Removing Calc Background Image

You can add a picture to the background in OpenOffice.org calc, kind of like a watermark. You can do this by:

Insert the graphic
Right click on it and choose Arrange > Send to background

Now, the tricky part is getting rid of the background image, because you can no longer select it. To select it, which is the first stop towards removing it:

Open the navigator by pressing F5
Go down the where it says images
Click on the + sign
Highlight and right click on the appropriate image in the navigator

Once you have it selected you can perform all of the normal tasks, like moving it to foreground, or deleting it.

More was supplied by Eike Rathke on 12/22/04: http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgId=1682925

Hi Peter,

On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 00:36:33 -0600, Peter Kupfer wrote:
> I wonder, though, if there is an easier way.

Use the Selection tool (arrow) from the Draw Functions (toolbar) and draw a rectangle that surrounds the _entire_ graphic / drawing object. After having released the mouse button the object is selected (green position markers are shown) and you're able to choose Arrange from it's context menu.

Eike

Another way to do this was suggested by Niklas Nebel on 10 June 2005.

Actually, once you have activated the selection tool (arrow), you don't have to draw a selection rectangle. You can then just click to select a background object.

This works for all types of drawing objects / shapes, while Navigator only works for objects that have names.

Niklas

The only reason I don't prefer this method is that getting the arrow on the draw toolbar sometimes takes just as long as opening the navigator. However, if you have the draw toolbar open already, this method may save you time.

Last edited 23 July 2005