In this instance, if I could post the code I wouldn't need any help.
All I need is someone with experience with using openoffice::oodoc to point me in the right direction. Just the name of the command to set the x and y coordinates of a textbox.
I appologise. My only excuse (and a poor one) is early morning grumps due to being awakend at 5am by our 3 1/2 year old twins.
A quick look at the docs for the module suggests that only image items can be positioned in that fashion and it is not obvious that you can show "raw text" in place of an image.