Rotating and Flipping Objects

For advanced object manipulation, and to create modified rotated copies of objects, see Making Exact and Modified Copies on page 815, Distorting and Curving Text and Objects With the Effects Tools on page 817, and Morphing One Object Into Another Using Cross-Fading on page 822.

Flipping Objects

If you're drawing an image that is the same (a mirror image) on the right and left, you can cut your work in half by creating and copying one side, then flipping the copy. A drawing of a face, some computers, or the front view of a ship could all be done this way.

  1. Select an object or objects.

  2. Click the Effects icon in the toolbar on the left side of the work area, and select the Flip icon.

    graphics/29inf25.jpg

  3. The flip axis will appear; move it to the right or left, or rotate it to make it horizontal.

  4. Right-click and choose Flip > Vertical or Flip > Horizontal.

Rotating Objects Manually

  1. Select an object or objects.

  2. Click the Effects icon in the toolbar on the left side of the work area, and select the Rotate icon.

    graphics/29inf26.jpg

  3. The rotate icon will appear in the center of the object; reposition it if you want to rotate around a different point, as shown in Figure 29-26.

    Figure 29-26. Putting an object in rotate mode and moving the rotation point

    graphics/29fig26.jpg

  4. Click one of the corner handles and rotate the object. As shown in Figure 29-26, a dotted frame will show the rotation that you will get, as you rotate, when you release them mouse button.

Figure 29-27. Rotating an object

graphics/29fig27.jpg

Rotating Objects Using the Position and Size Window

  1. Select an object or objects.

  2. Choose Format > Position and Size, or right-click the object and choose Position and Size, then choose the Rotation tab. The window is shown in Figure 29-28.

    Figure 29-28. Rotating using the Position and Size window

    graphics/29fig28.jpg

  3. Select a rotation point.

  4. Enter a rotation angle.

  5. Click OK to rotate the object.



OpenOffice. org 1.0 Resource Kit
OpenOffice.Org 1.0 Resource Kit
ISBN: 0131407457
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 407

flylib.com © 2008-2017.
If you may any questions please contact us: flylib@qtcs.net