Writer Guide

In general, if you need to create complex drawings, it is recommended
to use OpenOffice.org Draw, which includes many more features such
as layers, styles, and so on.
Creating drawing objects
To begin using the drawing tools, display the Drawing toolbar (Figure
257), by clicking View > Toolbars > Drawing.
If you are planning to use the drawing tools repeatedly, you can tear off
this toolbar and move it to a convenient place on the window.
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Select 5Freeform Line
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Symbol Shapes 13Stars
2Line 6Text 10Block arrows 14Points
3Rectangle 7Callouts 11Flowcharts 15Fontwork Gallery
4Ellipse 8Basic Shapes 12Callouts 16From File
17Extrusion On/Off
Figure 257. The Drawing toolbar
To use a drawing tool:
1) Click in the document where you want the drawing to be
anchored. You can change the anchor later, if necessary.
2) Select the tool from the Drawing toolbar (Figure 257). The mouse
pointer changes to a drawing-functions pointer .
3) Move the cross-hair pointer to the place in the document where
you want the graphic to appear and then click-and-drag to create
the drawing object. Release the mouse button. The selected
drawing function remains active, so you can draw another object
of the same type.
4) To cancel the selected drawing function, press the Esc key or
click on the Select icon (the arrow) on the Drawing toolbar.
5) You can now change the properties (fill color, line type and
weight, anchoring, and others) of the drawing object using either
the Drawing Object Properties toolbar (Figure 258) or the choices
and dialog boxes reached by right-clicking on the drawing object.
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