Resizing Graphic Objects

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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Resizing Graphic Objects

1. Click the graphic object to show the green resizing handles.
2. Position the pointer over one of the green resizing handles. The pointer changes shape, giving a graphical representation of the direction of the resizing.
3. Click and drag to resize the graphic object.
4. Release the mouse button to complete resizing.

The corner handles resize both the width and the height of the graphic object simultaneously, while the other four handles resize only one dimension at a time.

To retain the original proportions of the graphic,  ⇧ Shift  +  click  one of the corner handles, then drag. Be sure to release the mouse button before releasing the  ⇧ Shift  key.

For more accurate resizing of the graphic object, use the Position and Size dialog (Figure 70). Select as the base point the part of the graphic object that you would like to anchor to the page. The default setting (top-left corner) means that when resizing, the position of the top left corner of the object will not change. Now modify either the Width value or the Height value of the object. To maintain proportions between width and height, select the Keep ratio option before modifying any value. When Keep ratio is selected, changes to one of the dimensions result in automatic changes to the other.

To prevent accidental modifications of the size, make sure that the Size option is selected in the Protect section in the bottom left part of the dialog.