Operation Manual

The Extension Manager (Figure 244) provides an easy way to install collections of templates that
have been packaged as extensions. For more about the Extension Manager, see the Getting
Started Guide.
1) Download the extension package (.OXT file) and save it anywhere on your computer. You
can find several templates at http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center that have been
developed for use with LibreOffice.
2) Go to Tools > Extension Manager on the main menu bar to open the Extension Manager
dialog (Figure 244).
3) Click Add to open a file browser window.
4) Find and select the template package you want to install and click Open. The package
begins installing. You may be asked to accept a license agreement.
5) When the package installation is complete, the templates are available for use through File
> New > Templates and the extension is listed in the Extension Manager.
Exporting templates
To export a template from a template folder to another location:
1) Go to File > New > Templates on the main menu bar to open the Template Management
dialog.
2) Select the Drawings tab to open the tab for drawings (Figure 243).
3) Navigate to the template that you want to export and then select it.
4) Click the Export icon and a standard file browser dialog opens.
5) Navigate to the folder into which you want to export the template and click OK.
Multiple layers
Layers in LibreOffice Draw allow you to assemble elements on a drawing page that are related.
Think of layers as individual workspaces that you can hide from view, hide from printing, or lock.
Any layers that do not contain any objects are transparent.
Layers do not determine the stacking order of objects on your drawing page, except for the
Controls layer which is always in front of all other layers. The stacking order of objects on your
drawing page is determined by the sequence in which you add the objects. You can rearrange the
stacking order by going to Modify > Arrange on the main menu bar.
Note
You can lock a layer to protect its contents, or hide a layer and its contents from
view or from printing. When you add a new layer, the layer is added to all of the
pages in your drawing. However, when you add an object to a layer, it is only
added to the current drawing page.
If you want the object to appear on all of the pages (for example, a company logo),
add the object to the master page by going to View > Master. To return to your
drawing, go to View > Normal.
Default layers
LibreOffice Draw provides three default layers and these default layers cannot be deleted or
renamed.
• Layout – is the default workspace and determines the location of title, text and object
placeholders on your drawing page.
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