Openoffice Letterhead

[John D Lamb]

On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 09:49 -0600, drew.einhorn wrote:
> 1)  Instead of filling the entire page.  I just fills the area inside
> the margins.
> How do I get the background to fill the entire page?
> 
> 2)  Some folks in the office still insist on MS-Word, when I save as .doc,
> I lose the background.  I may have to try again on one of their computers
> with MS Word (yuck).

The following should work and should be saveable in .doc format without
too many problems. Instead of using the background tab, try

Insert > Picture > From File…

to insert the graphic. Then click on the graphic to select it and use

Format > Picture…

To format it. On the Type tab, set Anchor to To page. This makes sure
the picture is not placed relative to the text area. Exit the dialogue
and place the picture carefully. You may want to use the dialogue again
to fine-tune the placement. Once the placement is correct, use 

Format > Picture…

to reopen the dialogue. On the Wrap tab, select Through and In
background. You will now have the image in the background on the first
page only. The reason for using the dialogue twice is that if the
picture doesn’t overlap the margins when you set it as a background
image you won’t be able to select it directly (though it is still
accessible through Navigator).

You may find it helpful to use Gimp to get the image looking better,
though scanned images are never as good as the original. You may also
find it useful to set the page style as First Page (Format > Styles and
Formatting) so that you can change the page margins to suit the first
page while leaving default margins for subsequent pages.

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JDL