Chapter 2 Working with images in LibreOffice Writer Class 10 IT-402 Notes: Important Points

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Chapter 2: Working with images in LibreOffice Writer Class 10 IT-402 Notes:

Chapter 2: Working with images in LibreOffice Writer Class 10 IT-402 Notes:

Pictures have visual appeal, as our brain responds quickly to colors in comparison to any other form of information. A picture can be a drawing, chart, photo, logo, graph.

In this chapter we will learn to create a document with pictures and also learn to insert and modify images.

A picture is a digital image, which is representation of image in finite set of digital values 0 or 1, known as pixels. These are stored in various types of graphics files with the file extension, such as GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, etc

Inserting an Image in a Document

The image file stored in the computer, can be inserted into a document using different ways which are give below:

Using Insert Image dialog.
Using Drag and Drop option
Using Cut, Copy and Paste option
By Linking

1. Inserting Image Using Insert Image Option

Steps to insert an image using Insert Image dialog box, is given below

Open the document and click on Insert > Image from menu bar.
An Insert Image dialog box will open which will allow to choose the picture file to be inserted.
Select the file and click on Open button to insert an image in document.

2. Inserting Image Using Drag and Drop Option

Steps to insert an image using drag and drop option are:

Open the document to insert an image in LibreOffice Writer.
Open a file browser window (Win+E) and select the image file to be inserted.
Drag the image into the document and drop it, where you want it to appear in the document.

3. Inserting Image Using Copy and Paste Option

Steps to insert an image using copy paste option are:

Copy the image which is to be inserted.
Open the document and paste it where ever required.

NOTE: Inserting an image using any of the above described method saves a copy of image file in the document wherever image is inserted, that means, the image gets embedded in the document

4. Inserting an Image by Linking

If multiple copies of the same image are required to be inserted in the document, it is beneficial to save the link of image instead of inserting the image. Inserting a link, stores its reference instead of the image itself, thereby reduces the size of the document.

To link the image file check the Link option in Insert Image dialog box

Keyboard shortcut to link an image – drag and drop the image while holding the Ctrl+Shift keys.

Modifying an Image in a Document

We can modify the image inserted in the document according to our requirement. The Image toolbar
is used to resize, crop, delete and rotate the image.

Using the image toolbar

The image toolbar automatically appears when an image is inserted or selected in the document. If you want to keep it always on screen, click on View > Toolbars > Image from the menu bar. The various tools available on Image toolbar is shown below.

Tools on Image toolbar	Description
Image Filter	There are 11 types of filters available for improving an image.
Image Mode	Image can be changed to black and white, gray-scale or a watermark.
Crop	Cuts off non-desirable part of the image.
Flip Horizontally	Flips the image Horizontally by 180^o.
Flip Vertically	Flips the image Vertically by 180^o.
Rotate 90^o left	Rotates the image by 90^o left.
Rotate 90^o right	Rotates the image by 90^o right.
Rotate	Image can be rotated by any angle using this tool.
Transparency	Makes an image transparent by using the value provided in percentage.
Colour	Red, Blue or Green colour can be modified or adjustment for brightness, contrast and gamma can be made

Working with images in LibreOffice Writer

Clicking on the colour button will display the colour drop down list as shown above. It consists of six components in the drop down list. The first components represent the three primary colours Red, Green and Blue, respectively. The fourth component represent the Brightness, fifth component represent the Contrast and last sixth component represent the Gamma

Clicking on Image Filter opens up a window with 11 filters, as shown below. Following table gives the
brief description of various tools available in the Image Filter window

Tool Name	Description
Invert	Inverts the colour values of coloured image. In case image is gray-scale then its brightness is inverted.
Smooth	Softens the contrast of image. Another dialogue box appears to adjust parameter
Sharpen	Increases the contrast of image
Remove Noise	Removes single pixels from the image
Solarisation	Used in Photographs to reverse the tone. Dark appears light and light appears dark. Another dialogue box appears to adjust parameter
Aging	Simulates the effect of time on picture. On clicking it, another dialogue box appears to adjust parameter
Posterise	Makes a picture appear like painting by reducing colours in the image. Another dialogue box appears to adjust parameter, when this icon is clicked.
Charcoal Sketch	Changes image as charcoal sketch
Relief	Adjusts light source to create shadow using dialogue box to adjust parameter
Mosaic	Joins group of pixels into a single area of one colour. Another dialogue box appears to adjust parameter.

Working with images in LibreOffice Writer

Resizing an Image in a Document

Resizing is the process of reducing or enlarging the size of the image. Quick and easy way to resize an image is by dragging the image’s sizing handles. Steps are

Click on the image and observe the eight sizing handles surrounding the image.
Position the pointer over one of the sizing handles and drag to resize the image.
Release the mouse button when satisfied with the new size.

NOTE: By dragging the corner handles, one can resize both the width and the height of the image simultaneously, while the other four handles only resize one dimension at a time.

Deleting an Image in a Document

To delete the image, just select the image by clicking on the image and press the Delete key.

Drawing Objects

If you need to draw a flowchart or a callout box in your document, LibreOffice Writer provides the feature of
drawing tools for such work.

To display Drawing Toolbar in the Writer window, click on View > Toolbars > Drawing. The toolbar contains various basic drawing objects of different types to create any design. Steps to design are:

Place the cursor in the document where you want the drawing to be placed.
Select the tool from the Drawing toolbar.
Click-and-drag to create the drawing object in the document.
Release the mouse button to finish drawing.

NOTE: To cancel the selected drawing function, press the Esc key or click the Select icon (the arrow)
on the Drawing toolbar.

Setting or Changing properties of Drawing Object

Writer provides tools in Drawing Object Properties toolbar for changing properties, i.e. customising an object. Properties of the object can be modified or edited, either at the time of its creation, i.e. before you start drawing them or after its creation. When properties are modified before creation, it is known as setting default value(s).

Drawing Object Properties Toolbar is displayed when we select the object. It is a floating toolbar, and can be placed anywhere on the screen. To set the properties before drawing the object, follow the given steps.

Select the object from the Drawing toolbar.
Change the various properties of object from Drawing Object Properties Toolbar.
Draw the selected object on the document.

To set the properties after drawing the object, follow the given steps

Select the object in the document whose properties are to be modified.
Change the various properties of object from Drawing Object Properties Toolbar.

Resizing Object

Sometimes we want to change the size of drawing object to accommodate it at a particular place in the document. Steps to resize a drawing are given below:

Select the object to be resized.
All eight handles on the corners and edges will be visible.
Drag the required handle to change the shape and size.

NOTE: For resizing and maintaining original shape of drawing, use corner handles. Using edge handles will resize drawing non-proportionally.

Grouping Objects

LibreOffice Writer allows grouping of different objects, to behave as a single entity. Once grouped, all shapes belonging to that group become its member and a change applied on one member works on all. Follow the given steps to group the drawing objects.

Select the object by clicking over it.
Hold the Shift key and keep on selecting all other objects by clicking on it.
Select a group tool from Drawing Object Properties Toolbar. Alternatively, selecting from main menu Format > Group > Group will also do same work.

NOTE: There are four options under Group option. These are Group, Ungroup, Enter Group, Exit Group. These options are also present in the Drawing Object Properties Toolbar.

Positioning image in the text

Positioning of an image is controlled by four settings.

Arrangement
Anchoring
Alignment
Text Wrapping

These settings can be accessed using three ways –

Using Format menu.
Using context menu after right clicking on the object.
Using Drawing Object Properties Toolbar.

Let us learn how to use Drawing Object Properties Toolbar to position a drawing in the page.

1. Arrangement: In Overlapping objects, arrangement determines the position of the current drawing with respect to other drawings or text. The Drawing Object Properties toolbar consists of the six arrangement tools which are briefly explained below.

Tool	Effect
Bring to Front	Place image on top of all objects / images
Forward One	Bring image one level up, when there are overlapping images
Back One	Sends image one level down in overlapping images
Send to Back	Place 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

Working with images in LibreOffice Writer

NOTE: – First four settings can be applied on an image or drawing, but last two are available for drawings only.

2. Anchoring: It acts as a reference point for image or drawing. Anchoring allows an image to retain its position to a page, paragraph, character or frame.

3. Alignment: It allows the vertical or horizontal placement of the image with respect to its anchor. An image can be aligned in six different styles – 3 horizontal and 3 vertical.

4. Text Wrapping: It allows the placement of image in relation to text. Text Wrapping tools are available under Drawing Object Properties Toolbar. There are six choices which are briefly explained below.

SUMMARY

• In a digital document, a graphic or image is called digital image.

• A digital image is represented in pixels.

• Predefined image can be inserted using Drag-Drop method, Copy-Paste method or using Insert Image dialog box.

• Inserting an image embeds a copy of the image in the document.

• An image can be linked to a document using Insert Image dialog box.

• Linking an image saves only the link of the image instead of embedding the image. This saves space in case multiple copies of the same image are required.

• Image Toolbar can be used to modify an image. Tools for filtering, resizing, cropping, deleting and rotating an image are available in this toolbar.

• Drawing Tools are used to create pictures (objects), such as Flowchart, Call out box, designs, etc. 

• Properties of Object can be customised by resizing, rotating, moving or editing.

• Drawing object properties can be modified either at the time of creation (when you start drawing) or after its creation.

• Properties when modified before creation, is known as setting Default values.

• An object drawn using different shapes, can be grouped to behave as single object.

• Writer provide various tools to arrange text and image or drawing on a page.

Important links of Class X (IT – 402)

UNIT 1: DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION (ADVANCED) – MCQ

UNIT-2: ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET (ADVANCED) – MCQ

UNIT-3 RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (BASIC) – MCQ

UNIT-4 WEB APPLICATIONS AND SECURITY – MCQ

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