Contents
Copyright..................................................................................................................................... 2
Contributors............................................................................................................................. 2
Feedback................................................................................................................................ 2
Acknowledgments................................................................................................................... 2
Publication date and software version..................................................................................... 2
Preface.................................................................................................................................11
Who is this book for?................................................................................................................. 12
What is in this book?.................................................................................................................. 12
Where to get more help?........................................................................................................... 12
Help system.......................................................................................................................... 12
Free online support............................................................................................................... 12
Paid support and training...................................................................................................... 12
What you see may be different.................................................................................................. 13
Illustrations............................................................................................................................ 13
Icons..................................................................................................................................... 13
Using LibreOffice on a Mac........................................................................................................ 14
What are all these things called?............................................................................................... 14
Who wrote this book?................................................................................................................ 15
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................... 15
Frequently asked questions....................................................................................................... 16
What’s new in LibreOffice 4.3?.................................................................................................. 16
Chapter 1 Introducing Draw..............................................................................................17
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 18
Draw workplace......................................................................................................................... 18
Workspace............................................................................................................................ 18
Page Pane............................................................................................................................ 19
Sidebar.................................................................................................................................. 19
Rulers.................................................................................................................................... 20
Status bar.............................................................................................................................. 21
Toolbars................................................................................................................................ 22
Floating and moving toolbars................................................................................................ 24
Choosing and defining colors..................................................................................................... 26
Grid, snap, and help lines.......................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes.....................................................................................29
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 30
Custom shapes.......................................................................................................................... 30
Drawing basic shapes................................................................................................................ 30
Straight lines......................................................................................................................... 31
Arrows................................................................................................................................... 34
Different types of lines and arrows........................................................................................ 34
Rectangles or squares.......................................................................................................... 35
Ellipses and circles................................................................................................................ 35
Adding arc and segment tools to the Drawing toolbar........................................................... 35
Arcs or segments.................................................................................................................. 37
Curves or polygons............................................................................................................... 38
Glue points and connectors....................................................................................................... 39
Glue points............................................................................................................................ 39
LibreOffice 4.3 Draw Guide 3
