Preparing images for black-and-white printing
If color images are to be printed in grayscale, check that any adjacent colors have
good contrast and print dark enough. Test by printing on a black-and-white printer
using a grayscale setting. Better still: change the “mode” of the image to grayscale,
either in a photo editor or in Writer itself (see “Graphics mode ” on page 243).
For example, the following diagram looks good in color. The circle is dark red and the
square is dark blue. In grayscale, the difference between the two is not so clear. A
third element in the diagram is a yellow arrow, which is almost invisible in grayscale.
Original drawing in color
Drawing printed in grayscale
Changing the colors of the circle and the arrow improves the contrast and visibility of
the resulting grayscale image.
Original drawing in color
Drawing printed in grayscale
If the document will be available in black-and-white print only, a better result can
often be obtained by choosing grayscale fills, not color fills—and you don’t have to
guess and test to see if you’ve made good choices.
Adding images to a document
Images can be added to a document in several ways: by inserting an image file,
directly from a graphics program or a scanner, or from the OOo Gallery.
Inserting an image file
When the image is in a file stored on the computer, you can insert it into an OOo
document using either of the following methods.
Drag and drop
1) Open a file browser window and locate the image you want to insert.
2) Drag the image into the Writer document and drop it where you want it to
appear. A faint vertical line marks where the image will be dropped.
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