{"id":12227,"date":"2025-06-24T23:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4oers\/?page_id=12227"},"modified":"2025-06-24T23:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:45:36","slug":"insert-and-format-images","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4oers\/learning-challenges\/develop-teaching-resource-including-open-images\/insert-and-format-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Insert and format images"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Woman-photographer-lens.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Woman-photographer-lens.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/9\/9a\/Woman-photographer-lens.jpg\/400px-Woman-photographer-lens.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>In this section, you will practise how to insert and edit images using LibreOffice Writer.\n<\/p>\n<p>You will need:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> A copy of LibreOffice installed on your computer\n<\/li>\n<li> An image file stored on your computer\n<\/li>\n<li> A few paragraphs of any text to practise wrapping (You can visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lipsum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a oew browser tab\/window)\">Lorem Ipsum<\/a> to quickly generate three to five paragraphs of text to copy.)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Inserting_images\">Inserting images<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4oers\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru-course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Activity - Inserting images with LibreOffice Writer<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose<\/b>: Practise inserting images in LibreOffice Writer using different methods\n<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to using LibreOffice Writer, or unfamiliar with how to insert images, watch the video below. The video contains captions in English which you can activate by clicking on the CC button below the video.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"vimeo\" id=\"arve-vimeo-571418872\" style=\"max-width:640px;\" class=\"arve alignleft\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-vimeo-571418872\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/571418872?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&amp;transparent=0&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;&amp;autoplay=0#t=0s\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"359.68\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/571418872?dnt=1&#038;app_id=122963&#038;transparent=0&#038;title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;&#038;autoplay=0#t=0s\" title=\"\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pacificopencourses.col.org\\\/ds4oers\\\/learning-challenges\\\/develop-teaching-resource-including-open-images\\\/insert-and-format-images\\\/#arve-vimeo-571418872\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/player.vimeo.com\\\/video\\\/571418872?dnt=1&app_id=122963&transparent=0&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;&autoplay=0#t=0s\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Activity<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Open LibreOffice Writer\n<\/li>\n<li> Copy and paste three or four paragraphs of any text\n<\/li>\n<li> Practise\n<ul>\n<li> Inserting an image via the Image insert icon in LibreOffice Writer\n<\/li>\n<li> Inserting an image via your file manager\n<ol>\n<li> From the file manager, drag an image into your document\n<\/li>\n<li> From the file manager, copy an image file, then paste it in your document using &#8216;Control V&#8217; or &#8216;paste&#8217; from the menu bar.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Modifying_images\">Modifying images<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4oers\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru-course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Activity - Editing images with LibreOffice Writer<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose<\/b>: Practise re-sizing, cropping and editing an image using LibreOffice Writer.\n<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to using LibreOffice Writer, or unfamiliar with how to insert images, watch the video below. The video contains captions in English which you can activate by clicking on the CC button below the video.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"vimeo\" id=\"arve-vimeo-571102739\" style=\"max-width:640px;\" class=\"arve alignleft\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-vimeo-571102739\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/571102739?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&amp;transparent=0&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;&amp;autoplay=0#t=0s\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"359.68\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/571102739?dnt=1&#038;app_id=122963&#038;transparent=0&#038;title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;&#038;autoplay=0#t=0s\" title=\"\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pacificopencourses.col.org\\\/ds4oers\\\/learning-challenges\\\/develop-teaching-resource-including-open-images\\\/insert-and-format-images\\\/#arve-vimeo-571102739\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/player.vimeo.com\\\/video\\\/571102739?dnt=1&app_id=122963&transparent=0&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;&autoplay=0#t=0s\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>Practise how to:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Re-size the image, keeping the aspect ratio the same\n<\/li>\n<li> Crop the image\n<\/li>\n<li> Check if a horizontal flip of the image will display better for your intended materials\n<\/li>\n<li> Add a border with a background colour\n<\/li>\n<li> Change the position of the image and corresponding text-wrapping options\n<\/li>\n<li> Apply the &#8216;Ageing&#8217; filter. &#8216;Undo&#8217; your change\n<\/li>\n<li> Experiment with the other filters. &#8216;Undo&#8217; your changes\n<\/li>\n<li> Change the image to greyscale. &#8216;Undo&#8217; your change\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Need_more_help_using_LibreOffice.3F\">Need more help using LibreOffice?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are excellent support resources for using LibreOffice online.\n<\/p>\n<p>We recommend the free online course on <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/elearn.ellak.gr\/course\/view.php?id=37\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a oew browser tab\/window)\">Using LibreOffice<\/a>, published in English by the GFOSS Open Technologies Alliance. 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