LibreOffice 3.4 Draw Guide Drawing Vector Graphics in LibreOffice Copyright This document is Copyright © 2012 by its contributors as 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/3.0/), version 3.0 or later. All trademarks in this guide belong to their legitimate owners. Contributors Martin Fox John Cleland Jean Hollis Weber John A Smith Feedback Please direct any comments or suggestions about this document to: [email protected] Acknowledgments This book is based on and updated from OpenOffice.org 3.3 Draw Guide. The contributors to that book are: Agnes Belzunce Daniel Carrera Martin Fox Thomas Hackert Regina Henschel Peter Hillier-Brook Jared Kobos Hazel Russman Gary Schnabl Bernd Schukat Wolfgang Uhlig Jean Hollis Weber Claire Wood Linda Worthington Publication date and software version Published 10 May 2012. Based on LbreOffice 3.4.6. Documentation for LibreOffice is available at http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation Contents Copyright..................................................................................................................................... 2 Note for Mac users...................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1 Introducing Draw..................................................................................................................7 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 8 The Draw workplace.................................................................................................................... 8 Status bar.................................................................................................................................. 10 Toolbars..................................................................................................................................... 11 Drawing grid and guides............................................................................................................ 14 Floating and moving toolbars..................................................................................................... 14 Quick printing............................................................................................................................. 16 Controlling printing..................................................................................................................... 16 Exporting to PDF....................................................................................................................... 20 Exporting to other formats.......................................................................................................... 21 Exporting Draw documents as web pages................................................................................. 21 E-mailing documents................................................................................................................. 21 Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes...................................................................................................... 23 Creating simple drawings...........................................................................................................24 Custom shapes.......................................................................................................................... 24 Drawing basic shapes................................................................................................................ 24 Gluepoints and connectors (basics)........................................................................................... 31 Drawing geometric shapes........................................................................................................ 32 Adding text to objects.................................................................................................................34 Chapter 3 Working with Objects and Object Points........................................................................ 37 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 1 Moving and dynamically adjusting an object’s size...................................................................... 3 Rotating and shearing an object using the mouse....................................................................... 5 Setting size and position exactly.................................................................................................. 7 Editing object points..................................................................................................................... 9 Another way to change the form of basic shapes.......................................................................10 How curves work....................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 4 Changing Object Attributes.............................................................................................. 17 Toolbars and menus.................................................................................................................. 18 Editing lines and borders........................................................................................................... 19 Editing the inside (fill) of an object............................................................................................. 25 Using styles............................................................................................................................... 33 Special effects........................................................................................................................... 34 Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects............................................................................................. 39 LibreOffice 3.4 Draw Guide 3 Introduction: grouping and combining objects............................................................................ 40 Grouping objects........................................................................................................................ 40 Combining objects..................................................................................................................... 41 Merging, subtracting, or intersecting shapes..............................................................................42 Aids for positioning objects........................................................................................................ 44 Chapter 6 Editing Pictures (Raster Graphics).................................................................................. 49 Introduction................................................................................................................................ 50 Importing raster and vector graphics..........................................................................................50 Exporting graphics..................................................................................................................... 53 Modifying raster object properties.............................................................................................. 55 The picture (editing) toolbar....................................................................................................... 55 Cropping.................................................................................................................................... 57 The graphic filter toolbar............................................................................................................ 58 Changing colors using the Color Replacer................................................................................. 61 Conversion................................................................................................................................ 64 Print options with raster graphics............................................................................................... 69 Chapter 7 Working with 3D Objects...................................................................................................71 Creating 3D objects................................................................................................................... 72 Editing 3D objects...................................................................................................................... 76 Combining objects in 3D scenes................................................................................................ 93 Chapter 8 Tips and Tricks................................................................................................................... 97 Positioning objects with zoom.................................................................................................... 98 Positioning objects with snap functions...................................................................................... 99 Drawing to scale...................................................................................................................... 105 Splitting drawings on multiple layers.......................................................................................