The current Page Setup -> Background Fill, Bitmap dialog only shows some very low resolution patterns (inherited from StarOffice?), without any option for adding new options. Please add an import function for choosing a new image pattern from disk.
Format - Styles and Formatting - New Style - TAB Area In the old release there was a button which can import an external image, now in LibreOffice Writer 5.0.0.5 this option is missing!
Confirmed on OSX 10.10.5 ==>> regression
This still worked in 4452, and appears to have died or been removed between 4452 and Version: 5.0.0.2 Build ID: a26d58f11b99b6aeddf7f7884effea188cc6e512 Locale: fr-FR (fr.UTF-8) where it is already missing
The bug opener was discussing bug 84344 which relates to Impress and Draw, while commenters are discussing a different bug that has been resolved in 5.0 daily and master. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 84344 ***