Operation Manual

Any changes made to a linked graphic within a LibreOffice drawing will apply only to that copy of
the graphic placed into your the drawing and will not affect the original graphic file that has been
linked to your drawing.
Links can be updated, modified, or broken as follows:
1) Go to Edit > Links on the main menu bar to open the Edit Links dialog (Figure 134).
2) Select the link to be edited.
3) Click on Update, Modify or Break Link, as appropriate.
– Update – updates the selected link so that the most recently saved version of the
linked file is displayed in the current document.
– Modify – changes the source file for the selected link.
– Break Link – breaks the link between the source file and the current document. The
most recently updated contents of the source file are kept in the current document.
4) Click Close to close the dialog when you have finished editing the link.
Note
If you click Break Link, then the linked graphic becomes embedded in your drawing
and the graphic format is converted to PNG.
Scanning
With most scanners you can directly insert a scanned image into a drawing or document. Scanned
images are embedded using PNG format. Make sure that your scanner is configured for the
computer and supported by the SANE system for a Linux operating system, or TWAIN for a
Windows or Mac operating system.
To insert an image from the scanner:
1) Place a document, drawing, or photograph in the scanner and make sure that the scanner
is switched on and ready.
2) If this is the first time the scanner has been used, go to Insert > Image > Scan > Select
Source on the main menu bar to select the scanner. If the scanner has been used before,
go to Insert > Image > Scan > Request on the main menu bar.
Note
If there is more than one scanning device connected to the computer, you will be able
to select the device when you select the source. This selection will then become the
default source when using scan requests until another device is used as the scanning
source.
3) The rest of the procedure depends on the scanner driver, interface, and computer
operating system. You will normally be required to specify scanning options such as
resolution, scan window, and so on. Consult the documentation that came with the scanner
for more information.
4) When the image has been scanned, Draw places it in the drawing. At this point it can be
edited like any other graphic.
Copying and pasting
Copying a graphic and then pasting the graphic into another drawing is another way of embedding
graphics into a drawing (this is also called using the clipboard). The copied graphic can be an
image already embedded in another document or drawing, or it can be a graphic file such as a
drawing, document or photograph.
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