Operation Manual

Choosing line endings
Several types of line endings (arrows, circles, squares, and others) are available in Draw. Click on
the small triangle to the right of the Lines and Arrows icon on the Drawing toolbar to open a
tool palette containing tools for drawing lines and arrows. Alternatively, go to View > Toolbars >
Arrows to open the Arrows toolbar as a floating toolbar (Figure 166). The icon for the tool used
most recently will be shown on the Drawing toolbar to make it easier to use the same tool again.
After drawing the line, you can change the arrow style by clicking on the Arrowheads icon in
the Line and Filling toolbar and select the arrow start and end options.
Figure 166: Arrows toolbar and available tools
Drawing rectangles or squares
Drawing a rectangle is similar to drawing a straight line. Click on the Rectangle icon in the
Drawing toolbar. As you draw the rectangle with the mouse cursor, the rectangle appears with the
bottom right corner of the rectangle attached to the cursor.
Squares are rectangles with all sides of equal length. To draw a square, click on the Rectangle
icon and hold down the Shift key whilst you draw a square.
Note
If the option When creating or moving objects has been selected in Tools >
Options > LibreOffice Draw > General, the action of the Shift key is reversed.
When the Rectangle tool is selected, a square is drawn. To draw a rectangle, you
have to press the Shift key when drawing. This Shift key reversal also applies when
drawing ellipses and circles.
To draw a rectangle or square from its center rather than the bottom right corner, position your
cursor on the drawing, press the mouse button and then hold down the Alt key while dragging with
the cursor. The rectangle or square uses the start point (where you first clicked the mouse button)
as the center.
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