
Adding background objects
This section describes how to add background objects and graphic
elements (such as a logo, decorative lines, and so on). OOo supports a
large number of picture formats.
Whenever you want the same graphic to appear on every slide of your
presentation, the easiest and quickest solution is to use the slide
master. It saves time both while creating the presentation and also if
you decide to either modify or reposition it on the slide. If the graphic
was added to each slide, the same operations would have to be
performed on each individual slide of the presentation.
One of the most common activities when preparing a presentation is to
add a picture to the slide master. To insert a picture already available
on the hard disk, follow these steps:
1) Choose View > Master > Slide Master from the menu bar.
2) Select from the menu bar Insert > Picture > From File.
3) Navigate to the directory where your picture is and select it. If
you want to see a preview, select the corresponding checkbox in
the file browser dialog box.
Caution
OOo offers the option to insert a picture as a link to the file
rather than embedding it in the document. This can be useful
when a presentation is not intended to be distributed elsewhere,
and where it will remain in the same hierarchical directory
structure. For example, it could be created on a notebook
computer, from which the presentation will be given to, typically,
a group of clients.
If the presentation file is to be distributed, however, the picture
should be embedded to avoid the “missing picture” syndrome
when the presentation is finally given on a different computer.
Once the picture is inserted, you need to move it to the background. To
do that, while the picture is still selected, right click on the picture and
select Arrange > Send to Back from the context menu. You may also
need to reposition it and modify its size. To do that see Chapter 4
(Adding and Formatting Pictures).
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