
Chapter 6: Creating Drawings with Draw
4. Open the Text floating toolbar from the Main toolbar and select an option; for example,
the Fit Text to Frame icon.
5. Draw a frame around the pixel image and enter some text inside this frame.
6. If desired, select this text and assign another colour to it. The background of the text is
automatically transparent.
7. Select the pixel image and the text by drawing a frame around both. The Status bar will
read “2 draw objects selected”.
8. Choose File > Export and, in the Export dialogue,
9. select the file type “JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group”
10.Enter a name.
11.Check the Selection check box to export only the selected objects.
12.Click Save.
Another dialogue permits setting options to define the quality of the JPEG image. Remember
that the higher the quality, the larger will the file be.
When a graphic object (for example, an inserted Pixel image) is selected in Impress or Draw,
the graphic object bar will be automatically be displayed. This bar enables modification of
the colour tone, brightness and contrast of the graphic object.
Changing the transparency value of graphic objects is also possible. At a higher transparency
values a graphic object becomes see-through, and objects lying behind it will be visible.
When the work is saved as an OpenOffice.org document, the transparency is saved too.
NOTE: When exported as a graphic format, transparency is only saved where the graphic format supports the
transparency and this function is enabled at the time of export.
Saving Bitmaps
Saving changes to a bitmap image as an image file, for example in one of the GIF, JPEG or
TIFF file formats, is only possible in Draw or Impress by selecting and exporting the bitmap
image. The following provides a step-by-step procedure:
1. Select the bitmap image.
Also select any additional objects as necessary. Pressing the Shift key for each selection
or by open a frame around all objects, to include, say, text with the bitmap image.
2. Choose File > Export to open the dialogue.
3. In the File type field select the file format desired. For example GIF, JPEG et cetera.
4. To only export the selected objects, check the Selection box.
If Selection is not checked, the entire page of the document is exported.
5. Enter a name for the file.
6. Click Save.
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