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Inserting Images into Calc - Foreground / Background Issue

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:08 pm
by rah
I am trying to work with images in Calc to use as backgrounds to text for highlighting and emphasizing.

I can get the effects I want by placing the graphic over the cell I have my text in and then use the "Arrange - To Background" command to get the image behind the cell text. This works fine accept it seems to be a one way function. Once I have sent an image to the background, it's unselectable. The only way I have been able to get it back is to Undo the Arrange - To Background" command. If I need to move, resize or remove the graphic at a later time, I'm out of luck.

I tried using Navigator to see if the graphic was still somewhere in the file but I couldn't find it. The Calc Help File show a "To Foreground" command but if you can't select the object, you can't use it.

What am I missing?

Re: Inserting Images into Calc - Foreground / Background Iss

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:51 pm
by acknak
Did you try selecting it with the graphics selection tool--the arrow at the left of the Drawing toolbar?

I can also select it from the Navigator by double-clicking on the item name (under "Graphics").

Re: Inserting Images into Calc - Foreground / Background Iss

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:23 pm
by rah
Thanks. Who knew there was a "graphics" selection tool?!?!

I had inserted an ellipse graphic into my spreadsheet. There's no sign of it in Navigator that I could find. However, if you highlight the ellipse and select "Name" from the contextual menu and name it say "Ellipse", then Ellipse shows up under the "Drawings Objects" in Navigator.

Re: Inserting Images into Calc - Foreground / Background Iss

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:36 pm
by jrm_12345
I cant get this. Can u please help me?

Re: Inserting Images into Calc - Foreground / Background Iss

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:26 am
by coray80