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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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Distributing the Distance and Space Between Objects

Select at least three objects. Then you'll be able to select the Distribution option from the Modify menu or from the right-click menu. The Distribution dialog (Figure 117) contains several options, which are described below.

Figure 117: Distribution of spacing between objects

Horizontal distribution

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None. Does not distribute the objects horizontally.

Left. The left edges of the objects are evenly spaced from one another.

Center. The horizontal centers of the objects are evenly spaced from one another.

Spacing. The horizontal spacing between the objects is evenly distributed.

Right. The right edges of the objects are evenly spaced from one another.

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Vertical distribution

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None. Does not distribute the objects vertically.

Top. The top edges of the objects are evenly spaced from one another.

Center. The vertical centers of the objects are evenly spaced from one another.

Spacing. The vertical spacing between the objects is evenly distributed.

Bottom. The bottom edges of the objects are evenly spaced from one another.

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Figure 118 shows four objects before horizontal spacing distribution.

Figure 118: Before distribution

The result of the selections made in Figure 117 is shown in Figure 119.

Figure 119: After distribution: change to equal horizontal spacing, no vertical change