How to insert graphics that are reasonably manageable

"I sat down a few weeks ago to figure out the best way to anchor pictures. Specifically, how to do it in a standard context like this. You have a paragraph or line of text describing something, and you might then say "....as shown in the following illustration." Then you have a picture on a line by itself. No wrapping or anything, very simple"

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/01/how-to-insert-g.html