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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] Re: backgrounds
From:       Carolyn Janson <caro () q-net ! net ! au>
Date:       2003-12-08 7:09:19
Message-ID: 3FD4239F.4020701 () q-net ! net ! au
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Thank you! I don't know why I wasn't able to do it; it works well now 
...........
Carolyn

G. Roderick Singleton wrote:

> Carolyn Janson wrote:
>
>> OOo 1.1, W98SE.
>> I suspect I am going to have egg on my face with this question, but I 
>> have wasted too much time trying to put a graphic background in a 
>> spreadsheet; I've tried the methods in Format, and for some reason 
>> they don't work; the only way I found is to click on the button that 
>> opens the Insert floating toolbar,  and then apply it multiple times 
>> and drag it to cover.
>> This is not very satisfactory, but more obvious methods didn't 
>> produce anything on the sheet at all, except one square of the 
>> graphic, which can't be modified.
>> In addition, when I open the file now I get an error message and 
>> request to send an error report to Sun. ( I did this).
>>
>
> Graphics in the Background of Cells
> 1.Choose Insert - Graphics - From File.
> 2.Select the graphic and click Open.
> The graphic is inserted anchored to the current cell. You can move and 
> scale the graphic as you want. In your context menu you can use the 
> Arrange - To Background command to place this in the background. To 
> select a graphic that has been placed in the background, use the 
> Navigator.
>
> I tried the above and it worked for me. You can pick up my example 
> from http://pathtech.org/openoffice/sprd_background.sxc
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> ger





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