/text/shared/guide/insert_graphic_drawit.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. converted from old format - fpe text; drawing pictures inserting; drawings pictures; drawing objects; copying when moving in presentations draw objects; adding and editing circles; drawing squares; drawing handles; scaling scaling; objects objects; scaling changing; object sizes objects; moving by drag and drop copying; draw objects draw objects; copying editing;draw objects adding;draw objects Drawing Graphics With the Draw Functions Choose View - Toolbars - Drawing to open the Drawing toolbar, if it is not already open. Drawing objects can be subsequently edited and modified. Drawing objects created in this way are vector graphics, which you can scale freely without any loss of quality. To create a rectangle, click the rectangle icon and move your cursor to the place in the document where you want one corner of the rectangle to be. Press the mouse button and hold it down while dragging to the opposite corner of the rectangle. When you release the mouse button, the rectangle is inserted in the document. It is selected, and you can edit its properties through the context menu. To draw multiple objects of the same type, double-click the icon. To draw multiple objects of the same type, double-click the icon. Draw multiple objects of the same type. Click the document without moving the mouse to stop drawing objects. If you want to open up draw objects from the center instead of dragging from one corner to the other, hold down the Option Alt key while dragging. With some window managers, you may need to hold down also the meta key. Holding down the Shift key while dragging limits the created object. For example, instead of a rectangle with sides of different length, you obtain a square. To scale the objects, first select them by clicking on them with the selection tool. You then see eight handles around the object. When you drag one of the four corner handles, the opposite corner remains fixed while the other three corners move. When you drag one of the side handles, the opposite side remains fixed. To move draw objects, first select them. To select ,more than one object, press the Shift key while clicking. Select text objects by clicking exactly on their edge. While holding down the mouse button, drag the objects to the new location. If you hold down Shift while dragging, the objects can only be positioned in places compatible with the page margins and the other objects on the page. Hold down the Command key Ctrl while dragging the draw object to copy the object. To revert to normal text mode after creating and editing draw objects, click in an area of the document containing no draw or other objects. If you see a drawing cursor, first exit this mode by clicking the Select icon.

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