Getting Started Guide

• Load, Save, and Select icons.
• Tools for drawing a hotspot shape: these tools work in exactly the same way as
the corresponding tools in the Drawing toolbar.
• Edit, Move, Insert, Delete Points: advanced editing tools to manipulate the
shape of a polygon hotspot. Choose the Edit Points tool to activate the other
tools.
• Active icon: toggles the status of a selected hotspot between active and
inactive.
• Macro: associates a macro with the hotspot instead of just associating an
hyperlink.
• Properties: sets the hyperlink properties and adds the Name attribute to the
hyperlink.
Below the toolbar, specify for the selected hotspot:
• Address: the address pointed by the hyperlink. You can also point to an anchor
in a document; to do this, write the address in this format:
file:///<path>/document_name#anchor_name
• Text: type the text that you want to be displayed when the mouse pointer is
moved over the hotspot.
• Frame: where the target of the hyperlink will open: pick among _blank (opens
in a new browser window), _self (opens in the active browser window), _top or
_parent.
Tip
The value _self for the target frame will work just fine in the vast majority
of occasions. It is therefore not recommended to use the other choices
unless absolutely necessary.
Using OOo’s drawing tools
You can use Ooo’s drawing tools to create graphics such as simple diagrams using
rectangles, circles, lines, text, and other predefined shapes. You can also group
several drawing objects to make sure they maintain their relative position and
proportion.
You can place the drawing objects directly on a page in your document, or you can
insert them into a frame.
You can also use the drawing tools to annotate photographs, screen captures, or
other illustrations produced by other programs, but this is not recommended
because:
• You cannot include images in a group with drawing objects, so they may get
out of alignment in your document.
• If you convert a document to another format, such as HTML, the drawing
objects and the graphics will not remain associated; they are saved separately.
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.
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