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This toolbar automatically appears whenever a picture is selected. We can also open this toolbar using View →
Toolbars → Picture toolbar.
Some of the most commonly used options in the picture toolbar are:
• Filter : It helps you edit only a part of the picture.
• Graphics Mode : It affects the display of the graphic from normal colour to grayscale, black and
white, or a watermark.
Default: The graphic is displayed unaltered in colour.
Grayscale: The graphic is displayed in 256 shades of gray.
Black/White: The graphic is displayed in black and white.
Watermark: The brightness and contrast of the graphic are reduced to the extent that the graphic can be used as a
watermark (background).
• Color : It adjusts the values of the three RGB colors, the brightness, contrast and the Gamma value.
• Transparency : It helps you adjust the degree of transparency of the picture between 0% (opaque)
and 100% (fully transparent).
• Line :It defines the outlines of the image border.
• Area : It allows editing of the picture background.
• Shadow :It allows to give shadow effect to the picture.
• Crop : It works like a scissor to cut the unwanted parts of the image without resizing it.
Inserting Shapes
Shapes can be inserted in a document using drawing toolbar as shown below:
Click on View → Toolbars → Drawing toolbar. This will open the above drawing toolbar which has all the shapes
including text box and picture gallery.
Inserting Special Characters
Special characters like ¶, ↔, µ, etc., which cannot be typed by using the keyboard can easily be added by selecting
Insert → Special Characters. It will open a window with special characters available in OpenOffice Writer.
Select the required special character and click on OK button.
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