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Inserting An Image in A Document

The document provides a comprehensive guide on how to insert and manipulate images in LibreOffice Writer, detailing methods such as using the Insert Image option, drag and drop, and copy-paste. It also covers linking images to reduce document size, modifying images with various filters, and drawing objects. Additionally, it explains how to position images within text using arrangement, anchoring, alignment, and text wrapping settings.

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Inserting An Image in A Document

The document provides a comprehensive guide on how to insert and manipulate images in LibreOffice Writer, detailing methods such as using the Insert Image option, drag and drop, and copy-paste. It also covers linking images to reduce document size, modifying images with various filters, and drawing objects. Additionally, it explains how to position images within text using arrangement, anchoring, alignment, and text wrapping settings.

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Inserting an Image in a Document

LibreOffice Writer allows to work on images, shapes, charts and


diagrams by providing various tools. The image file can be
inserted into a document using different ways.
Using Insert Image Option
Step 1 Open the document to insert an image in LibreOffice Writer.
Step 2 Place the cursor where you want to insert an image.
Step 3 Select and click on Insert > Image from menu bar.
Step 4 An Insert Image dialog box will open which will allow to
choose the picture file to be inserted.
Step 5 Select the file and click on Open button to insert an image in
document.
Using Drag and Drop option
Step 1 Open the document to insert an image in LibreOffice Writer.
Step 2 Open a file browser window (Win+E) and select the image
file to be inserted.
Step 3 Drag the image into the document.
Step 4 Drop it, where you want it to appear in the document.

Copy and Paste method


Step 1 Open the document to insert an image in LibreOffice Writer.
Step 2 Copy the image file stored in computer.
Step 3 Paste the image file in the document.

Inserting an image using any of the above described method saves a copy
of image file in the document wherever image is inserted, that means, the
image gets embedded in the document.
If multiple copies of the same image are required to
be inserted in the document, it is beneficial to save
the link of image instead of inserting the image.

EMBED

Inserting a link, stores its reference instead of the image itself, thereby
reduces the size of the document, because actual image is saved only
once as a separate file along with the document.
Linking an Image in a Document

In Insert Image dialog box, check the Link option .


Keyboard shortcut to link an image – drag and drop the image
while holding the Ctrl+Shift keys.
Modifying an Image
The image toolbar automatically appears when
an image is inserted or selected in the document.
If you want to keep it always on screen, click on
View > Toolbars > Image from the menu bar.

Image Toolbar
Image Filter
There are 11 types of filters available for improving an image.

Image Mode
Image can be changed to black and white, gray-scale
or a watermark.
Crop
Cuts off non-desirable part of the image.

Flip Flip
Horizontally Vertically
Flips the image Horizontally Flips the image Vertically by
by 180 degree. 180 degree.
Rotate 90 Rotate. (At
degree left. your desired
angle)
Rotate 90
degree right.

Transparency Makes an image transparent by using the


value provided in percentage .
Colour
Using Drop Down list Red, Blue or Green colour can be
modified or adjustment for brightness, contrast and
gamma can be made.
Image Filters

Invert Inverts the colour values of coloured image.


Smooth Softens the contrast of image.
Sharpen Increases the contrast of image.

Remove Removes single pixels from the


Noise image.
Solarisation Reverses the tone. Dark appears
light and light appears dark.
Aging Simulates the effect of time on picture.

Posterise Makes a picture appear like painting by reducing colours


in the image.
Image Filters

Charcoal Changes image as charcoal sketch.


Sketch
Relief Adjusts light source to create shadow.

Mosaic Joins group of pixels into a single area


of one colour.
Resizing an Image
Resizing is the process of reducing or enlarging the size of the image.
Step 1 Click on the image, eight sizing handles surrounding the
image will appear on the screen.
Step 2 Position the pointer over one of the sizing handles. The pointer
changes shape indicating the direction of resizing.
Step 3 Click and drag to resize the image.
Step 4 Release the mouse button when satisfied with the new size
and observe the size of the image is reduced.
By dragging the corner handles, one can resize both the width and the
height of the image simultaneously, while the other four handles only
resize one dimension at a time.
Deleting an Image

To delete the image, just select the image by clicking on the image
and press the Delete key.
Drawing Objects
To display Drawing Toolbar in the Writer window,
click on View > Toolbars > Drawing.
There are many default drawing objects used to create designs in
document. To use them –
Step 1 Place the cursor in the document where you want the
drawing to be placed (anchored).
Step 2 Select the tool from the Drawing toolbar.
Step 3 Place the pointer on document where you want the image to
appear then click-and-drag to create the drawing object.
Step 4 Release the mouse button to finish drawing.
Step 5 To cancel the selected drawing function, press the Esc key or
click the Select icon (the arrow) on the Drawing toolbar.
Setting or Changing Properties of Drawing Object
To set the properties before drawing the object:
Step 1 From the Drawing Toolbar, select the object you want to draw.
Step 2 From Drawing Object Properties Toolbar, click on the icon of
property to be modified.
Step 3 Change the value of parameter.
Step 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to change all desired properties.
Step 5 Draw the desired figure.
When properties are modified before creation, it is known as
setting default value(s).
Changes done in properties of an object, before
creating it, are available only for current session.
Steps for changing properties of the object after drawing it:

Step 1 Select the object whose properties are to be modified.


Step 2 Follow steps 2 to 5 of the previous process of setting Properties
before drawing an object.
Resizing and Grouping objects
Follow the given steps to resize a drawing:

Step 1 Select the object to be resized. All eight handles on the


corners and edges will be visible.
Step 2 Click on any of the handles and drag it to its new place. The
object will be scaled up or down, depending on your action.
Step 3 For resizing and maintaining original shape of drawing, use
corner handles.
Grouping drawing objects
LibreOffice Writer allows grouping different shapes, to behave as a
single entity without affecting their size and position.
Once grouped, all shapes belonging to that group become its
member and a change applied on one member works on all.

Step 1 Select the object by clicking over it.


Step 2 Hold the Shift key and keep on selecting all other objects by
clicking on it to be included in the group.
Step 3 Select a group tool from Drawing Object Properties Toolbar.
Alternatively, selecting from main menu Format > Group >
Group will also do same work.
Step 4 This process will group the selected drawing objects.
Positioning Image in the Text
Once the task of creating, formatting, resizing and grouping the
drawing object is complete, it has to be positioned in the document
with text and other image or drawings.
Positioning of an image is controlled by four settings.
(i) Arrangement
(ii) Anchoring
(iii) Alignment
(iv) Text Wrapping
These settings can be accessed using three ways – by using Format
menu, by using context menu after right clicking on the object, by
using Drawing Object Properties Toolbar for changing the
properties of the drawings.
Positioning Image in the Text
Arrangement
In Overlapping objects arrangement determines the position of the
current drawing with respect to other drawings or text.

Image/
Drawing
Objects

Drawing
Objects
Positioning Image in the Text
Anchoring
It acts as a reference point for image or drawing. Anchoring allows an
image to retain its position to a page, paragraph, character or frame.
Image can be anchored to Page, Paragraph, Character or Frame.
So whenever a page, paragraph, character or frame is aligned,
the anchored image moves along with it.
Positioning Image in the Text
Alignment
It allows the vertical or horizontal placement of the image with
respect to its anchor. Alignment tools are located under Drawing
Properties Toolbar.
Text Wrapping
It allows the placement of image in relation to text. Text Wrapping
tools are available under Drawing Object Properties Toolbar.

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