There are really only two ways to get a good quality image out and back into the Draw file as an image: This is why the crop command is not available. The weird thing is that, on conversion from Publisher, bitmaps seem to be converted to polygons with an area fill of the bitmap. I might play around later to see what is the easiest way to make it behave normally. If I extract the png from the odg and insert it into a new Draw file then both the Crop tool and the Edit with External Tool are both available. The crop tool in Draw seems unavailable for this png image in this file, I am not sure why. Yeah, I tried a couple of other things before I thought to investigate the extra width. Otherwise you will end up with a small low res image. NB When exporting from Draw as png, to set resolution you need to make a note of the Width size, set the resolution to your preferred dpi then set the Width back to its original size. Right-click the pasted Draw object and select Anchor > As character, click beside the image so the text toolbar appears and centre the label, then click Synchronise.Ĭoyoteas_label_exampleWriterLabels.odt (250.6 KB) If I then copy everything and paste into a new labels Writer document it fits nicely. In Draw, if I copy (to select hold Alt key and click until it selects the flower) and edit the image with the GIMP ( Image > Crop to content) to remove the unneeded transparent area (now 115 x 83 pixels) and insert back (after deleting original jasmine image) then the contents all fit inside the label area. The Jasmine flower is also fairly low resolution at 150 x 100 pixels, I wonder if this is from the conversion or original size? You can click Synchronise Labels when adjusted/edited to your satisfaction. Copy everything and paste into the new label and anchor As character. Now the text will scale with the image so scale everything (to ratio) to 1" high. Then click Format > Text Attributes again but this time untick Fit width to text and Fit height to text and then tick Fit to frame and OK. This will size the text frames to the text. In the dialogue box that opens, in the tab Text tick both boxes Fit width to text and Fit height to text and OK. Select everything ( zoom out and draw selection around everything) then click Format > Text Attributes. To scale the text too, first make sure you have the fonts on your system, I found that Gravity is a suitable replacement for Avenir…ttf in the sample so just change it to that, also put a paragraph break just before “fax”. Scaling it will cause the text to reflow badly. pub the Ratslinger found is for a presentation and as such it is much too big for labels. There are just a few steps to take first. You can copy and paste directly from Draw into the Writer label template, keeping editable text and preserving quality. Very well explained Just one point, it is not necessary to export as jpg. Although I have experience with MS Office and OpenOffice, LibreOffice is completely new and I am having a hard time finding answers online. Thank you very much for your ideas, tips, and answers. My question is, is there any way to auto-copy the labels into each of the label blanks? Or do I have to go through and copy-paste 30 times for each page of labels? Is there? Regardless, I can recreate the labels if I have to and put in pretty colors, fonts, graphics, etc. It opens fine, but there seems to be no easy way to convert the labels from LO Draw. odt format from the official Avery website. I created a new label, set up the correct size, but had two problems: 1) again, the margins were wrong, not only between columns but at the margins of the page as well and 2) I don’t know how to put in pretty fonts, colors, and graphics.Īttempt 3 - I downloaded the proper Avery 8160 label template in. Any ideas?Īttempt 2 - In LO Draw, I tried using the File > New > Label feature. Unfortunately, it then squished the labels together and printed only half a page. So, I went into Print Settings in Draw and changed it to print multiple-per-page, Portrait. In Publisher, I had set them up as Avery 8160 labels, which print in 3 columns x 10 rows with 0.25in margins between. I was hoping maybe I could get some help or ideas? I’ve been trying a few different ways to convert them, but each method has difficulties.Īttempt 1 - In LibreOffice Draw, I opened the MS-Publisher format files, but they were no longer set up to print multiple-per-page. I have a number of business labels currently in MS-Publisher format that I’m trying to move over to LibreOffice Draw or Writer format. Hello there! I am new to LibreOffice but so far I really like the features.
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