Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Database field on top of PDF document

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 :)  






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> From: howellsilverman <howellsilverman@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
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> 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:
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> > 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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