
Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer
Open the Show Draw Functions floating toolbar on the Standard toolbar.
On the Draw Functions toolbar, click on the Text icon. The mouse pointer
changes to a '+' which indicates that a text frame may defined and opened.
Open up a text frame, release the mouse button and type in any text.
Click on the edge of the text frame. Now see the Draw Object Bar, which
contains the Object Rotation Mode icon. appears. Click on it.
Now, if one clicks on one of the handles in the corners of the text frame and
drag the mouse, the whole text frame turns with the text.
From the context menu of the Text Frame, a user can start the Position and Size dialogue by
selecting the Rotation tab. This allows the precise angle of rotation to be defined
numerically.
Defining Borders
Borders of pages, paragraphs, tables and other objects can be defined in two places:
• Choose Format > (object name) > Borders where <object name> is page or
paragraph.
• In tables, use the Borders floating toolbar on the object bar.
Choose Format from the menu bar, Borders tab page
To set a border, select Format > Page > Borders or Format > Paragraph > Borders which
opens the following dialogue:
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