theme.
2) Select an object with a single click, right-click on the object, and choose Insert >
Background > Page or > Paragraph.
Modifying and positioning graphics
LibreOffice provides many tools for resizing, modifying, filtering, and positioning graphics; wrapping
text around graphics; and using graphics as backgrounds and watermarks. These tools are
described in relevant chapters of the other guides. Some sophisticated adjustments of the graphics
are best done in an image manipulation program and the results brought into LibreOffice, rather
than using LibreOffice’s inbuilt tools.
Managing the LibreOffice Gallery
Graphics in the Gallery are grouped by themes, such as Bullets, Rulers, and Backgrounds. You
can create other groups or themes and add your own pictures or find extensions containing more
graphics.
The box on the left of the gallery window lists the available themes. Click on a theme to see its
contents displayed in the Gallery window.
You can display the Gallery in Icon View (Figure 303) or Detailed View, and you can hide or show
the Gallery by clicking on the Hide button (similar to the Hide button for the Navigator and the
Styles and Formatting windows when they are docked).
Figure 303. Icon view of one theme in the Gallery
By default, the Gallery is docked above the workspace. To expand the Gallery, position the pointer
over the line that divides it from the top of the workspace. When the pointer changes to parallel
lines with arrows, click and drag downward. The workspace resizes in response.
As with other docked windows, you can “float” the Gallery by moving the mouse pointer over an
edge of the Gallery window, holding down the Ctrl key, and double-clicking. Repeat this procedure
to dock the Gallery again.
The default themes are locked; no items can be added to or deleted from these themes. The
locked themes are easily recognizable by right-clicking on them; the only available option in the
pop-up menu is Properties.
In a default installation, only the My themes theme is customizable, although new themes can be
added as explained in “Adding a new theme to the Gallery” on page 310.
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