LibreOffice-Suite-Draw/C3/Polygons-and-Curves/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Creating Curves and Polygons, in LibreOffice Draw.
00:07	In this tutorial you will learn how to work with Polygons and Curves in Draw.
00:14	For this tutorial, you should have basic knowledge of LibreOffice Draw.If not, for relevant tutorials please visit this website.
00:25	Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.
00:34	What are Polygons? The term Poly means many.A many-sided figure is called a Polygon.
00:43	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.
00:53	At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to create a similar diagram by yourself.
01:00	Let us switch to Draw.I have named this file as RouteMap and saved it on the Desktop.
01:09	First of all, let us enable the Grid view.To do so, click on View, select Grid and choose Display Grid.
01:19	Before we begin drawing, let us set the Page margins and the Page orientation.
01:26	Place the cursor on the Draw page and right-click for the Context menu.
01:33	Select Page and click Page Setup.
01:36	The Page Setup dialog box appears.
01:40	Click on the Format drop-down and select A4. Select Orientation as Portrait.
01:49	The Left, Right, Top and Bottom margins are set to 1. Click OK.
01:57	Let us set the default font size to 24.
02:02	From the Main menu, select Format and Character.
02:06	The Character dialog box appears.
02:10	Click the Fonts tab and in the Size field, scroll down and select 24.Click OK.
02:18	This will ensure that the text we type inside the shapes are clearly visible.
02:24	Now let us begin by drawing the house.
02:28	Let’s insert a square to show the house and type Home inside it.
02:37	Next, let’s draw the park to the right of the house.
02:42	The park is an odd-shaped rectangle. The width on the left side is greater than the right side.
02:51	Let’s use a polygon to represent it.To draw a polygon, go to the Drawing toolbar.
02:58	Click on Curve and then click on the small black arrow next to the icon.
03:04	Now, select Polygon filled.
03:08	Place the cursor on the Draw page.Hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor down.Release the mouse button.
03:18	We have drawn a straight line.Drag the mouse to the right until the shape is that of a right triangle.
03:26	Click the left mouse button and drag the mouse upward. Now, double-click the left mouse button.
03:35	You have drawn a polygon.Let’s type Park inside it.
03:41	Next to the Park, there is a Commercial Complex.This too, is an odd-shaped polygon.Let’s draw it!
03:50	Go to the Drawing toolbar.Click on the small black arrow next to the Curve icon and click on Polygon filled.
04:00	Place the cursor on the Draw page.Hold the left mouse button and drag it down.
04:07	Now, release the mouse button.You see a straight line.Move the mouse to the left until the shape is that of a triangle.
04:19	Click the left mouse button and drag the mouse upward.Now hold down the Shift key and drag the cursor inwards.
04:31	Double-click the left mouse button.
04:35	You have drawn yet another polygon.Let us type the text Commercial Complex inside it.
04:45	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.
05:02	Now let us type the text Parking Lot inside it.
05:08	Remember you can draw a polygon with as many sides as you want.
05:14	Pause this tutorial and try this assignment.Draw five-sided, six-sided and ten-sided polygons.
05:23	A Residential Complex is right next to the house and is rectangular in shape.
05:30	From the Drawing toolbar, select Rectangle.
05:35	Then place the mouse on the Draw page and drag to draw a rectangle.
05:41	We will name it Residential Complex.
05:45	There is also a Play Ground in this locality.This is in the shape of a really long rectangle.
05:53	From the Drawing toolbar, select Polygon 45 degree Filled.
05:59	Place the cursor on the Draw page.Click and drag the left mouse button down and release it.
06:07	Click and move the mouse to the right and release it.Now click and drag the mouse upward to complete the rectangle
06:17	Double-click the left mouse button.
06:21	You have drawn yet another polygon!
06:25	Let us type the text Play Ground inside it.
06:30	Now let’s draw the Lake next to the playground.
06:35	From the Drawing toolbar select Freeform Line filled.
06:40	In the Draw page, press the left mouse button and rotate the mouse in an anti-clockwise direction.Release the left mouse button.
06:52	We have drawn a lake.Let’s type Lake inside it.
06:58	The last building in this area is the School. The School campus is also in the form of a polygon.
07:07	Let’s draw this on our map now. Again from the Drawing toolbar, let us select Polygon 45 degree filled.
07:17	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.
07:28	Let’s type School Campus inside it.
07:34	Let’s insert a text box and type the text School Main Gates inside it.
07:44	Let’s rotate the text box and place it in the correct position.
07:48	Now, from the Main menu, select Modify and click Rotate.
07:54	Notice that the handles change to the color red.This implies that we are in the Rotate mode.
08:02	Can you see the small arc with arrows on either side? We use this to rotate the box.
08:09	Let’s place the cursor over the last handle on the top right corner of the Text box.
08:17	The Rotation curve appears.
08:21	Press the left mouse button.Drag the curve in a clock-wise direction, until it is placed in the correct position.
08:30	Now, click anywhere on the Draw page to exit the Rotate mode.
08:36	Let’s also show the Side Entrance to the school.
08:41	Like in the previous step, let’s draw a Text box, enter the text School Side Entrance inside it.
08:50	Now let’s draw directions using arrows. From the house we have to turn right.
08:57	From the Drawing toolbar, let’s select Line Ends with Arrow.
09:02	Let’s move to the Draw page and draw the line.
09:08	Then walk past the Residential Complex and take a left.
09:14	Let’s draw another line to show this route.
09:19	Then next to the Play Ground take the right, walk down.
09:25	Then take a right again to reach the School’s main gate.
09:32	We have drawn our first route.You would have noticed that two types of curves and polygons can be drawn.
09:41	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.
09:52	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.
10:02	Here is an assignment for you.Draw curves and polygons using all the options in the Curve toolbar.
10:10	Notice how the shape of the cursor and the mouse operations changes with each selection of the curve or the polygon.
10:20	Check if you can change the fill color in the option Filled.
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