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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Drawing Graphics With the Draw Functions</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145136"><bookmark_value>text; drawing graphics</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>inserting; drawings</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>graphics; drawing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>objects; copying when moving in presentations</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>drawing objects; drawing from the center</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>drawing objects; limiting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>circles; drawing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>squares; drawing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>objects; drawing from the center</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>handles; scaling</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>scaling; objects</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>objects; scaling</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>changing; object sizes</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>objects; moving by drag and drop</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>copying; draw objects</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>drawing objects; copying</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145136" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="11"><variable id="insert_graphic_drawit"><link href="text/shared/guide/insert_graphic_drawit.xhp" name="Drawing Graphics With the Draw Functions">Drawing Graphics With the Draw Functions</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Open <emph>Show Draw Functions</emph> on the Main Toolbar.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148538" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="1">When you select a function, the relevant icon appears on the Main Toolbar. You can restart this function by clicking on it. A long-click opens the floating toolbar from which you can select a different function.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3166460" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Draw objects can be subsequently edited and modified. Drawing elements created in this way are vector graphics, which you can scale freely without any loss of quality. Drag the <link href="text/shared/00/00000001.xhp#abreissleiste" name="floating toolbar">floating toolbar</link> on to the screen as a separate window if you want to draw several elements.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">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.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149164" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="DRAW">To draw multiple objects of the same type, double-click the icon. 
</caseinline><caseinline select="IMPRESS">To draw multiple objects of the same type, double-click the icon. 
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">If you want to open up draw objects from the center instead of dragging from one corner to the other, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option 
</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> key while dragging. <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="UNIX">With some window managers, you may need to hold down also the meta key. 
</caseinline></switchinline> 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.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153626" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">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.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">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.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151054" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">the Command key 
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> while dragging the draw object to copy the object.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">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 are in a normal view, first exit this by clicking the <emph>Select</emph> icon.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145785" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><link href="text/shared/02/01140000.xhp" name="Information about the individual icons">Information about the individual icons</link></paragraph>
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