#Libreoffice themes install#

To let LibreOffice knows that you do not want to move your drawing on your page, but to copy it in the Gallery, a simple drag and drop does not work. This is obviously the most sensitive step of the whole procedure. If you don't have administration rights, you must choose a theme you created and not a bundled one.

or create a new empty theme by clicking on New Theme… button type its name and validate with OK.

either click on theme's name where you want to insert your drawing, My theme for instance.

The Gallery is organized with different themes, which list is displayed at the top of the Gallery:

Click on the 'Gallery' Tab in the sidebar or choose the menu View ▸ Gallery.

You can add images or drawings only for your own themes. This first step is not compulsory but it will ease handling of the drawing as a whole when it will be inserted.

Group these objects with a right click on one and select Group or select menu Shape ▸ Group ▸ Group or type ⇧ Shift + Ctrl + G.

Select all objects belonging to the drawing, with a click and drag surrounding all these objects, or type Ctrl + A if there is no other objects on this page.

Once your drawings are created, you will add them to a theme of the Gallery and they will instantaneous be available in all modules, to be inserted with a simple drag & drop.

The Gallery is a very convenient way to make available to all modules (Draw, Impress, Writer, and so on) some customized objects and more particularly drawings made with Draw, such as logos for instance. How can I reuse a drawing with the help of the Gallery? Confirm you really want to delete this theme by clicking Yes.Right click on the theme you want to remove.The file which object refers to is not deleted, only the object in the Gallery is removed. Confirm you really want to delete this object by clicking Yes.Right click on the object and select ▸ Delete.Select the theme where you want to remove an object.You can remove images only for your own themes. See also 'How can I reuse a drawing with the help of the Gallery?' Remove objects in the Gallery The mouse pointer is modified and you can now drag the object to the Gallery and drop it to the right of the bottom last object of the topic. Select a directory and the desired file and click Open.Ĭlick + hold the left mouse button on your object for approx.Right click on theme's name in themes list ('My Theme' for instance) and select Properties in context menu.

You can only add images to your own themes. With a right click on a own object the Context menu with the selection appears:

or Ctrl + Click on specific files you want to add, and then validate with Add button.

#Libreoffice themes install#

click Add All to install all files contained in the list,.Click on the arrow of 'File type' and select a file type to restrict the selection to this file type and accept this with Yes.Browse to directory containing the drawing files you want to add to your theme and then click Select folder.Click on the 'Files' tab and there on the Find Files… button.ĭialog 'Select folder' is open, (Figure right: Select folder for files).Enter a name for your topic in the 'General' tab, e.g.Click New… button at the top of the Gallery.Īdd a new theme to the Gallery Create a new theme with your own files The Gallery can be displayed either as Icon View or Detailed View by clicking on buttons. You can also create your own themes, as much as you need. Click on a theme to see its content in the main window of the Gallery.