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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <html><head><title>Adding Text to Bitmaps</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sdraw/guide/text_to_bitmap"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css"> table.Tabelle1{ } span.Tabelle1A{ width:0.979cm;} span.Tabelle1B{ width:1.058cm;} span.Tabelle1C{ width:15.961cm;} p.P1{ } span.T1{ font-weight:bold;} span.fr1{ } span.fr2{ } </style></head><body> <p class="P1"/> <p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="text; inserting in image" tag="kw68221_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="images; adding text to" tag="kw68221_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="bitmaps; adding text to" tag="kw68221_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="text_to_bitmap" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68221">Adding Text to Bitmaps</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p> <p class="Paragraph">To apply text to a pixel image in JPEG format, for example, follow these steps:</p> <table><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">1.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">Open a new drawing document.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"><draw:image draw:style-name="fr1" draw:name="Grafik1" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="0.661cm" svg:height="0.661cm" draw:z-index="0" xlink:href="66320" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" draw:filter-name="GIF - Graphics Interchange" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/></p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">2.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">Insert the pixel image by choosing <span class="T1">Insert - Graphics</span>.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">3.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">Deselect the image by clicking somewhere else in the document.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"><draw:image draw:style-name="fr1" draw:name="Grafik2" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="0.661cm" svg:height="0.661cm" draw:z-index="1" xlink:href="66368" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" draw:filter-name="GIF - Graphics Interchange" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/></p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">4.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">Open the <span class="T1">Text</span> floating toolbar from the Main toolbar and select, for example, the <span class="T1">Fit Text to Frame</span> icon.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">5.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">Draw a frame around the pixel image and enter some text inside this frame.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">6.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">You can select this text and assign another color to it. The background of the text is automatically transparent.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">7.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">Select the pixel image and the text by, for example, drawing a frame around both. On the status bar you will read "2 draw objects selected".</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"><draw:image draw:style-name="fr2" draw:name="Grafik3" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="0.661cm" svg:height="0.661cm" draw:z-index="2" xlink:href="67528" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" draw:filter-name="GIF - Graphics Interchange" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/></p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">8.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">Choose <span class="T1">File - Export</span> and, in the <span class="T1">Export</span> dialog, select the file type "JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group" and enter a name. Mark the <span class="T1">Selection</span> check box to export only the selected objects.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">9.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1C"> <p class="Paragraph">Click <span class="T1">Save</span>. In another dialog you can now set the options to define the quality of the JPG image. Remember that the higher the quality, the larger will the file be.</p> </span></td></tr></table> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="65598" Eid="related" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="68175" Eid="graphic_insert" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> </body></html>