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LibreOffice 4.3 Draw Guide
Drawing Vector Graphics in LibreOffice
Copyright
This document is Copyright ? 2015 by the LibreOffice Documentation Team. Contributors are listed below. You may distribute or modify it under the terms of either the GNU General Public License (), version 3 or later, or the Creative Commons Attribution License (), version 4.0 or later. All trademarks in this guide belong to their legitimate owners.
Contributors
Peter Schofield Jean Hollis Weber Michele Zarri Hazel Russman
Martin Fox John A. Smith T. Elliott Turner
John Cleland Martin Saffron Low Song Chuan
Feedback
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Acknowledgments
This book is adapted and updated from 3.3 Draw Guide. The contributors to that book are listed on page 15.
Publication date and software version
Published 26 January 2015. Based on LibreOffice 4.3.
Documentation for LibreOffice is available at
Contents
Copyright..................................................................................................................................... 2 Contributors............................................................................................................................. 2 Feedback................................................................................................................................ 2 Acknowledgments................................................................................................................... 2 Publication date and software version..................................................................................... 2
Preface.................................................................................................................................11
Who is this book for?................................................................................................................. 12
What is in this book?.................................................................................................................. 12
Where to get more help?........................................................................................................... 12 Help system.......................................................................................................................... 12 Free online support............................................................................................................... 12 Paid support and training...................................................................................................... 12
What you see may be different.................................................................................................. 13 Illustrations............................................................................................................................ 13 Icons..................................................................................................................................... 13
Using LibreOffice on a Mac........................................................................................................ 14
What are all these things called?............................................................................................... 14
Who wrote this book?................................................................................................................ 15
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................... 15
Frequently asked questions....................................................................................................... 16
What's new in LibreOffice 4.3?.................................................................................................. 16
Chapter 1 Introducing Draw..............................................................................................17
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 18
Draw workplace......................................................................................................................... 18 Workspace............................................................................................................................ 18 Page Pane............................................................................................................................ 19 Sidebar.................................................................................................................................. 19 Rulers.................................................................................................................................... 20 Status bar.............................................................................................................................. 21 Toolbars................................................................................................................................ 22 Floating and moving toolbars................................................................................................ 24
Choosing and defining colors..................................................................................................... 26
Grid, snap, and help lines.......................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes.....................................................................................29
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 30
Custom shapes.......................................................................................................................... 30
Drawing basic shapes................................................................................................................ 30 Straight lines......................................................................................................................... 31 Arrows................................................................................................................................... 34 Different types of lines and arrows........................................................................................ 34 Rectangles or squares.......................................................................................................... 35 Ellipses and circles................................................................................................................ 35 Adding arc and segment tools to the Drawing toolbar........................................................... 35 Arcs or segments.................................................................................................................. 37 Curves or polygons............................................................................................................... 38
Glue points and connectors....................................................................................................... 39 Glue points............................................................................................................................ 39
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Connectors............................................................................................................................ 40
Drawing geometric shapes........................................................................................................ 41 Basic shapes......................................................................................................................... 41 Symbol shapes...................................................................................................................... 41 Block arrows.......................................................................................................................... 41 Flowcharts............................................................................................................................. 42 Callouts................................................................................................................................. 42 Stars and banners................................................................................................................. 42
Adding text to drawings and objects.......................................................................................... 42
Chapter 3 Working with Objects and Object Points.......................................................43
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 44
Selecting objects........................................................................................................................ 44 Direct selection...................................................................................................................... 44 Selection by framing.............................................................................................................. 44 Selecting hidden objects....................................................................................................... 44 Arranging objects.................................................................................................................. 45
Positioning and adjusting objects............................................................................................... 45 Using zoom........................................................................................................................... 45 Moving and adjusting object size........................................................................................... 48 Rotating and slanting objects................................................................................................ 49 Setting exact size and position.............................................................................................. 50
Using grid and snap functions.................................................................................................... 54 Configuring grid and snap functions...................................................................................... 54 Snap to grid........................................................................................................................... 56 Snap points and lines............................................................................................................ 57
Using guide lines....................................................................................................................... 58
Changing form of regular shapes............................................................................................... 59 Basic shapes......................................................................................................................... 59 Symbol shapes...................................................................................................................... 59 Block arrows.......................................................................................................................... 59 Callouts................................................................................................................................. 59 Stars...................................................................................................................................... 60
Curves and polygons................................................................................................................. 60 B?zier curves........................................................................................................................ 60 Converting to curve or polygon..............................................................................................60 Edit Points toolbar................................................................................................................. 61 Tangents............................................................................................................................... 61 Points.................................................................................................................................... 63 Converting curves or lines..................................................................................................... 66 Splitting curves...................................................................................................................... 66 Closing curves....................................................................................................................... 67 Rotating and distorting curves............................................................................................... 67
Chapter 4 Changing Object Attributes.............................................................................69
Formatting lines......................................................................................................................... 70 Line and Filling toolbar.......................................................................................................... 70 Sidebar.................................................................................................................................. 71 Line dialog............................................................................................................................. 71 Line properties...................................................................................................................... 72 Line shadows........................................................................................................................ 73 Line styles............................................................................................................................. 74 Arrow styles........................................................................................................................... 75
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Formatting fill area..................................................................................................................... 76 Line and Filling toolbar.......................................................................................................... 77 Sidebar.................................................................................................................................. 78 Area dialog............................................................................................................................ 78
Creating new area fills............................................................................................................... 80 Creating custom colors.......................................................................................................... 80 Creating custom gradients.................................................................................................... 82 Creating custom hatching patterns........................................................................................ 85 Working with bitmap fills........................................................................................................ 87 Creating and importing bitmaps............................................................................................. 88 Formatting shadows.............................................................................................................. 90 Transparency formatting........................................................................................................ 90
Using styles............................................................................................................................... 91 Linked drawing object styles................................................................................................. 92 Creating drawing object styles...............................................................................................92 Modifying drawing object styles............................................................................................. 94 Updating from a selection...................................................................................................... 94 Applying drawing object styles.............................................................................................. 94 Deleting drawing object styles............................................................................................... 94
Applying special effects............................................................................................................. 95 Rotating objects.................................................................................................................... 95 Flipping objects..................................................................................................................... 97 Mirror copies......................................................................................................................... 98 Distorting images.................................................................................................................. 99 Dynamic gradients............................................................................................................... 101
Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects..........................................................................103
Grouping objects...................................................................................................................... 104 Temporary grouping............................................................................................................ 104 Grouping............................................................................................................................. 104 Ungrouping.......................................................................................................................... 104 Editing individual objects..................................................................................................... 105 Nesting groups.................................................................................................................... 105
Combining objects................................................................................................................... 105 Combining........................................................................................................................... 106 Splitting combined objects................................................................................................... 106 Breaking combined objects................................................................................................. 107 Connecting lines.................................................................................................................. 107
Merging, subtracting, or intersecting objects............................................................................ 107 Merge.................................................................................................................................. 108 Subtract............................................................................................................................... 108 Intersect.............................................................................................................................. 108 Practical example................................................................................................................ 108
Duplication and cross fading.................................................................................................... 109 Duplication.......................................................................................................................... 109 Cross fading......................................................................................................................... 111
Positioning objects................................................................................................................... 112 Arranging objects................................................................................................................. 112 Aligning objects................................................................................................................... 112 Distributing objects.............................................................................................................. 113
Chapter 6 Editing Pictures.............................................................................................. 115
Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 116
Importing graphics.................................................................................................................... 116
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