LibreOffice Writer Graphics

Name: LibreOffice Writer Graphics
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Learning how to use graphics wisely to avoid the frustration of problems later.

Created byDon Matschull

Last updated 11/2023

English

What you'll learn

Learn how to insert, anchor, position, and wrap graphics in LibreOffice Writer.
Learn how to create image styles.
Learn how to name images and create captions.
Learn how to create a table of figures.
Learn how to control the file size of images and documents.
Learn about different image types.
Learn about color considerations for printing.

Course content

1 section • 13 lectures • 1h 34m total length

Inserting Graphics12:03
LibreOffice Writer provides numerous ways to include graphics in your documents. Not all of these methods produce the same results. Knowing the different methods available will help you choose the method best suited to your needs.
File Size Matters6:12
Most people fail to pay attention to the file size of their documents. But file size matters. Smaller file sizes are less likely to create problems. Documents will smaller file sizes are easier to email and quicker to download from the internet. Controlling the file size of your images is the easiest way to control the file size of your documents.
Image Anchors9:12
All images in a LibreOffice Writer document are anchored somewhere. Where and how an image is anchored can effect what happens if you make changes to your document. Being familiar with the different anchor possibilities can save you hours of frustration.
Positioning Images8:33
Images in LibreOffice Writer documents are positioned relative to the anchor point of the image. The image dialog allows you to position your images much more accurately than when you simply drag the images around in your document.
Wrapping6:08
LibreOffice Writer offers various ways to control how text wraps around images in your documents. In addition to the basic wrap settings, the image dialog allows you to control the distance between the text and the image itself.
Image Styles7:43
LibreOffice Writer allows you to create image styles. Styles enable you to apply numerous settings to images at one time. In addition to saving time, styles also help establish greater uniformity to images in documents.
Naming Images15:03
LibreOffice Writer allows you to apply descriptive names to the images in your documents so they can be easily identified. Names can be applied to the images themselves or to image captions or both.
Manual Captions8:43
LibreOffice Writer allows you to automatically apply captions to your document images. But various methods of manually applying captions may prove more useful.
Tables of Figures3:39
LibreOffice Writer helps automate the creation of tables of figures in documents. Dialogue settings provide various ways to customize these tables.
Image Types3:59
There are two basic types of images: vector and raster. Knowing the difference and when best to use each type leads to greater efficiency and better documents.
Color Considerations4:18
What you see when creating a document might not be what readers eventually see. Colors used in images greatly influence how images appear to viewers, especially if a document will later be printed in grayscale.
Creating Custom Images6:10
Concluding Remarks2:18
Some final thoughts regarding the creation of documents in LibreOffice Writer.

Requirements

While you should have a basic understanding of LibreOffice Writer, most of what you need to know should be covered in this course.

Description

Good use of graphics enhances the look of documents and helps provide information often hard to describe using words alone. This LibreOffice Graphics course provides information not generally included in other courses or tutorials.

LibreOffice Writer, like most word processing applications tries to make it easy for beginners to start using graphics in their documents. But these easy to use methods of inserting, moving, and resizing images are seldom the best methods to use.

Without knowing more about how graphics are anchored and positioned, users often encounter problems. They may then spend hours trying to resolve these problems. This LibreOffice Graphics course can help users avoid such problems.

The course includes approximately one and one-half hours of video lessons explaining various aspects of using graphics in LibreOffice Writer documents. Topics include:

Various methods of inserting graphics and why using one method may prove better than another.
A discussion on why file size matters and how various image handling techniques can greatly reduce the final size of your documents.
Why sizing, cropping, and otherwise adjusting images should be done before inserting them into your documents.
Various anchor choices, what each choice means, and why one choice may prove better than another.
How image positioning is related to how and where an image is anchored and why this matters.
Various ways to wrap and space text around images.
How using image styles can make sizing and positioning multiple images easier and more uniform.
How providing descriptive names to your images will make dealing with multiple images easier.
How LibreOffice Writer can be used to automatically apply captions to your images.
Why using various methods of manually applying captions may be the better way to go.
How LibreOffice Writer can help automate the process of including a table of figures to your document and how to customize this process.
The difference between various image types and settings and why one type may be better than another for an individual image.
The importance of understanding how different colors interact with one another, especially if the document may eventually be printed in grayscale.
How writing and editing the text of your document before inserting images can save you a lot of time and frustration.

Who this course is for:

This course is for those who want to learn how to use graphics in LibreOffice Writer while avoiding problems encountered by those who do not understand the process.