Creating Simple Drawings

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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Creating Simple Drawings

Draw can create 2D and 3D objects. This chapter shows how to draw simple 2D objects; the following chapters describe working with and editing such objects.

All shapes, whether they are lines, rectangles, or more complex shapes, are called objects, a common term in software.

The drawing tools are found on the Drawing toolbar and on the Properties deck of the Sidebar. Figures 22 and 35 show the icons common to the toolbar and the Sidebar. Additional icons will also be on the toolbar as installed with Draw.

As described in Chapter 1 (Introducing Draw), the Drawing toolbar is normally located at the bottom of the window, and the Sidebar is at the right edge. If you do not see them, you can activate them from the View → Toolbars and View → Sidebar menu. As in all components of OpenOffice, you can place the toolbar and Sidebar on the Draw window wherever you wish. Additionally, you can customize the toolbar by adding, moving, hiding, or removing toolbar icons.