
Introduction
You can add graphic and image files, including photos, drawings,
scanned images, and others, to OpenOffice.org documents. OOo can
import various vector (line drawing) and raster (bitmap) file formats.
The most commonly used graphic formats are GIF, JPG, PNG, and BMP.
Inserting an image from a file
To insert an image from a file, the file must be already stored in a
directory (folder) on the computer.
1) Determine the destination for the image. Place the cursor at or
near the appropriate location in the document.
2) On the main menu, select Insert > Picture > From File. This
displays the dialog shown in Figure 297.
3) Navigate to the file to be inserted, select it, and click Open.
Figure 297. Insert picture dialog
Note
At the bottom of the Insert picture dialog are two checkboxes.
If Preview is checked, the selected graphic file is previewed in
a pane, as shown in Figure 297, so you can verify that you
have the correct file. The Link option is discussed below.
Linking an image file
If the Link option in the Insert picture dialog is selected, OOo creates
a link to the file containing the image, instead of saving a copy of the
image in the document. The result is that the image is displayed in the
document, but when the document is saved, it contains only a
reference to the image file—not the image itself. The document and the
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