A bitmap image can be inserted in OpenOffice.org Writer, OpenOffice.org Calc, OpenOffice.org Draw and OpenOffice.org Impress documents.
Choose Insert - Picture - From File.
Select the file. In the File type box you can restrict the selection to certain file types.
Click the Link box if you want a link to the original file.
If the Link box is marked, whenever the document is updated and loaded the bitmap image is reloaded. The editing steps that you have carried out in the local copy of the image in the document are re-applied and the image is displayed.