Introduction

Getting Started with OpenOffice 4

Chapter 10: Graphics, the Gallery, and Fontwork

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• Introduction
• Adding images to a document
• Modifying and positioning graphics
• Managing the gallery
• Creating an image map
• Using Apache OpenOffice’s drawing tools
• Using Fontwork

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Introduction

You can add graphic and image files, including photos, drawings, scanned images, and others, to Apache OpenOffice (AOO) documents. AOO can import various vector (line drawing) and raster (bitmap) file formats. The most commonly used graphic formats are GIF, JPG, PNG, and BMP.

Graphics in Apache OpenOffice are of three basic types:

• Image files, such as photos, drawings, and scanned images
• Diagrams created using AOO's drawing tools
• Charts created using AOO's Chart facility

This chapter covers images and diagrams.

More detailed descriptions on working with drawing tools can be found in the Draw Guide and Impress Guide. Instructions on how to create charts are given in the Calc Guide.