Using Fontwork

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Impress Guide

Chapter 5: Managing Graphic Objects

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• Introduction
• Creating Lines and Shapes
• Grouping Shapes Together
• Moving Graphic Objects
• Resizing Graphic Objects
• Applying Special Effects
  • Rotating Graphic Objects
  • Flip an Object
  • Mirror Copies
  • Distorting an Image
    • Distort an Object
    • Set in Circle (Perspective)
    • Set in Circle (Slant)
• Aligning Shapes
• Snapping Objects to Grid or Snap Guides
  • Using the Grid
  • Using Snap Guides
• Arranging Shapes
• Working with Connectors
  • Managing Glue Points
• Working with 3D Shapes
• Converting an Object to a Different Type
• Setting up Interaction with a Shape
• Animating Images
  • Creating an Animation
    • Frame-by-Frame Animation
    • Animated Image in One Step
  • Other functions of the Animator
• Using Fontwork
  • Using the Fontwork Toolbar
  • Modifying Fontwork Text as a Shape

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Using Fontwork

Use Fontwork to obtain special text effects. For more about this topic, see Chapter 10 (Graphics, the Gallery, and Fontwork) in the Getting Started guide.

To start using Fontwork:

1. Open the Fontwork Gallery by clicking the icon on the Drawing toolbar (see Figure 68) or on the Fontwork toolbar (see Figure 86). If the Drawing toolbar is not showing, you can go directly to the Fontwork toolbar by selecting View → Toolbars → Fontwork from the main menu bar.
2. Select the preferred style from the Fontwork Gallery (Figure 84) and click  OK . You can modify it later, so pick one that provides an effect similar to the desired one. The text Fontwork in the selected style appears on the slide.

Figure 84: The Fontwork gallery

3. Double-click the object to edit the Fontwork text. Type your own text in place of the black Fontwork that appears over the object (Figure 85).
4. Press the  Esc  key or click outside the area with the green resizing handles to exit.

Now that the Fontwork object is created, you can edit some of its attributes. To do this, you can use the Fontwork toolbar or other options as described in the next section.

Figure 85. Editing Fontwork text