Operation Manual

Drawing toolbar
The Drawing toolbar is the most important toolbar in Draw. It contains all the necessary functions
for drawing various geometric and freehand shapes and for organizing them on the page.
Figure 157: Drawing toolbar
Line and Filling toolbar
The Line and Filling toolbar lets you modify the main properties of a drawing object. The icons
and pull-down lists vary, according to the type of object selected. For example, to change the style
of a line, click on the up and down arrows for Line Style and select the required style.
Figure 158: Line and Filling toolbar
Text Formatting toolbar
If the selected object is text, the Line and Filling toolbar changes to the Text Formatting toolbar,
which is similar to the Formatting toolbar in Writer. For more information, see Chapter 4 Getting
Started with Writer in this guide.
Figure 159: Text Formatting toolbar
Options toolbar
Use the Options toolbar to activate or deactivate various drawing aids. The Options toolbar is not
one of the toolbars displayed by default. To display the Options toolbar, select View > Toolbars >
Options.
Figure 160: Options toolbar
Choosing and defining colors
To display the Color bar, select View > Toolbars > Color Bar. The toolbar appears at the bottom
of the workspace and displays the current color palette. This toolbar lets you rapidly choose the
color of the various objects (lines, areas, and 3D effects). The first box in the panel corresponds to
invisible (no color).
Figure 161: Color bar
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