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OpenOffice has its ain suite of software that matches the versatility and strength of MS Part and, being open source, it is free. Read this commodity to learn how to draw basic shapes using OpenOffice Draw. You tin draw both 2D and 3D images in Draw.

  • This tutorial was written about OpenOffice version 2, just well-nigh, if non all, should apply to version 3.

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    Become familiar with the Drawing tool bar. The Drawing toolbar is normally located at the bottom of the window. If you exercise not meet it, activate information technology from the View > Toolbars menu. Equally in all OpenOffice components, you can place the toolbar on the Describe window wherever you wish.

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    Learn about the custom shapes in Draw, below are the basic shapes.

    • Lines Lines
    • Arrows Arrows
    • Rectangles and Squares Rectangles and squares
    • Ellipses and Circles Ellipses and circles
    • Curves and Polygons Curves and polygons
    • Gluepoints and Connectors Gluepoints and Connectors
    • Geometric Shapes Geometric Shapes and Arrows
    • Annotation: If you depict a basic shape or select 1 for editing, the Info field in the status bar changes to reverberate the action taken: Line created, Text frame xxyy selected, and then on.

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    Get the tools for drawing flowcharts past clicking on the icon.

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    Utilise callouts past clicking on this icon . It open up the Callouts toolbar.

    • Note: These new callouts replace the former ones in Version one. If you lot however need the old ones, yous tin can add together them manually to this or some other toolbar.

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    Access the Stars and banners by clicking on this icon.

    • You lot tin can add text to all these shapes.

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    Know that there are two means to add text to a drawing; A dynamic text frame equally an independent Draw object or as text in a previously drawn object. In the latter case the text is integrated with the object.

    • Use dynamic text frames

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    The text tool is activated by clicking on the icon Text for horizontal or for vertical script

    • (to be able use this latter option you must activate support for Asian languages nether Tools > Options > Linguistic communication Settings > Languages).
    • Text frames can exist moved and rotated like all depict objects.

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    Later on activating the Text command manner, click at the location where yous desire to position the text. A small text frame appears. It contains only the cursor. You can move the frame if desired. The Text Formatting toolbar appears and you can choose the font type, font size and other text properties and begin to type in your text.

    • The text frame grows with the text. You tin can insert a line break with the Shift+Enter key combination.
    • The Enter key begins a new paragraph. Neither line breaks nor new paragraphs terminate the text frame.

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    Discover the data field in the status bar: it shows that you are editing text and also provides details near the current cursor location - paragraph, line, and cavalcade numbers.

    • Text properties tin can likewise be changed during text input. Any changes volition be reflected from the cursor position onwards.

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    Later choosing the Text icon, y'all tin also draw a frame with the mouse to contain future text. Line breaks are inserted automatically at the right edge of the frame when the text fills the frame width. You tin notwithstanding—just like when editing other text—insert your own line breaks, begin new paragraphs or change whatever of the text backdrop.

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    Be enlightened that a text chemical element is associated with well-nigh Draw objects. By means of these elements text tin can be added to an object.

    • The exceptions to this are control elements like buttons or listing boxes, also as 3D scenes and their associated elements and groups.

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    In the eye of the Draw object you will run across a black bar as the text cursor; start typing to input text. The status bar shows at lower left "Text Edit" and the position of the cursor within the text.

    • Text can contain paragraphs and these can be in the class of bulleted or numbered lists. For a new line without outset a new paragraph, use (as in text documents) the key combination Shift+Enter. To end the text input, click next to the object or press the Esc key.

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  • The effect of the Ctrl key depends on the settings of the option Snap to Grid on the View > Grid card:

    • Snap to Grid on: Ctrl deactivates the snap option for this activity.
    • Snap to Grid off: Ctrl activates the snap option for this activity.

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