Drawing a Rectangle or Square

Getting Started with OpenOffice 4

Chapter 6: Getting Started with Draw

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• What is Draw?
• Parts of the main Draw window
• Choosing and defining colors
• Positioning objects with Snap functions
• Positioning objects with guiding lines
• The basic drawing shapes
  • Drawing a straight line
  • Drawing an arrow
  • Choosing line endings
  • Drawing a rectangle or square
  • Drawing a circle or ellipse
  • Drawing curves
  • Writing text
  • Gluepoints and connectors
• Drawing geometric shapes
• Selecting objects
• Moving and dynamically adjusting an object’s size
• Editing objects
• Using styles
• Special effects
• Combining multiple objects
• Aids for positioning objects
• Inserting and editing pictures
• Working with 3D objects
• Exporting graphics
• Adding comments to a drawing

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Drawing a Rectangle or Square

Drawing a rectangle is similar to drawing a straight line, except that you click on the Rectangle icon and the (imaginary) line drawn by the mouse corresponds to a diagonal of the rectangle. The rectangle changes shape as you drag the mouse around.

Figure 147: Drawing a rectangle

Hold down the  ⇧ Shift  key to draw a square. Hold down the  Alt  key to draw a rectangle starting from its center. To combine the effects, hold down both the  ⇧ Shift  and  Alt  keys simultaneously.