Text Effects is a great OpenOffice.org extension for Writer. Text Effects can make colorful text, draw a few simple shapes, change brightness of text, make anagrams, inversed text, uneven text.
Text Effects extension will create a group of "Text Effects" under the Tools/Add-ons menu for 7 independent shortcuts.
To draw a shape, open a document with text or paste any text in a new document, no more than one-two pages. Then you can create a background by clicking the shortcut Tools/Add-ons/Text Effects/Chatoyant colors.
Now you have a background and can draw a shape by going Tools/Add-ons/Text Effects/Painting. It will draw a shape. If your document is large (more than 2-3 pages), the process can take a few minutes.
In order to install download the extension and save it anywhere on your computer. In OpenOffice.org, choose Tools > Extension Manager from the menu bar. In the Extension Manager dialog, click Add.
Find and select the extension you want to install and click Open. The extension begins installing. You may be asked to accept a license agreement. When the installation is complete, the extension is listed in the Extension Manager dialog.
Requirements:
· OpenOffice.org
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· A fix to Rainbow colors (by symbols) when the wave length is 0 or 1
· A fix to language codes in addons.xcu
