Creating a basic object, such as a square or ellipse, is easy. Use the rectangle or ellipse icon in the toolbar on the left side of the work area. Toolbar navigation noteThe green arrows on each icon in the toolbar indicate that you can click on the icon, then click on the menu that appears, and "tear it off"the menu will remain in the work area. For example, the Rectangle icon has a tearoff menu containing eight shapes .
The icons on the toolbar won't always look the same, however. The last shape that you chose is the shape displayed in the toolbar. The first time you open Draw, the icon looks like this: But if you then draw an empty rounded-corner square, the next time you look for the rectangle icon on the toolbar, the icon will look like this: Note You can click an icon and use the tool once (for instance, to draw one rectangle) and then you need to click an icon again. Or you can double-click an icon and use the tool as many times as you want. Just double-click again in the work area when you're done using the tool. Drawing a Square, Rectangle, Circle, or Ellipse
Rounding the Corners of an Existing Rectangle or Square
Drawing an Arc or Filled SegmentYou can draw an arc or a filled segment with the ellipse.
Quickly Applying Object AttributesNote To select attributes that will be applied to successive objects instead of a current object, first be sure no objects are selected, then follow the steps in this procedure.
Applying Attributes Using the Area Window
Note Your computer or printer might not be able to handle gradients. If your system grinds to a halt and never actually prints anything, or if you end up with only 1 or 2 color changes instead of the number you entered in the Automatic field, gradients have proved too much for your system. You can also try the Reduce Gradients option: choose Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Print. Figure 29-8. Selecting a gradient
Figure 29-9. Selecting a hatch
Figure 29-10. Selecting a bitmap and bitmap options
Note Unmark both Tile and AutoFit to see the bitmap as it is stored on your system, without any effects. Figure 29-11 illustrates the effects of offset. Figure 29-11. Offset for columns and rows
Figure 29-12. Selecting a shadow
|