by Vyxenne » Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:47 pm
@acknak
I have the exact same issue as the OP- the included heart shape is so highly stylized as to be in no way what it says it is - a BASIC heart shape - and as such is pretty much unusable for what I'm trying to do with it, which is frame a picture with that shape in OpenOffice Writer. I just want a basic heart shape such as the one you changed the included shape to.
I added the existing included heart shape to my document, then 'Inserted' the photo into it and I do get the photo in my document. However:
1. The shape itself is so resrticted - pinched - toward the bottom that it is unusable and needs to be tweaked; but
2. The photo cannot be sized within the shape, resulting in only a small portion of the photo actually showing; and
3. I can find no way to resize or zoom the photo in or out; and
4. When I drag the shape bigger or smaller it does display more or less of the underlying photo, but the photo is still so huge that it takes up an entire page when I get the shape big enough to show the entire photo; and
5. I can find no way to move the position of the photo or the shape relative to each other; and
6. I do not have any "Points: ON" option in the Edit submenu of Office Writer; and
7. Although I have found many suitable basic heart shapes online, I have not found a way to import any of them into OpenOffice Writer's library of shapes.
As an alternate plan, I have tried to use Paint Shop Pro to create my heart-shaped photo so I can simply import it "ready to go" into my document, but sadly, there is no heart shape available in Paint Shop Pro- the ONLY preset shape is a star!
I know this should be a relatively simple task, but my image software and OpenOffice Writer are conspiring to obfuscate, obstruct, prevent, derail, block and/or hinder me from performing this task, and the only online tutorial Google shows me is how to do it in Photoshop, which I can't afford.
Could someone please take a moment to either explain in detail how to do what I'm trying to do or just post a link to a tutorial?
Thanks in advance for any non-cryptic help.
Open Office 4.1.2
Windows 7 Home Premium x64