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At step 2 a black crosshair with a circle
appears in the middle of the picture: this
represents the pivot point for the rotation.
Normally the center of the picture will be
just fine, but on some occasions you may
wish to rotate around a corner or even
around a point outside the picture; to do
that, click on the crosshair and drag it to
the desired position before applying the rotation, as shown in Figure
59.
To restrict the rotation angles to multiples of 15 degrees, press the
Shift key while rotating the graphic. This is very handy to rotate
pictures of right angles, for example from portrait to landscape or vice
versa.
Formatting using the Picture toolbar
When a picture is selected, the Picture toolbar (Figure 60) becomes
available. This toolbar provides a number of formatting options which
are described in this section. If the picture toolbar does not show when
an image is selected, display it by selecting View > Toolbars >
Picture from the menu bar.
Figure 60: The Picture toolbar
Applying filters
Use the left-most icon on the toolbar to apply various filters to the
selected picture. The best way to judge if a filter works for your picture
is to try it (step 4 of the following procedure explains how to undo). To
apply a filter:
1) Select the image so that the green handles around it show.
2) Click on the magic wand icon in the
Picture toolbar. The toolbar will expand to
show the icons in Figure 61.
3) Select the filter to apply. To show the name
of the filter, hover the mouse pointer over
the icon and wait for the tooltip to appear.
If not satisfied with the effect obtained, before
doing anything else click the Undo button or
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Figure 59: Shape showing
the red rotating handles.
Figure 61: The
graphic filters
available in Impress