Session 2: Inserting Images and Objects in a Document

Adding Graphical Objects

Adding graphical objects toyour document makes it more appealing. It changes a drab document into an
interesting one and brings life into your document. Graphicalobjects are images such as pictures, charts,
shapes, etc. added to the document. Let us now learn how to insert a graphical object into a document.
 Inserting Pictures
1 Click on Insert ’ Image ’ Locate the image you want to insert.
2. If you want tO see the imagebefore you insert it,
click on Show/Hide Preview pane.
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Inserting Picture by Drag and Drop

One can easily insert the image from file by dragging and dropping it in the writer.
1. Locate the image/picture.
2. Drag it to the Writer and drop it wherever you want it in your document.
This actually embeds the image/picture in the Writer document.
You can also establish a link instead of embedding it. For doing so you need to keep the Ctrl + Shift keys
pressed while dragging the image/picture to the Writer document.
Inserting a Scanned Image
You can also insert a scanned image in your document but ensure the scanner must be connected to your
System and the scanner software drivers must be installed.

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 3. Select the source from the Seleet Source dialog box.
4. Follow the scanning instructions.
Inserting lmage from the Clipboard
The most casy way of adding an image to your document is from clipboard
1. Locate the image and click on it to select the image.
2. Press Ctrl+ C, this will copy the image in the clipboard.
be inserted.
3. Click on the place in your Writer document where you want the image to
selected place.
. Now, press the Ctrl+ V, this will paste the image in the document on the
Inserting Picture from Gallery
The Gallery provides graphics and sounds that can be inserted to your
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Youcan right-click on your image, click on Insert option the context menu.
When you insert adrawing object or image in your document, you can look at its properties (brightness.
a contrast, a color mode such as grayscale, black and white).

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1. is particularly useful when
To view the properties of an image in your document, creating a watermark or when wrapping the
image in the background in a document.
just select it. a. Transparency b. Fill
You will see the properties in the right pane. C. Filters d. Crop
2. To increases the contrast of an image,
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Properties icon on the Sidebar. document.
a. Smooth b. Sharpen
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Sidebar.
" Youcanmodify the image properties like Brightness,
Contrast, Color Mode and Transparency, etc. from the Inage section of the Properties window.
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Properties of an image
Resizing an Image/Drawing 0bjects
You can also resize the inserted image in LibreOffice Writer.
1. Select the image by clicking it. The small green squares appear on the edges of the selected image.
2. Drag any of the sizing handles to increase or decrease the image size.
Or

Type the exact values in the Width and Height column of the Position and Size section in Properties
window.

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2. Select the Properties option from the Rotate or Flip

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Properties.
3. In the Image dialog box, select the Crop
tab. Properties option
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size of the image changes. Gaurav has inserted a picture in a
document. But she wants to cut off a
Keep image size: When it is selected: part of the picture. Which option she
should use to accomplish the task?
Positive values of cropping produces enlargement of a. Cut b. Copy
the image C. Crop d. Layout

" Negative values of cropping: shrinks the image so that

the image size remains constant.

Left, Right, Top,and Bottom

The image is cropped by the value entered in these boxes. For example, a value of 2 cm in the Right box
cuts off 2 cm fronm the right side of the image.
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Cropping an image
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1. To resize an image, type the exact values in Yourseif
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column.
Open the file My Favourite Subject' created in
2. Cropping means removing unwanted part from an Session 2.
image starting from its boundary. (True or False) Now crop, resize and delete the inserted image.
3. What do you mean by cropping? Observe the changes.
4. How do you resize an image? " Do not save the file.

Drawing 0bjects
The Writer has many drawing objects such as AutoShapes, Lines, Curves, Text Art and Text boxes. The
Drawing toolbar is used to change and enhance these objects with colours, patterns and other effects.

Inserting Text Bores

Text boxes give you control over the position of ablock of text in your document. You can place text boxes
anywhere in the document and format them with background and borders. To insert a text box,
1. Click on the Insert text box A icon on the Standard toolbar.
2. Click and drag yor mouse where you want to position the text box. It appears with a border that you
can use to resize or reposition the text box.
3. Type your desired text.

Inserting Shapes
LibreOffice Writer has a set of ready-made File Edit View Insert Fgmat Styles Table Form Toos Window Help
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toolbar, click on the Show Draw Functions Rulers
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icon on the Standard toolbar or click Scrollbars
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Grid and Helplines
on the View ’ Toolbars ’ Drawing. The Draing Qbject Properties

Drawing toolbar will be displayed at the Activating Drawing toolbar

bottom of the LibreOfice Writer window.

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Inserting Text Art
With Fontwork, youcan create graphical text art objects to make your documents more attractive. Thera
are many different settings for text art objects (line, area, position, size, and more).
Fontwork Gallery
1. From the Drawing toolbar, click on the Fontwork F icon. Select a fFontwork style

The Fontwork Gallery dialog box will open.

2. Select a Fontwork style and click on the OK button. The
Fontwork object will be inserted into your document.
Fontwork
3. Adjust the size of the Fontwork object with the help ofthe blue
squares around the edge.
4. Double-click the object to enter text in edit mode.
5. Replace the default Fontwork text with your text.
6. Press Esc to exit text edit mode.

Inserting Symbols/SpecialCharacters Help OK

You can also use additional features like inserting Symbols and Fontwork Gallery
Special Characters to enhance your document.
1. Place the cursor at the point you want to insert the special symbol.
2. Click on the Insert Special Characters icon on the Standard toolbar.
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3. Click on Insert’ SpecialCharacter.

4. Click on More Characters.. if the symbol you want is not in the drop-down list. Select the symbol
you want and click on Insert.
5. Click on the Close button. Special Characters

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 Assess Yourself
1. With youcan create graphical
text art objects. Do Yaurself
2 are images such as pictures,
chart, shapes, etc.
Open the file 'My Favourite Subject' created in
3. The Writer has many drawing objects such as Session 1.
AutoShapes, Lines, Curves, Text Art, etc. (True or
False) Now insert a picture of books in the document.
You can download the picture from the internet
4. The Drawing toolbar gives you control over the and save iton your computer.
position of a block of text. (True or False)
Add a shape, change its properties and add text
5. What are graphical objects? with quotations about the education.
6. What is the use of the Drawing toolbar?
Save the document.

Grouping Objects
You can combine several objects into a group so that they act
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as a single object. You can move and transfom all objects in a objects in a as a
group as a single unit. You can also change the properties (for singie unit.
example, line size, fill color) of all objects in a group as a whole a. picture b. shape
C. Screenshot d. group
or for individual objects ina group. Groups can be temporary or
assigned:
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Temporary group only lasts as long as all of the
1. What is the duration of an assigned
combined objects are selected. group?
Assigned group lasts until it is ungrouped through a 2. Can groups be nested within other
menu command. groups?
3. How do actions applied to a group
Groups can also be grouped into other groups. Actions applied affect the relative position of individual
objects within the group?
toa group do not affect the relative position of the individual
objects to each other in the group.

Grouping Drawing Objects

To group objects,
1. Select the objects youwant to group by clicking one by one on
each of them while holding the Shift key.
2. Click on Format ’ Group’ Group
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Select the objects and right-click. Choose the Group option from
the appearing menu. s

After you have grouped objects, selecting any part of the group
selects the entire group. Grouping drawingobjects
Text Wrapping Add / lnport
The Wrap can be applicd to your document
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1. Select the picture you want to place

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2. Click on the Format menu. " You can also apply Wrap by selectir
the picture and right- click on it.
3, Scroll on to the Wrap option and choose the desired wrap . Wrap can also be applied from the
option from the appearing menu. formatting toolbar when the pictun
selected.
TheWriter provides below types of image wrapping within texts.
Page Wrap: Use this option if you want your image to be surrounded by the text based on
image size.
Optimal Page Wrap: By default, the Writer applies optimal page wrap to the inserted images. Text
aligned at the left or right of the inserted image based on the image size and available position on
sides of the image.
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" Wrap Left: Use this option if you want
1. Saurabh has made an advertisement in Digital
your image to be on the right side and Document. He is facing difficulty in positioning the
texts on the left side,
Images within the text. Suggest him how he can
adjust the Image?
Wrap Right: Use this option if you want a. Wrap text b. Crop
your imageto be on the leftside and texts C. Alignment d. Layout
on the right side. 2. Whlch one of these wrappings is set as the deraut
settings the graphical objects?
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Wrap Through: This option makes your a. Wrap Left
image on top of your text and the text b. Wrap Right
C. Contour d. Optimal Page Wrap
remains in the back-side of the image. 3. Sanya Is working on Word document. She has
" In Background: Use this option to send Inserted graphics and wants to use Wrap text with
graphics.
the image back-side of your text and all () Under which tab she can find text wrapping?
texts are passing in front of the image. (1) List any two text available ina
wrapping options
word processing software
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Rotate or Flip To Erame
as you add or delete text or other graphics. Group

This method is useful when the graphic does

not need to be visually associated with a particular piece of text. It is often used when producing
newsletters or other documents that are very layout intensive, or for placing logos in letterheads.
Note: Do not anchor graphics To Page in a master document, because the graphics will disappear.
ToParagraph: The graphic is associated with a paragraph and moves with the paragraph. It may be
placed in the margin or another location. This method is useful as an alternative to a table for placing
icons beside paragraphs.
To Character: The graphic is associated with a character but is not in the text sequence. It moves with
anchoring
the paragraph but may be placed in the marginor another location. This method is similar to
objects.
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character and, therefore, aftects
" As Character: The graphic is placed in the document like any other
paragraph as you add or delete
the height of the text line and the line break. The graphic moves with the
in sequence in a procedure (by
text before the paragraph. This method is useful for keeping screenshots
a small (inline) icon in sequence in
anchoring them as a character in a blank paragraph) or for adding
a sentence.

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To Frame: If the graphic has been placed in a frame,
the page, a paragraph, or acharacter, as required.
inside the frame. The frame can then be anchored to
available in the Format menu. To use it, right click on the picture and click on
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From here you can also align the graphics. Alignment refers to the vertical or horizontal placement of a
graphic in relation to the chosen anchor point.

For both the horizontal and vertical position, first click on the Horizontal drop-down menu given under
Position section, then select among Left, Right or Center. Then click on the Vertical drop-down menu and
select among Top, Bottom, Below or Center. If you select the value From left in horizontal positioning
or From top or From bottom for the vertical positioning, you need to specify the amount in your selected
unit of measurement.

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text. Arranging is only relevant when obyects are overlapping. You can choose between four
settings, plus
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Image as Page Background

In LibreOffice Writer, the page background refers to the design, colour, or image that covers the entire
background of a document page. It can enhance the overall visual appeal of your document.
Let us apply an image as a tiled background. Atiled background means the image is repeated across the
entire page in a grid pattern. Follow the steps to Apply an Image as Tiled Background in Writer:
Click on Insert ’ Browse and choose the image file from the Insert lmage dialog bor’ Open.
Now, go to Format ’ Page Style -’ Area tab ’ Image button ’ Add/Import button -> Browse
and choose the image file.
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Next from the Options section ’ Style, choose
To repeat the graphic across the entire
Tiled from the dropdown menu. This option enables background area, we need to select option
the image to repeat across the entire background. in wor processot.
a. Tile b. Position
You can further adjust the Position: horizontal and C. Stretch d. Area
vertical alignment ofthe tiled image using the options