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Should an object not have any graphics text, the text format settings are simply ignored.

In both Draw and Impress, graphics text formatting can be saved as part of a graphics style, just as characteristics of a primitive can. Where graphics text really comes into its own is in Draw and Impress, which are more visually oriented.

However, in Writer and Calc, graphics text is useful mostly for diagrams.

If the Drawing toolbar is not visible, you can display it at the bottom of the editing window via View -> Toolbars -> Drawing. Graphics text is available from the Drawing toolbar in any application. Not only is graphics text easier to move around, but you can position it in ways that regular text does not support. However, if you are designing a brochure, and moving graphics around, or doing a chart whose parts you want to label, then text that is just another object becomes convenient for you. If your document is completely text, then probably you have no need for graphics text. By contrast, you can manipulate the frame that contains regular text as though it were an object, but the regular text itself has its own, separate editing features.īut why would you care? The answer depends on what type of document you are creating. Simply put, graphics text is a series of characters that treats as an object that is little different from other objects such as lines, squares, ellipses or other primitives. However, if you know the distinction, graphics text can work for you in ways that regular text cannot. People understand vaguely that it differs from regular text, but exactly how it differs or why anyone should care is mostly unknown. See Some useful hints on using images for a discussion.One of the least understood features of is graphics text. May I suggest you go back to the original artwork and resample it to, say, 500 pixels wide, and save it as a PNG and not as a JPG. Incidentally, your image is too low resolution (only 138 x 138 pixels) and has been saved as a JPG, both of which mean it does not print clearly. Print it from your desktop and from Google Drive.Įverything works fine on my Google drive and while accessing your Google Drive file across the web. Try printing this file - it also has some coloured text. The text is printed from the black cartridge but the images are printed from the colour cartridge(s).Īlso check that you have ticked Pictures and Objects in Tools > Options > OpenOfficeWriter > Print. Have you run out of colour ink in the printer? Check the colour cartridges. odt file which would prevent it printing.