Digital Documentation (Advanced) using LibreOffice Writer
Working with Images — Chapter 2
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A. Multiple Choice Questions 6 QUESTIONS
- (a) Water mark
- (b) Trade mark
- (c) Copyright
- (d) Embossing
Answer:(a) Water mark
- (a) Joint Photographic Experts Group
- (b) Joint Picture Experts Group
- (c) Joint Photographic Experts Graph
- (d) Joint Photographic Experts General
Answer:(a) Joint Photographic Experts Group
- (a) Exit Group
- (b) Ungroup
- (c) Enter Group
- (d) All of these
Answer:(d) All of these
The four grouping options are Group, Ungroup, Enter Group and Exit Group.
- (a) GIF
- (b) JPEG
- (c) Odt
- (d) PNG
Answer:(c) Odt
.odt is a LibreOffice Writer document extension, not an image format.
- (a) filtering
- (b) cropping
- (c) copying
- (d) flipping
Answer:(c) copying
The Image toolbar offers Filter, Mode, Crop, Flip, Rotate, Transparency and Colour tools — but no copying tool.
- (a) Mosaic
- (b) Posterise
- (c) Relief
- (d) Smooth
Answer:(a) Mosaic
Clicking Image Filter opens a window of filters for improving an image, including Invert, Smooth, Sharpen, Remove Noise, Solarisation, Aging, Posterise, Charcoal Sketch, Relief and Mosaic. Mosaic joins a group of pixels into a single area of one colour (a further dialogue box lets you adjust the parameter), while Posterise reduces colours to make the picture look like a painting and Relief adjusts the light source to create a shadow effect.
B. Fill in the Blanks 10 QUESTIONS
Answer:Crop
Answer:gamma correction
Answer:ageing
Answer:Send Back
Answer:selecting
Answer:25
Answer:reference
Answer:three (3)
Six alignment styles exist in total — 3 horizontal and 3 vertical.
Answer:corner
Answer:before its
C. Short Answer Type Questions 10 QUESTIONS
A digital image is a picture (drawing, chart, photo, logo, graph, or video frame) represented as a finite set of digital values — 0s and 1s — known as pixels, stored in graphics file formats like GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, etc.
It can be created/inserted in a document using the Insert Image dialog box, by Drag and Drop, by Copy-Paste, or by Linking the image file.
- Open the document in LibreOffice Writer where the image is to be inserted.
- Open the Gallery (View > Toolbars > Gallery) and locate the desired image.
- Click and drag the image from the Gallery to the desired position in the document.
- Drop it at the required location — the image gets inserted/embedded in the document.
Resizing changes the overall size (height/width) of the image while retaining the full picture content — done by dragging the sizing handles; corner handles resize both dimensions proportionally, while edge handles resize only one dimension.
Cropping cuts off/removes an unwanted part of the image — the content itself is trimmed rather than scaled.
The Drawing Toolbar contains tools like Select, Insert Line, Rectangle, Ellipse/Oval, Curve, Connector, Basic Shapes, Symbol Shapes, Arrow Shapes, Flowchart Shapes, Callouts, Star Shapes, Text Box, Fontwork, Points, and Toggle Extrusion. Any five, described:
- Rectangle — draws a rectangular shape by clicking and dragging.
- Circle/Oval — draws a circular or oval shape.
- Curve — draws freeform curved lines/shapes.
- Callout (list) — draws speech/text callout boxes pointing to an object.
- Text Box — inserts a box in which text can be typed and formatted independently of the main document text.
Embedding saves an actual copy of the image file inside the document, increasing its file size — inserting via Insert Image, Drag-Drop, or Copy-Paste all embed the image.
Linking stores only a reference/path to the image file — the actual image stays as a separate file and is merged into view only when the document is opened, keeping the document size small.
Preferred situation: Linking is preferable when the same image needs to be inserted multiple times in a document or across documents, since only one copy of the image needs to be maintained/updated.
- Select the drawing object whose properties are to be modified (or select the drawing tool before drawing, to set default values).
- On the Drawing Object Properties Toolbar, click on the icon of the property to be modified (e.g. Fill Colour, Line Colour, Line Width).
- Change the value of the parameter as required.
- Repeat steps 2–3 for each property to be changed.
Benefits: Grouped shapes behave as a single entity, so they can be moved, resized, or have properties changed together without disturbing their relative size and position — making complex multi-shape drawings (like a flowchart or family tree) much easier to edit.
Drawbacks: Individual shapes cannot be edited separately unless the group is entered (Enter Group) or ungrouped first, adding an extra step when only one shape needs modification.
- Fill Colour — changes/applies the background/fill colour of a selected drawing object (e.g. changing a rectangle's fill to lime yellow).
- Line Colour — changes the colour of the border/outline of a drawing object or a drawn line, and can be combined with Line Width to set border thickness.
- Open the document in LibreOffice Writer and enable the Drawing Toolbar (View > Toolbars > Drawing).
- Select the desired shape from the Basic Shapes list on the Drawing Toolbar.
- Click and drag in the document to draw the basic shape.
- Right-click the shape and set its Area fill type as Image (or use Format > Area), choosing the desired image file.
- The selected image now appears filled inside the basic shape.
Image Filter is a tool on the Image Toolbar which, on clicking, opens a window of filters used for improving/modifying the appearance of an image. Any five filters, described:
- Invert — inverts the colour values of a coloured image; if the image is grey-scale, its brightness is inverted instead.
- Smooth — softens the contrast of the image (a dialogue box appears to adjust the parameter).
- Sharpen — increases the contrast of the image.
- Remove Noise — removes single stray pixels from the image.
- Solarisation — reverses the tone of a photograph so dark areas appear light and light areas appear dark (parameter adjustable via a dialogue box).
- Aging — simulates the effect of time on a picture (parameter adjustable via a dialogue box).
- Posterise — makes a picture look like a painting by reducing the number of colours in the image.
- Charcoal Sketch — changes the image to look like a charcoal sketch.
- Relief — adjusts the light source to create a shadow effect.
- Mosaic — joins a group of pixels into a single area of one colour.
Elaboration POSITIONING & TEXT WRAPPING
Factors Controlling Positioning of an Image (in full)
Once an image or drawing object has been inserted, resized and grouped (if required), it needs to be positioned correctly among the text and other objects on the page. This is controlled by four settings, accessible via the Format menu, the right-click context menu, or the Drawing Object Properties Toolbar.
(i) Arrangement — controls the stacking order of the image relative to other overlapping objects or text. Six tools, left to right:
| Tool | Effect |
|---|---|
| Bring to Front | Places the image on top of all objects/images |
| Forward One | Brings the image one level up among overlapping images |
| Back One | Sends the image one level down among overlapping images |
| Send to Back | Places the image at the bottom of all objects/images |
| To Foreground | Moves the drawing object in front of the text |
| To Background | Moves the drawing object behind the text |
The first four tools apply to both images and drawings; the last two ("To Foreground"/"To Background") apply only to drawings.
(ii) Anchoring — acts as a reference point for the image or drawing. An image can be anchored to Page, Paragraph, Character, or Frame. Whenever the element it is anchored to moves, the image moves along with it.
(iii) Alignment — controls the vertical or horizontal placement of the image with respect to its anchor. Six styles are available — 3 horizontal (left, centre, right) and 3 vertical (top, middle, bottom).
(iv) Text Wrapping — controls how surrounding text flows in relation to the image (detailed below).
Together, these four settings give full control over exactly how and where an image sits relative to the page, other objects, and the surrounding text.
Text Wrapping — Detailed Description
Text Wrapping tools sit on the Drawing Object Properties Toolbar and determine how text is placed in relation to an inserted image or drawing. There are six choices, left to right:
| Tool | Wrapping Effect |
|---|---|
| Wrap off | Text is placed above and below the image only (not on the sides) |
| Page Wrap | Text flows around the image on all sides; moving the image rearranges the text automatically |
| Optimal Page Wrap | Like Page Wrap, but if the gap between image and margin is less than 2 cm, text will not be placed on that side |
| Wrap left | Text is placed only on the left side of the image |
| Wrap right | Text is placed only on the right side of the image |
| Wrap through | The image is superimposed on the text — text passes behind/through the image |
In short: Text Wrapping lets you choose how body text behaves around a picture or drawing — avoiding it completely (Wrap off), flowing dynamically around it (Page Wrap/Optimal Page Wrap), sticking to one side (Wrap left/right), or overlapping it entirely (Wrap through) — giving flexibility for designing visually appealing documents like newsletters or reports.
Digital Documentation (Advanced) using LibreOffice Writer — Chapter 2, pages 45–46
