Putting Graphics in the Background of Labels or Any Text, in OpenOffice Writer

I got a question this morning about putting graphics in the background of labels, and it's really not that obvious. Thus, I'm blogging about it.

This applies to any graphic that you want to put behind some text, i.e. a watermark but just for one page, one label, or one paragraph.

How do you do it?

Here's what you do for regular text.

Choose Insert > Picture > From File as you would normally. Select the picture you want.

The graphic appears.

Right-click and choose Wrap > In Background.

The graphic will now be behind the text.

To lighten the graphic, select it. You'll be able to use the Picture toolbar, shown. Click on Default to see the Grayscale and Watermark options, or click the Color icon on the picture toolbar to get the Color palette where you can increase brightness, decrease contrast, etc. Also try increasing transparency, another option on the Picture toolbar.

Here's what you do for labels.

Choose File > New > Labels and set up labels as you would normally.

In the Options tab, click Synchronize.

Click New Document and the labels, with a floating Synchronize button, will appear.

Insert the picture by choosing Insert > Picture > From File.

The picture appears.

Right-click on the picture and choose Wrap > In Background.

Resize and reproportion the graphic as necessary.

Reformat the text as necessary, then click Synchronize. The  labels will each have the graphic in the background.

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