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Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Draw Guide

Combining Multiple Objects

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• Introduction: Grouping and Combining Objects
• Grouping Objects
  • Grouping by Common Selection
  • Maintaining Groups and Undoing Groups
  • Editing Individual Objects in a Group
  • Nesting Groups
• Combining Objects
  • Connecting Lines
• Merging, Subtracting, or Intersecting Shapes
  • Merge
  • Subtract
  • Intersect
  • Practical Example
• Aids for Positioning Objects
  • Moving an Object to the Front or to the Back
  • Aligning Objects
  • Distributing the Distance and Space Between Objects

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Aligning Objects

Select two objects and long-click the Alignment icon on the Drawing toolbar to open the Align toolbar (Figure 116). This toolbar can be torn off and made to float. The tools help you position objects with respect to each other.

Figure 116: The floating Align toolbar

Align left.
Center horizontally.
Align right.
Align top.
Center vertically.
Align bottom.

If you have selected only one object, clicking the various buttons on the Align toolbar positions the object in relation to the drawing page.