[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+s969070n4062428h83@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
>
>
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