Formatting Objects

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Impress Guide

Chapter 6: Formatting Graphic Objects

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• Formatting Objects
• Formatting Lines
  • General Line Settings
  • Creating Line Styles
  • Creating Arrow Styles
  • Line Shadow
• Formatting the Fill Area
  • Uniform Color
  • Fill with a Gradient
  • Fill with a Line Pattern (Hatching)
  • Fill with an Image
  • Using the Area Dialog
• Creating New Area Fills
  • Adding Custom Colors
  • Creating Gradients
  • Creating Hatching Patterns
  • Working with Bitmap Fills
    • Creating and Importing Bitmaps
  • Formatting Shadows
  • Transparency Formatting
  • Advanced Gradient Controls
• Formatting Text
  • Text Animation
• Formatting Connectors
• Working with Graphics Styles
  • Linked Graphic Styles
  • Creating Graphics Styles
    • Creating a New Graphic Style Using the Style Dialog
    • Creating a New Graphics Style from a Selection
  • Modifying a Graphics Style
    • Updating a Graphic Style from a Selection
  • Applying Graphics Styles
  • Deleting Graphics Styles
  • Assigning Styles to Shortcut Keys

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Formatting Objects

This chapter describes how to format graphic objects created with available drawing tools.

The format of each graphic object, in addition to its size, rotation, and position on the slide, is determined by several attributes that define the line, text, and area fill of each object. These attributes, among others, also contribute to a graphics style. Although this chapter concentrates on the manual formatting of objects, it also shows how to create, apply, modify, and delete graphics styles. If your presentation requires a consistent appearance for its graphic objects, applying graphics styles can save time and prevent errors.