
Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer
1. When dragging and dropping, without pressing a key or while pressing the Ctrl key,
a plus sign appears next to the mouse pointer and the graphic object is inserted as an
object on top of the existing object.
2. When dragging and dropping while pressing the Shift and Ctrl keys together, a
linking arrow is seen next to the mouse pointer and the existing drawing object is
replaced by the object from the Gallery. The position and size of the object that is
replaced remains valid for the new graphic.
Adding Graphics To the Gallery via Drag and Drop
Graphic objects can be added to the Gallery and, thus, have them conveniently available for
use in any document.
1. Select My Theme in the Gallery themes box, or add a new via the New Theme
button and select it.
2. Press and hold the Ctrl key while dragging and drop a graphic object from the
document to the Gallery images box.
3. Open the context menu of the new gallery image and select Title. Enter a name for
the image and press OK.
Add any themes to organize personal, ready-use images.
Inserting Graphics With a Scanner
To carry out scanning in Writer, a scanner with appropriate driver software must be installed
on the local system. (Under Windows®,OpenOffice.org supports the TWAIN standard while ,
under Unix, OpenOffice.org supports the SANE standard.)
1. Set the cursor at the position in the document where the graphic is to be inserted.
2. Select Insert > Picture > Scan.
The submenu contains a command to open a dialogue for selecting the scanning source.
3. From the submenu, select the command to request scanning.
The scanner driver opens a window in which to follow the scanner manufacturer's
instructions.
4. Once the scanning process is completed, the image is inserted in the document.
Inserting a Chart From OpenOffice.org Calc
Dragging and Dropping the Chart with Move or Copy
1. Open the OpenOffice.org Writer document into which the chart will be inserted.
2. Open the OpenOffice.org Calc document containing the chart.
3. Click and hold the mouse button on the chart. Wait until the mouse pointer changes to the
Arrow-with-Frame pointer.
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