Bug 75261

Summary:	Calc: It is impossible to set picture as a background that spans the entire page (like watermark)
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Mira <mstrnad>
Component:	Calc	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	ganibl, ilmari.lauhakangas, jbfaure, suokunlong, yanp.bugz
Priority:	low
Version:	4.1.4.2 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54053 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68359
Whiteboard:	BSA
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	105584
Attachments:	right layout in Writer bad layout in Calc another example

Description Mira 2014-02-20 14:21:25 UTC

Created attachment 94441 [details]
right layout in Writer

It's not possible setup picture as page background (like watermark for whole A4 page including header and footer). 

When I setup background picture in Format | Page - Bacground - Graphic, the picture fits to area where cells are only.. Half page for example..

I expect it can work like in Writer.. 

Here is my question on ask.libreoffice.org:
http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/30129/how-to-setup-picture-as-page-background-in-calc/
Operating System: Linux (Other)
Version: 4.1.4.2 release

Comment 1 Mira 2014-02-20 14:22:36 UTC

Created attachment 94442 [details]
bad layout in Calc

Comment 2 bugquestcontri 2014-02-20 14:40:55 UTC

I tested LibO 4.1.5 on XP/SP3.

Inserting via Format > Page > Background .... Considering that the image is only visible in a print out if cells are not formatted otherwise ( had a completely empty spreadsheet). I created a pdf-File (not pdf-export but using a pdf-printer) and got only a white pdf-file.

See also:
http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/30129/how-to-setup-picture-as-page-background-in-calc/

Comment 3 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2014-04-21 14:28:28 UTC

Made more clear that the problem is in Calc

Comment 4 Buovjaga 2014-10-31 18:49:43 UTC

Confirmed. Let's treat this as an enhancement, if no one objects.

Win 7 64-bit Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 56019dcb79475606952a954fe732a3109441ffec
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2014-10-30_07:27:11

Comment 5 Kevin Suo 2015-03-05 05:27:40 UTC

Created attachment 113902 [details]
another example

In the attached file, cell A1 and B6 contains values, all other cells are blank.

The image page background only fits to the area A1:B6.

There should be an option for the user to choose whether the image should fit to the full page, or just the content area.