Toolbars and the Sidebar

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Draw Guide

Chapter 1: Introducing Draw

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• Introduction
• The Draw Workplace
• Rulers
• Status Bar
• Toolbars and the Sidebar
  • Standard Toolbar
  • Drawing Tools
  • Line and Filling Tools
  • Text Formatting Toolbar
  • Color Bar
    • Choosing a color palette
  • Options Toolbar
• Drawing Grid and Guides
• Floating and Moving Toolbars
  • Customizing Toolbars
• Quick Printing
• Controlling Printing
  • Selecting General Printing Options
  • Printing Multiple Pages on a Single Sheet of Paper
  • Selecting Pages to Print
  • Printing a Brochure
  • Printing in Black and White (on a Color Printer)
• Exporting to PDF
  • Quick Export to PDF
  • Controlling PDF Content and Quality
• Exporting to Other Formats
• Exporting Draw Documents as Web Pages
• E-mailing Documents

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Toolbars and the Sidebar

The tools for drawing, positioning, and adjusting the properties of objects are on several toolbars, and many are also available on the Sidebar. Which toolbars you display is a matter of preference and will depend on the particular task and the room available on your screen. Some of the most common tools are briefly described in this section.

You can display or hide the various toolbars as needed. To display or hide a toolbar, click View → Toolbars. On the menu that appears, choose which toolbars you want to display.

You can also select the icons that you wish to appear on the toolbars, as illustrated in Figure 6. To change the visible icons on any toolbar, click the arrow at the right-hand end of that toolbar and choose Visible Buttons from the drop-down menu. Visible icons are indicated by an outline around the icon. Click on icons to hide or show them on the toolbar.

Figure 6: Selection of visible toolbar icons

The view of the Sidebar is toggled with the menu View → Sidebar. The tools in this section are found on the Properties deck, and their content depends on the kind of object that is selected in the drawing area.