Hi :) Wow! The hap seemed to make that quite complicated in Gimp. I just 1. right-click on the layer in the side-panel to "Add Alpha Channel". 2. then up to the top-menu-bar to click on "Select" and "Select by colour" 3. click on the colour i want to "see through" 4. hit the delete key (well, press it softly really) 5. save in a format that does support transparencies, such as NOT jpg
That would get the insides of all the boxes/fields in one go. Tbh i thought there was a way of setting an image to be at the very back or even as a water-mark. Draw might be better for this and then create text-boxes over the parts of the image you want to write on. So, i am not quite sure why we went the Gimp route but i like using Gimp and it's good to learn new tricks with it. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: howellsilverman <howellsilver...@gmail.com> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 16:12 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Database field on top of PDF document > > >Ok thanks. I tried that. It worked. You need a form with a transparent >background which took a little work with gimp ( >http://www.ehow.com/how_8422694_remove-white-gimp.html). Then I used a >table to place the fields where I wanted them.. So I can see a method to >get this handled. > >What would be much easier would be to be able to make the image a >background layer or a watermark (like microsoft), overlay it with a >transparent table and then place the fields to match the form. I wouldn't >have to go the extra step of making the background transparent. If you >have a lot of fields, it's a lot of clicking. > >The other way I could do it is have a blank form, place the fields on a >transparent table for precise locations, then overprint the hardcopy form. >Then I would have to scan the completed document. Either way - there are >some extra steps to get what I want, but it can be done. > >So... Thanks. > > >On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:55 AM, Alexander Thurgood [via Document >Foundation Mail Archive] <ml-node+s969070n4062428...@n3.nabble.com> wrote: > >> Le 21/06/2013 05:23, howellsilverman a écrit : >> >> Hi, >> >> > >> > When I try to move a database field on top of an image (or PDF object), >> > writer won't let me place it on top of the image. >> > >> > Is there a way to put a database field on top of an image? >> >> If you try to insert the fields by dragging and dropping on top of the >> image, then this will only work for the first field, and only on the >> first line of the page, and even then only if the image is arranged in >> the background apparently, at least from my testing - in other words, >> completely useless. >> >> If however, you drag and drop your fields first, and then insert the >> image and set that to wrap in background, you can put your fields more >> or less wherever you want. >> >> >> Alex >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [hidden >> email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4062428&i=0> >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion >> below: >> >> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Database-field-on-top-of-PDF-document-tp4062419p4062428.html >> To unsubscribe from Database field on top of PDF document, click >>here<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=4062419&code=aG93ZWxsc2lsdmVybWFuQGdtYWlsLmNvbXw0MDYyNDE5fDM0OTk3MzM2Mw==> >> . >> NAML<http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> >> > > > >-- >Howell Silverman >516-495-9568 > > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Database-field-on-top-of-PDF-document-tp4062419p4062479.html >Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
