Monday, August 3, 2009

How to add Cliparts to your Open Office Applications

Download the Clipart Set from following location

http://openclipart.org/downloads/0.19/openclipart-0.19.zip

if zip unarchive utility is not available download below linked set

http://openclipart.org/downloads/0.19/openclipart-0.19.tar.gz

After Downloading unarchive the downloaded archive file in your desired folder

Open your open office application go to - tools | Gallery

Select New theme

on General Tab Page give a name for your new gallery

click on Files tab page

Click on find files

go to the path where clipart archive was extracted

Note : select complete folder on the path as file names are greyed

Click on OK button below

now you can see a list of all the files available on the selected path

Select the check box for preview of files on the right side in case you want only selected files

make selections for the files you want to be added and click on Add
Note : you can use shift and ctrl keys as we do for normal multi selection of objects

OR

Click on Add All to select all files for your new gallery

Click on OK button to see the new gallery added to the list available below the New Theme button in the Gallery

Note : You can select Tools | Gallery again to close the gallery
Note : Gallery button is also available on standard tool bar just find it to make your work more easy for putting the gallery on and off

Enjoy

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