Re: [libreoffice-users] How to set page background

That's it!  Thanks.

When I loaded the jpg into GIMP it immediately reported "The image contains Exif orientation
metadata" and showed two images: one the image rotated 90 degrees as loaded by LO and one the image
right way up as seen in my browser.  So I selected the correct image and saved it.

LO Writer then displayed the background I wanted on the page as expected.

Would have been nice if LO had explained what it was doing and offered a choice but resolved now and
I just learned something about jpg's so I guess all is well.  

Thank you for the help and idea Robert. Thank you also to the other folks who replied, the
willingness to help is much appreciated.

John
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On Sun, 2026-05-03 at 16:20 -0400, Robert Funnell wrote:
> John -
>
> Page Style > Area > Image does seem to be the current location for this.
>
> The problem of rotation may be due to some rotation metadata embedded in 
> the image file because of the way the camera was held when the photo was 
> taken? I would try opening the image in GIMP, making sure the 
> orientation is correct, and saving it again. (I don't have an image 
> handy to test my theory.)
>
> Hopefully the aspect ratio of the image matches the page dimensions. If 
> not, I don't see a nice way of adjusting the Width and Height in a way 
> that preserves the aspect ratio.
>
> - Robert
>
> On 2026-05-03 15:40, John Iliffe wrote:
> > I'm trying to create a book cover with an image as the background and text over top.  I have
> > done
> > this before but last time I used an image in a frame.  This time when I try to do that LO
> > rotates
> > the image 90 degrees which is not what I want. I encountered the problem that the LO docs are
> > not
> > consistent with the screen:
> >
> > HELP:  "Choose Page - Set Background Image."
> >
> > SCREEN:  there is no "PAGE" on the tool bar or any drop down.  Closest I can find is "Page
> > Style"
> > under the Format tab but this brings in the jpg rotated 90 degrees with no way I can find to fix
> > it.
> > The photo I'm using is a portrait format image which is what I want to end up with.  What I get
> > is a
> > small bit out of the middle on its side.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to fix this and still leave the top layer open the same way up so I can put
> > the
> > cover text over the top?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > John
> > ======

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