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4) The last touch is to change the position so that the image is below the first line of the
paragraph. Again, you can use the mouse to drag the image or use the advanced settings,
which require a bit of trial and error. The line height used in this guide—0.75 cm from the
top margin of the paragraph—is a good value.
Example 2: simple contour wrapping in action
In this example we again apply page wrapping as in Example 1, enabling this time the contour
option. We will work on an image and on a drawing object as the contour option works slightly
differently in the two cases.
The example of Figure 273 was built following the steps below, which you can use to practice.
1) Create some text (a very quick way to do that is to use the dummy text AutoText. That is,
type DT and then press the F3 key).
2) Insert an image of your choice and anchor it to the first paragraph. Adjust the alignment as
desired then change the wrap type to Page Wrap.
3) Right-click on the picture to select the option Wrap > Contour, then right-click again and
select Wrap > Edit Contour from the context menu.
Figure 273: Image and drawing object with contour wrapping
4) Use the technique discussed in “Editing the contour” on page 255 to create a custom
contour and click Apply. If needed, adjust the spacing between the edge of the image and
the text.
5) Insert an AutoShape of your choice (a rotated triangle in the example) and proceed as in
step 2 above.
6) Enable the contour wrap by selecting Format > Wrap > Contour from the menu bar. As
discussed previously, LibreOffice automatically generates the contour. You may need to
adjust the distance between the drawing object and the text.
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