Drawing Geometric Shapes

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Draw Guide

Chapter 2: Drawing Basic Shapes

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• Creating Simple Drawings
• Drawing Basic Shapes
  • Drawing a Straight Line
  • Drawing an Arrow
  • Drawing Lines and Arrows
  • Drawing a Rectangle or Square
  • Drawing Ellipses (Ovals) and Circles
  • Adding Ellipse and Arc Tools to the Drawing Toolbar
  • Curves
• Gluepoints and Connectors (Basics)
  • Gluepoints
  • Connectors
• Drawing Geometric Shapes
  • Basic Shapes
  • Symbol Shapes
  • Block Arrows
  • Flowcharts
  • Callouts
  • Stars and Banners
• Adding Text to Objects
  • Using Dynamic Text Frames
  • Using Text Elements in Draw Objects

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Drawing Geometric Shapes

Geometric shapes include:

• Basic shapes
• Symbol shapes
• Block arrows
• Flowcharts
• Callouts
• Stars

If you select shapes for editing, the information field in the toolbar shows the type of shape selected and, if multiple objects are selected, the total number.

Figure 35 shows the icons referenced in the following sections. Clicking on the arrow next to the icon opens a floating toolbar with the relevant work tools.

Figure 35: Part of the main Drawing toolbar

The use of all these tools is similar to that of the Rectangle tool, even though they produce different geometric shapes.