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Insert Slide

This command inserts a new slide into your presentation document. When you do this, a dialog appears from which you can select the page layout.

Drawing Shortcut Keys

This section contains a list of the shortcut keys that are specifically used in drawing documents.

Drawing Function Keys

Drawing Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Keys Specific to Drawings

Contents of the StarOffice Draw Help

StarOffice Draw is the program used for creating drawings. The individual topics of the StarOffice help for drawings is contained below. Help regarding how to use the Help function can be found by clicking on this hyperlink.

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Menus

This section contains a description of all menus, sub menus and the dialogs that can be called up in this function.

File

This menu covers those commands that refer to the document as a whole. For example, you can create a new document, open, close, print an existing one, enter document properties and much more. If you wish to end your work in StarOffice Impress then simply click on the command Exit.

Open...

Save As...

Export...

Versions...

Properties...

Print...

Printer Setup...

Edit

The Edit menu contains the commands that are used to undo the last action, to copy and paste using the clipboard and for calling up the Find & Replace function. Commands for deleting slides and layers can also be found here.

Paste Special...

Find & Replace...

Duplicate...

Cross-fading...

Fields...

Delete Slide...

Delete Layer...

Links...

Image Map

View

This menu encompasses those commands that are used to create drawings and determine how the contents are to be shown on the screen. Determine which icon bars are to be shown or which zoom factor is to be used to view a document, so that it can be edited on the whole of the screen, for example.

Zoom...

Beamer

Insert

Those commands that are used for inserting new elements into the drawing are covered by this menu. These commands cover such things as grid lines, scans, graphics, objects, icons and other files.

Slide

Layer...

Grid Point/Line...

Special Character...

Spreadsheet

Chart...

Floating Frame...

File...

Format

The commands for formatting the objects and slides is contained here. If an object has been selected then the menu changes so that special format commands are available. You can also find the functions for handling templates and styles, such as the Stylist.

Line...

Area...

Text...

Position and Size...

Control...

Form...

Dimensions...

Connector...

Character...

Numbering/Bullets...

Paragraph...

Page...

Layer...

Tools

The Tools menu contains the commands referring to linguistics and other program options. Start the Spellcheck or Thesaurus to suggest alternate words. Animation and Effects used in the presentation are also controlled from here and the macro programming function can also be called up. The configuration of the tool bars, menus, keyboard and the general program defaults.

Thesaurus...

AutoCorrect...

Macro...

Configure...

Toolbars

A description of the elements contained in the toolbar when a drawing is active is found here.

Object Bar in the Drawing View

On the Object bar, you will find all the necessary functions for the current editing mode.

Line Style

Line Width

Line Color

Fill Style/Color

Shadow

Toolbar

This toolbar appears at the left of your document when it is activated. The more important editing possibilities are contained in this docking bar. Many of the icons are floating bars which contain further icons. The floating bars are marked by a small triangle in the icon.

Form

Option Bar

The Option bar can be switched on by going through View - Toolbars. This bar is defaulted to the bottom of the work area. This dockable bar contains important features which can be used without calling up the corresponding dialogs.

Show Grid

Guides When Moving

Snap to Grid

Snap to Snap Lines

Snap to Page Margins

Snap to Object Border

Snap to Object Points

Allow Quick Editing

Select Text Area Only

Picture Placeholders

Contour Mode

Text Placeholders

Line Contour Only

What's new in this version?

This section describes the StarOffice Draw options.

It is now possible to convert text in polygons and 3D objects that were not created in Windows.

It is now also possible in UNIX and OS/2 to convert text in polygons and 3D objects. This is done by vectoring the converted bitmap converted fonts. Fontwork's outline functions are now available under UNIX and OS/2.

Optimized bitmap graphic output

Displaying of bitmap graphics was completely revamped. With the result that graphics are significantly better. For example, through this improvement, scaled graphics no longer appear "clumped".

More 3D conversions

3D conversions have been enhanced both in functionality and convertible objects. You can now directly convert groups (containing convertible objects) into bitmaps and metafiles. Every time more than one object is to be converted, the scaled sorting (foreground/background) mainly in 2D will be used to create a group of different scaled 3D objects. This preserves the visible entities mainly in 2D after conversion. This also means that complex clipart objects can be directly converted into 3D. Furthermore, StarOffice can now convert draw objects with text so that the text is readable.

Modified control points

The small graphic objects called control points (also known as handles) which become visible when you select an object have been revised and improved.

Functionality in StarOffice Draw

This section contains an overview of some of the capabilities of StarOffice Draw, the module for drawing under StarOffice.

StarOffice Draw uses the vector graphic format to support you when creating drawings. In principle you can create all the same features with StarOffice Draw as you can with StarOffice Impress, with the exception of the presentation capability.

Draw in the usual ways straight lines, free lines, bezier curves and other types of rectangles and geometrical figures. The 3D functions can be used to create 3D objects such as cubes, spheres, cylinders, tori and more. You can also rotate your own two dimensional contours in the third dimension. Choose coloring, with bitmap textures if required, perspectives and illumination and you will create impressive 3D objects for your invitation cards, brochures and business cards.

Use StarOffice Draw to create buttons and icons for your Web pages quickly and easily and export them as GIF, JPG, PNG or other formats.

There are many assistants to help your create exact drawings. Define a grid to which your object is to be snapped while constructing and moving, or temporarily snap new objects to the edges and points of existing objects. The size of the object can be altered at any time by entering the required measurements in the Properties dialog. It is also simple to insert dimension lines which can be used in a variety of ways.

• To insert additional elements into your drawing use the many cliparts available in the gallery. It doesn't matter if they are vector or pixel graphics.

• If you want you can use a few mouse clicks to apply graphics and backgrounds from the Internet to your drawings.

• Define your objects into layers and alter their order whenever you wish.

• And it is self evident that you can add texts, tables, charts and formulas from the other program modules of StarOffice into your drawing.