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Time Narration
00.01 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Inserting Text in Drawings in LibreOffice Draw.
00.07 In this tutorial, we will learn how to:
00.10 Work with text in drawings
00.12 Format text in drawings and
00.15 Work with text boxes
00.17 We will also learn to:
00.19 Set indents, space and align text
00.22 Add text to Lines and Arrows
00.26 Place text within Callouts.
00.29 Text can be added in two ways:
00.31 It can be directly inserted into a drawn object,
00.35 Including on lines and arrows.
00.37 It can be inserted into a text box as an independent Draw object.
00.42 Here we are using
00.44 Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.
00.52 Let us open the Draw file “Water Cycle” and add some text to it.
00.57 We shall add the text “Cloud Formation” to the two white clouds next to the sun.
01.04 Select the white cloud group.
01.06 Double-click on it in order to enter the group.
01.10 Let us select the top cloud.
01.13 Now let’s select the Text tool from the Drawing toolbar.
01.17 Can you see the cursor has transformed into a small vertical blinking line?
01.23 This is the text cursor.
01.25 Let us type the text “Cloud Formation”.
01.29 Now click anywhere on the page
01.33 Let us enter the same text for the other white cloud, too.
01.37 To exit the group, double-click anywhere on the page.
01.42 Let us now name the sun in the same way.
01.45 Entering text in objects cannot get simpler than this!
01.50 Next, let us select the gray cloud group.
01.53 As before, double-click on it to enter the group.
01.57 Type “Rain Cloud” in each cloud.
02.02 As the text in the gray clouds is black in color, it is not visible.
02.07 So let us change the color of the text to white.
02.11 Select the text and right-click for the context menu and select “Character”.
02.17 The “Character” dialog box is displayed.
02.20 Click on the “Font Effects” tab.
02.23 In “Font color” field, scroll down and select “White”.
02.28 Click OK.
02.30 The font color changes to white.
02.33 In the same manner, let’s change the text color of the second cloud.
02.38 Select the text and right-click then select “Character”.
02.43 In “Font color” choose “White”.
02.46 Double-click anywhere on the page to exit group.
02.50 Similarly, let’s type the word “Mountain” in the triangle that depicts the mountain.
02.58 You can format text for
02.59 Character, that is change font styles and give special effects to fonts.
03.05 You can also format text for Paragraph, that is align text, set indents or spacing and set tab positions.
03.13 You can access these dialog boxes either
03.16 from the Context menu or
03.18 from the Main menu.
03.21 To access the Character dialog box from the Main menu, select Format and select Character.
03.28 To access the Paragraph dialog box from the Main menu, select Format and select Paragraph.
03.36 In the rectangle, let’s draw a thick black line to show where the ground water accumulates.
03.43 From the Drawing tool bar, select “Line”.
03.46 Move the cursor to the page, press the left-mouse button and drag from left to right.
03.54 Draw a horizontal line that will divide the rectangle into two equal halves.
04.01 The ground is divided into two!
04.04 Now, let’s make the line wider.
04.07 Select the line and right-click for the context menu.
04.11 Click on “Line”. The “Line” dialog box appears.
04.16 In the “Style” field, click the drop down box.
04.20 Select “Ultrafine 2 dots 3 dashes”.
04.24 In the Width field, enter the value point .70.
04.29 click OK.
04.31 We have widened the line!
04.34 Lets insert the text “Ground water table” inside the rectangle.
04.39 First, let’s select the Text tool.
04.42 This is the capital “T” option on the Drawing toolbar.
04.46 Move to the draw page.
04.49 Now the cursor has been transformed into a Plus sign with a small capital I beneath it.
04.55 Click inside the rectangle.
04.57 Observe that a text box appears.
05.01 Here, let's type “Ground water table”.
05.05 To align the text to the centre of the text-box, place the cursor inside the text box.
05.12 Click on “Centered” icon in the Standard toolbar at the top.
05.19 In a similar manner, let’s add the text
05.22 “Rain water flows from land into rivers and sea” 'in the triangle.
05.30 Pause this tutorial for the assignment.
05.33 Draw a square.
05.35 Insert the text “This is a square.
05.38 A square has four equal sides and four equal angles. Each angle in a square is ninety degrees.
05.46 The square is a quadrilateral.”
05.50 Format this text using the options in the Text dialog box.
05.54 Apply the font, size, style and alignment options to the text.
06.00 Now let’s arrange the arrows in the diagram.
06.03 These arrows show evaporation of water from land, vegetation and water bodies to the clouds.
06.12 Let’s select the left-most arrow.
06.14 Now click and drag towards the mountain.
06.18 Let’s select the middle arrow.
06.21 Now click and drag towards the trees.
06.25 The third arrow shows evaporation of water from water to the clouds.
06.31 Let’s use the option Curve to draw a line that shows water running down the mountains.
06.37 From the Drawing toolbar click on “Curve” and select “Freeform Line”.
06.43 On the draw page place the cursor next to the Mountain.
06.47 Press the left mouse button and drag down.
06.51 You have drawn a curved line!
06.53 Now let’s add descriptions to each of these arrows.
06.58 Select the first arrow to the right and simply type “Evaporation from rivers and seas”.
07.06 Click anywhere on the page.
07.08 The text appears on the line.
07.12 Notice that the text is placed exactly on the line and hence it is not clear.
07.18 To move the text above the line, click on the line.
07.22 Text is placed horizontally.
07.25 Place the cursor at the end of the text and press the “Enter” key.
07.30 Click on the page.
07.32 The text gets aligned.
07.35 Text typed on lines and arrows can also be formatted using options from the context menu.
07.41 Let’s format the font size using the context menu.
07.45 Click on the text
07.47 “Evaporation from rivers and seas”.
07.50 The text is now horizontal.
07.53 Let’s select the text and right-click to view the context menu.
07.58 Select Size and click 22.
08.02 The size of the font has changed.
08.05 Now, let’s type the following text for all the other arrows.
08.09 Evaporation from soil
08.12 Evaporation from vegetation
08.17 Run off water from the mountains
08.22 Let’s show rain falling from the grey clouds.
08.26 To show rain, let’s draw dotted arrows, which point downward from the cloud.
08.32 From the Drawing toolbar, select “Line Ends with Arrow”.
08.37 Then place the cursor on the first grey cloud to the left.
08.42 Press the left mouse button and drag it down.
08.46 RIght-click for the context menu and click “Line”.
08.50 The “Line” dialog box appears.
08.53 Click on the “Style” drop-down list and select
08.56 2 dots 1 dash'.
08.58 Click OK.
09.00 We have drawn a dotted arrow.
09.02 Let’s copy and paste two more arrows for this cloud.
09.06 Now let’s copy and paste two arrows to the other cloud.
09.12 Now let’s add the text “Rain” to the dotted arrows.
09.21 Let’s type the text “Evaporation to form the clouds” in a text box just above the Water object.
09.28 From the Drawing toolbar, select the Text tool and draw a text box as shown.
09.35 Type “Evaporation to form the clouds” inside it.
09.41 From the Drawing toolbar, select the " Text Tool".
09.44 And draw a text box next to the grey clouds.
09.48 Type “Condensation to form rain” inside it.
09.53 Move the text box by first clicking on the border of the text box.
09.57 Now drag and drop it in the desired location.
10.02 Following the previous steps, let’s give the Title “WaterCycle Diagram”
10.07 Using a text box and format the text in Bold.


10.16 We have completed drawing the Water Cycle diagram!
10.20 Now, let’s learn about Callouts.
10.22 What are Callouts?
10.24 They are special text boxes that call your attention to or
10.29 point to an object or a location in the Draw page.
10.33 Most comic books, for example, have
10.36 text placed inside Callouts.
10.39 Let’s add a new page to the Draw file.
10.42 From Main menu, select Insert and click on Slide.
10.47 A new page is inserted.
10.50 To draw a Callout, go to the Drawing toolbar.
10.54 Click the small black triangle next to the Callout icon.
10.59 Various Callouts are displayed.
11.01 Let’s click on Rectangular Callout.
11.04 Move the cursor to the page, press the left-mouse button and drag.
11.10 You have drawn a Callout.
11.12 You can enter text inside the Callout just as you did for the other objects.
11.18 Double-click and type the text “This is an example” inside the Callout.
11.25 This brings us to the end of this tutorial on LibreOffice Draw.
11.30 In this tutorial, you have learnt how to:
11.33 Work with text in drawings
11.35 Format text in drawings
11.38 Work with text boxes
11.40 Indenting, spacing and aligning text
11.44 Adding text to Lines and Arrows
11.46 Placing text within Callouts
11.50 Try out this 'Assignment' by yourself.
11.53 Create a note book label and an invitation as shown in this slide.
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