Connectors............................................................................................................................ 40
Drawing geometric shapes........................................................................................................ 41
Basic shapes......................................................................................................................... 41
Symbol shapes...................................................................................................................... 41
Block arrows.......................................................................................................................... 41
Flowcharts............................................................................................................................. 42
Callouts................................................................................................................................. 42
Stars and banners................................................................................................................. 42
Adding text to drawings and objects.......................................................................................... 42
Chapter 3 Working with Objects and Object Points.......................................................43
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 44
Selecting objects........................................................................................................................ 44
Direct selection...................................................................................................................... 44
Selection by framing.............................................................................................................. 44
Selecting hidden objects....................................................................................................... 44
Arranging objects.................................................................................................................. 45
Positioning and adjusting objects............................................................................................... 45
Using zoom........................................................................................................................... 45
Moving and adjusting object size........................................................................................... 48
Rotating and slanting objects................................................................................................ 49
Setting exact size and position.............................................................................................. 50
Using grid and snap functions.................................................................................................... 54
Configuring grid and snap functions...................................................................................... 54
Snap to grid........................................................................................................................... 56
Snap points and lines............................................................................................................ 57
Using guide lines....................................................................................................................... 58
Changing form of regular shapes............................................................................................... 59
Basic shapes......................................................................................................................... 59
Symbol shapes...................................................................................................................... 59
Block arrows.......................................................................................................................... 59
Callouts................................................................................................................................. 59
Stars...................................................................................................................................... 60
Curves and polygons................................................................................................................. 60
Bézier curves........................................................................................................................ 60
Converting to curve or polygon..............................................................................................60
Edit Points toolbar................................................................................................................. 61
Tangents............................................................................................................................... 61
Points.................................................................................................................................... 63
Converting curves or lines..................................................................................................... 66
Splitting curves...................................................................................................................... 66
Closing curves....................................................................................................................... 67
Rotating and distorting curves............................................................................................... 67
Chapter 4 Changing Object Attributes.............................................................................69
Formatting lines......................................................................................................................... 70
Line and Filling toolbar.......................................................................................................... 70
Sidebar.................................................................................................................................. 71
Line dialog............................................................................................................................. 71
Line properties...................................................................................................................... 72
Line shadows........................................................................................................................ 73
Line styles............................................................................................................................. 74
Arrow styles........................................................................................................................... 75
LibreOffice 4.3 Draw Guide 4
