Comments on: Custom Bitmap Background on OpenOffice Impress 2.x

By: Rapo

Rapo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:51:45 +0000

If I’d know that yesterday… Thanks

By: Lara

Lara — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:58:57 +0000

Gah! Thank you. I was about to use my roommates computer for use of their Power Point because I was having such issues with OO. Thanks so much!

By: AR

AR — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:49:50 +0000

Isaac can be real geek, but who can know what was ‘latest version of OpenOffice’ in July 2009 (and do you mean some released version or source from version control)?
In OpenOffice 3.0 this hasn’t fixed. In page->setup->background tab there are only list of bitmaps, no import own custom bitmap at all.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:30:15 +0000

OK, You got the idea, but there is a way easer way!

1. right click on an empty part of your slide
2. click slide and page settup (Just like you did with your idea on the master slide)
3. click the BACKGROUND tab
The rest is so easy that I don’t need to tell you
NOTE: I am using the latest version of OpenOffice.
(PS: I am a computer GEEK and I am only 13!)

By: gum

gum — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:57:40 +0000

Thank you for this post, I’ve been trying to set the background presentation-wide for nearly an hour without success…

By: tibi

tibi — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:25:17 +0000

Thanks, you’re top of Google search for this issue. It’s so stupid I’m in awe of the quirkiness of the design of Open Office.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:05:50 +0000

Wow I too have been a computer tech for years and have made loads of web pages as well as presentations in PP and just wanted to try this open office program. Well SHEESH what an ordeal! Without this information I would have spent hours setting this up!

Thank YOU so much!!!!

By: Sander

Sander — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:16:59 +0000

OO 3.0 has indeed improved on this kind of stuff, you can now set a background picture doing richtclick=>slide=>set background picture for slide. yay : )

By: Teo

Teo — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:36:29 +0000

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I don’t know what else to say.
Ah, yeah, I hope OO 3.0 will improve all this kind of stuff.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:49:20 +0000

Thanks man, I was about to give up on this AGAIN.