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Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Draw Guide

Editing Pictures (Raster Graphics)

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• Introduction
• Importing Raster and Vector Graphics
  • Link or Embed?
  • Scanning
  • Pasting from the Clipboard
  • Dragging and Dropping
  • Inserting from a File
• Exporting Graphics
  • Exporting the Entire File
  • Exporting Single Objects
  • Exporting as a Vector Graphic
  • Exporting as a Raster Graphic
• Modifying Raster Object Properties
• The Picture (Editing) Toolbar and Graphic Pane
• Cropping
• The Graphic Filter Toolbar
• Changing Colors Using the Color Replacer
  • Practical Example: Changing Wrong Colors to Transparency
  • Effect of the Tolerance Parameter
  • Color Depth
    • Reducing color depth
• Conversion
  • Convert to a Contoured Image
  • Convert to a Polygon
    • Number of Colors
    • Point Reduction
    • Fill Holes
  • Convert to Bitmap
• Print Options with Raster Graphics

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Importing Raster and Vector Graphics

To import stored graphics files, choose Insert → Picture → From File on the menu bar or click the [[Image:]] icon on the Draw toolbar. Draw possesses import filters for many different vector and raster graphics formats. If your file has a nonstandard extension, you must choose the format explicitly when importing it.

If you select the Preview option in the Insert picture dialog (Figure 120), Draw shows a preview of the picture in the box on the right-hand side. This makes it much easier to choose the picture you want and to see whether Draw can import a file of this format.

Figure 120: Inserting a picture; notice Link and Preview options in lower left of dialog