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|Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Creating Curves and Polygons''', in LibreOffice Draw.  

| In this tutorial you will learn how to work with Polygons and Curves in Draw.

| For this tutorial, you should have basic  knowledge of LibreOffice Draw.If not, for relevant tutorials please visit this website.

| Here we are using '''Ubuntu Linux version 10.04''' and '''LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4'''.

|What are Polygons? The term '''Poly''' means many.A many-sided figure is called a Polygon.

|We will learn how to a draw a map as shown in this slide.This map shows the route from the house to the school.

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||At the end of this  tutorial, you will be able to create a similar diagram by yourself.

|Let us switch to Draw.I have named this file as '''RouteMap''' and saved it on the Desktop.  

|First of all, let us enable the '''Grid view'''.To do so, click on '''View''', select '''Grid''' and choose '''Display Grid.'''

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|Before we begin drawing, let us set the Page margins and the Page orientation.

|Place the cursor on the Draw page and right-click for the Context menu.

|The '''Page Setup''' dialog box appears.

|Click on the '''Format''' drop-down and select '''A4.''' Select '''Orientation as Portrait.'''

|The Left, Right, Top and Bottom margins are set to 1. Click '''OK.'''

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||Let us set the default font size to 24.

|From the Main menu, select '''Format and Character.'''

|The '''Character''' dialog box appears.

|Click the '''Fonts''' tab and in the '''Size''' field, scroll down and select 24.Click '''OK.'''

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||This will ensure that the text we type inside the shapes are clearly visible.

|Now let us begin by drawing the house.

| Let’s insert a square to show the house and type '''Home''' inside it.

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||The park is an odd-shaped rectangle. The width on the left side is greater than the right side.

|Let’s use a polygon to represent it.To draw a polygon, go to the '''Drawing''' toolbar.

|Place the cursor on the Draw page.Hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor down.Release the mouse button.

|We have drawn a straight line.Drag the mouse to the right until the shape is that of a right triangle.

|Click the left mouse button and drag the mouse upward. Now, double-click the left mouse button.

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|You have drawn a polygon.Let’s type '''Park''' inside it.

|Next to the Park, there is a Commercial Complex.This too, is an odd-shaped polygon.Let’s draw it!

|Go to the '''Drawing''' toolbar.Click on the small black arrow next to the '''Curve''' icon and click on '''Polygon filled'''.

|Place the cursor on the Draw page.Hold the left mouse button and drag it down.

|Now, release the mouse button.You see a straight line.Move the mouse to the left until the shape is that of a triangle.

|Click the left mouse button and drag the mouse upward.Now hold down the Shift key and drag the cursor inwards.

|Double-click the left mouse button.

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|You have drawn yet another polygon.Let us type the text '''Commercial Complex''' inside it.

|Following the previous step lets draw a parking lot from the drawing toolbar let’s select Polygon filled. And then place the cursor on the draw page and draw the polygon.  

|Now let us type the text '''Parking Lot''' inside it.

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|Remember you can draw a polygon with as many sides as you want.

|Pause this tutorial and try this assignment.Draw five-sided, six-sided and ten-sided polygons.

|A Residential Complex is right next to the house and is rectangular in shape.

|From the Drawing toolbar, select '''Rectangle'''.

|Then place the mouse on the Draw page and drag to draw a rectangle.

|We will name it '''Residential Complex'''.

|There is also a Play Ground in this locality.This is in the shape of a really long rectangle.

|From the Drawing toolbar, select '''Polygon 45 degree Filled'''.

|Place the cursor on the Draw page.Click and drag the left mouse button down and release it.

|Click and move the mouse to the right and release it.Now click and drag the mouse upward to complete the rectangle

|Double-click the left mouse button.

|Let us type the text '''Play Ground''' inside it.

|Now let’s draw the Lake next to the playground.

|From the Drawing toolbar select  '''Freeform Line filled'''.

|In the Draw page, press the left mouse button and rotate the mouse in an anti-clockwise direction.Release the left mouse button.

|We have drawn a lake.Let’s type '''Lake''' inside it.

|The last building in this area is the School. The School campus is also in the form of a polygon.

|Let’s draw this on our map now. Again from the Drawing toolbar, let us select Polygon 45 degree filled.  

|Next, let us place the cursor on the Draw page and draw the polygon Finally, let’s double-click the mouse when the polygon has been completed.  

|Let’s type '''School Campus''' inside it.

|Let’s insert a text box and type the text '''School Main Gates''' inside it.

|Let’s rotate the text box and place it in the correct position.

|Notice that the handles change to the color red.This implies that we are in the Rotate mode.

|Let’s place the cursor over the last handle on the top right corner of the Text box.

|The Rotation curve appears.

|Press the left mouse button.Drag the curve in a clock-wise direction, until it is placed in the correct position.

|Now, click anywhere on the Draw page to exit the Rotate mode.

|Let’s also show the Side Entrance to the school.

|Like in the previous step, let’s draw a Text box, enter the text '''School Side Entrance''' inside it.  

||Now let’s draw directions using arrows. From the house we have to turn right.

|From the Drawing toolbar, let’s select '''Line Ends with Arrow.'''

|Let’s move to the Draw page and draw the line.

|Then next to the Play Ground take the right, walk down.

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|We have drawn our first route.You would have noticed that two types of curves and polygons can be drawn.

|One is using the Filled option and the other is without a fill. When you use the Filled option, the curve is filled with color.  

|You would have also noticed that each of the options in the Curve toolbar has a different method of mouse operation to draw the curve.

|Here is an assignment for you.Draw curves and polygons using all the options in the Curve toolbar.

|Notice how the shape of the cursor and the mouse operations changes with each selection of the curve or the polygon.

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