Creating simple drawings
You can create 2D and 3D objects in Draw. This chapter shows how to draw simple
2D objects. The following chapters describe how to work with and edit such objects.
All shapes, whether they are lines, rectangles, or more complicated shapes, are
called objects. This is common notation in vector drawing software.
The drawing tools are found on the Drawing toolbar. Figures 19 and 32 show parts of
the standard form of the toolbar, as installed with Draw.
As described in Chapter 1 (Introducing Draw), the Drawing toolbar is normally
located at the bottom of the window. If you do not see it, you can activate it from the
View > Toolbars menu. As in all components of OpenOffice.org, you can place the
toolbar on the Draw window wherever you wish, and you can configure toolbars as
you wish by adding, moving, hiding, or deleting toolbar icons.
Custom shapes
Draw 3 offers the ability to create custom shapes. These correspond to autoshapes in
Microsoft Office.
The two types of shapes differ in their properties and are dealt with separately in the
relevant chapter of this guide. The main differences relate to the behavior of 3D
objects and text handling. Beginners can safely ignore both for the present.
Text frames in Draw 3 have their own geometric format.
Drawing basic shapes
Basic shapes include:
• Lines
• Arrows
• Rectangles and squares
• Ellipses and circles
• Curves and polygons
• Connectors
• Lines and arrows
Note
When you draw a basic shape or select one for editing, the Information
field in the status bar changes to reflect the action taken or in progress:
Line created, Text frame xxyy selected, TextEdit: Paragraph 1, Row 1,
Column 8 and so on.
Figure 19 shows part of the Drawing toolbar with the icons needed in the following
sections. The Text icon is also included.
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