Writer Guide

Using the formatting toolbar and picture dialog
When an image is selected, you can customize some aspects of its
appearance using the tools available on the Formatting toolbar (shown
in Figure 259) as well as in the dialog that is shown by right-clicking
on the image and selecting Picture (see Figure 255). You can, for
example, create a border around the image, selecting style and color;
or you can (in the Borders page of the Picture dialog) add a shadow to
the image.
Cropping images
When you are only interested in a section of the image for the purpose
of your document, you may wish to crop (cut off) parts of it. To start
cropping the image, right-click on it and select Picture from the pop-
up menu. In the Picture dialog box, select the Crop page (Figure 255).
Figure 255: The options available when cropping a picture
In the Crop dialog box, you can control the following parameters:
• Keep scale / Keep image size options: when Keep scale is
selected (default), cropping the image does not change the scale
of the picture. When Keep image size is selected, cropping
produces enlargement (for positive cropping values), shrinking
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