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Chapter 6: Creating Drawings with Draw

Drawing, Editing and Converting

Curves and Objects

With vector graphics in drawing and presentation documents, design not only ellipses and

rectangles, but also irregularly shaped curves forming open or closed figures. Both Impress

and Draw make it very easy to draw and edit even quite unusual figures.

Drawing Curves

1. The tools for drawing special shapes are found in the Curves floating toolbar indicated by

this icon on the Mail toolbar. Drag the floating toolbar away from the Main toolbar

into an empty drawing or presentation document.

2. Select the Curve icon. The cursor appears as a cross-hair symbol with an

accompanying symbol that indicates the new function.

3. Create a curve using the mouse.

a) The point where the mouse button is first clicked determines the starting point.

b) Move the mouse in the direction the curve should take from the starting point. The

point where the mouse button is released, defines this direction

c) Moving the mouse without holding the button down and the curve will follow the

movement of the mouse

d) Click where the second point of the curve should be.

By holding down the mouse button, the direction of the curve from the second point can

be defined to the next point (in the same manner as was done at the starting point), release

the mouse and move to the third point, click again and keep the mouse button pressed, and

so on.

But when the mouse button is released after clicking on the second point of the curve, and

another point in the slide is clicked, the second point will be defined as a corner point. At a

corner point, the curve abruptly changes direction, thus forming a corner. If there is a

point three defined as a corner point in this way, a straight section between points two and

three will appear.

When the Shift key is held down, directions are limited to multiples of 45 degrees. By

holding down the Alt key, the curve will be closed, and an additional curve can be drawn.

These can be combined with the first one to form a single object.

4. To end curve drawing, double-click the last point to be set then continue working with

other tools.

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