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Copyright This document is Copyright © 2012–2020 by the LibreOffice Documentation Team. Contributors are listed below. You may distribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html), version 3 or later, or the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), version 4.0 or later. All trademarks within this guide belong to their legitimate owners. Contributors This book is adapted and updated from Draw Guide OpenOffice.org 3.3. Contributors To this edition Peter Schofield Claire Wood Regina Henschel To previous editions Martin Fox John Cleland Jean Hollis Weber John A Smith Peter Schofield Hazel Russman Michele Zarri T. Elliot Turner Low Song Chuan Ron Faile Jr. Feedback Please direct any comments or suggestions about this document to the Documentation Team’s mailing list: [email protected] Note: Everything sent to a mailing list, including your email address and any other personal information that is written in the message, is publicly archived and cannot be deleted. Publication date and software version Published June 2020. Based on LibreOffice 6.4. Documentation for LibreOffice is available at http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/ Contents Copyright.....................................................................................................................................2 Preface..................................................................................................................................6 Who is this book for?...................................................................................................................7 What is in this book?....................................................................................................................7 Where to get more help?.............................................................................................................7 What you see may be different....................................................................................................9 Using LibreOffice on macOS......................................................................................................10 What are all these things called?...............................................................................................10 Who wrote this book?.................................................................................................................11 Frequently asked questions.......................................................................................................11 What’s new in LibreOffice 6.4?..................................................................................................12 Chapter 1 Introducing Draw..............................................................................................13 Introduction................................................................................................................................14 Draw main window.....................................................................................................................14 Choosing and defining colors.....................................................................................................21 Grid, snap, and help lines..........................................................................................................23 Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes.....................................................................................24 Introduction................................................................................................................................25 Drawing basic shapes................................................................................................................25 Glue points and connectors.......................................................................................................34 Drawing geometric shapes........................................................................................................35 Adding text.................................................................................................................................37 Chapter 3 Working with Objects.......................................................................................38 Introduction................................................................................................................................39 Selecting objects........................................................................................................................39 Positioning and adjusting objects...............................................................................................40 Using grid and snap functions....................................................................................................50 Using Helplines..........................................................................................................................55 Changing form of regular shapes...............................................................................................56 Curves and polygons.................................................................................................................57 Chapter 4 Changing Object Attributes.............................................................................65 Formatting lines.........................................................................................................................66 Formatting fill areas...................................................................................................................73 Working with area fills................................................................................................................79 Using drawing object styles........................................................................................................92 Applying special effects.............................................................................................................96 Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects..........................................................................103 Grouping objects......................................................................................................................104 Combining objects...................................................................................................................106 Merging, subtracting, or intersecting objects............................................................................108 Duplication and cross fading....................................................................................................110 Draw Guide Version 6.4 | 3 Positioning objects...................................................................................................................113 Chapter 6 Editing Pictures..............................................................................................116 Introduction..............................................................................................................................117 Importing graphics....................................................................................................................117 Exporting graphics...................................................................................................................122 Formatting raster objects.........................................................................................................122 Cropping..................................................................................................................................125 Image filter toolbar...................................................................................................................128 Replacing colors......................................................................................................................133 Conversion...............................................................................................................................135 Print options.............................................................................................................................138 Chapter 7 Working with 3D Objects...............................................................................140 Introduction..............................................................................................................................141 3D object types........................................................................................................................141 Drawing toolbar........................................................................................................................142 Creating 3D objects.................................................................................................................144 Editing 3D objects....................................................................................................................147 Combining objects...................................................................................................................158 Assembling 3D objects............................................................................................................159 Chapter 8 Connections, Flowcharts, and Organization Charts..................................160 Introduction..............................................................................................................................161