Re: Text effects and pictures

At 12:09 15/12/2011 +0000, David Hatton wrote:
>On a previous computer my writing system included "Insert" which 
>when clicked gave access to a variety of text effects (decorative 
>writing, some with coloured shadows, some in the shape of a rainbow, 
>and others) ...

In OpenOffice, this is called Fontwork.
o Go to View | Toolbars > | Fontwork or View | Toolbars > | Drawing.
o Click the Fontwork Gallery icon in the toolbar.

>... and also to a very wide range of pictures.

Clip art?  No, this does not exist in OpenOffice, but there are 
plenty of sources for this on the web - many of them free of charge.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

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