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|| Narration

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||00.01
||Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Draw.

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||00.06
||In this tutorial, we will learn about LibreOffice Draw and LibreOffice Draw Workspace.

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||And the context menu.

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||00.15
||We will also learn how to: Create, save, close and open a Draw file Enable toolbars Set up the Draw page,

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||00.25
||And insert basic shapes.

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||00.28
||If you do not have LibreOffice Suite installed, Draw can be installed by using Synaptic Package Manager.

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||For more information on Synaptic Package Manager, please refer to the Ubuntu Linux Tutorials on this website.

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||00.43
||And download LibreOffice Suite by following the instructions on this website.

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||00.48
||Detailed instruction are available in the first tutorial of Libre office suit.

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||00.54
||Remember, when installing, use the 'Complete' option to install 'Draw '.

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||00.59
||LibreOffice Draw is a vector-based graphics software.

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||01.03
||It allows you to create a wide range of vector graphics.

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||01.08
||There are two major types of graphics – vector-based graphics and bitmaps.

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||01.13
||Vector graphics are created and edited using LibreOffice Draw.

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||01.18
||The other is bitmap or the raster image.

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||01.21
||Popular bitmap formats are BMP, JPG, JPEG and PNG.

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||01.30
||Let us understand the difference between the two types, by comparing the image formats.

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||01.35
||The picture on the left is a vector graphic.

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||01.38
||The one on the right is a bitmap.

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||01.41
||Notice what happens when the pictures are enlarged.

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||The vector graphic is clear; the bitmap image becomes blurred.

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||01.51
||Vector-based graphics software stores images using lines and curves as mathematical formulae.

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||Therefore, when the images are resized, the picture quality is unaffected.

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||02.04
||A bitmap uses pixels or a series of very small dots of colors in a grid or a square.

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||Can you see the small squares as we enlarge the picture?

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||These are the grids.

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||The small dots make up the color in each grid.

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||You may have noticed one other difference - bitmaps are rectangular in shape.

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||02.26
||Vector graphics, however, can be in any shape.

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||02.30
||Now that we know about vector graphics, let us learn how to create them using Draw.

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||Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 as our operating system and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.

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||To open a new Draw file, click on the Applications option at the top left corner of the screen.

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||And then click on Office and then on LibreOffice.

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||02.59
||A dialog box opens up with various LibreOffice components.

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||Click on Drawing .

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||This will open an empty Draw file.

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||03.09
||Let’s name our Draw file and save it.

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||03.12
||Click on File in the Main menu and choose the “Save as” option.

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||The “Save as” dialog box is displayed.

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||Let us type the name “WaterCycle” in the field File Name.

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||Its a good practice to assign a name that is relevant to the drawing.

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||03.31
||The default file type for Draw files is the dot odg format (.odg).

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||Using the Browse folders field, let us save this file on the Desktop.

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||Click on Save.

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||The file is saved as “WaterCycle”.

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||The Draw file with the file name and the extension is displayed in the Title bar.

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||We will learn how to create a picture of the water cycle as shown in this slide.

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||We shall complete this picture in stages.

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||04.02
||Each basic level tutorial will demonstrate how you can create different elements of this picture.

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||04.09
||At the end of the basic level of Draw tutorials, you will also be able to create a similar diagram by yourself.

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||04.17
||First let us familiarize ourselves with the Draw workspace or the Draw window.

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||04.23
||The Main menu lists all the options that we can use in Draw.

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||The Pages panel on the left displays all the pages in the Draw file.

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||The space where we create graphics is called a Page.

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||There are three layers in each page.

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||They are the Layout, Controls and Dimensions Lines.

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||The Layout layer is displayed by default.

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||This is where we create most of our graphics.

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||04.51
||We will work only with the Layout Layer.

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|| 04.54
||Let us now explore the various toolbars available in LibreOffice Draw.

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||04.59
||To view the toolbars available in Draw, go to the Main menu and click on View and then on Toolbars.

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||You will see a list of all the available tools.

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||There is a check mark to the left of certain toolbars.

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||This means the toolbar is enabled and is visible in the Draw window.

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||The option “Standard” has a check.

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||You can see the Standard toolbar on the window.

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||05.27
||Let us now uncheck the “Standard” toolbar by clicking on it.

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||You see the Standard toolbar is no longer visible.

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||Let’s make it visible again.

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||Similarly, you can enable and disable the other toolbars, too.

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||Before we draw the basic shapes for the water cycle diagram, let us set the page to Landscape view.

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||05.51
||To do this, right-click on the page and choose the Page option.

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||Various sub-options are displayed.

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||Click Page Setup option.

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||The Page Setup dialog box is displayed.

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||Under Page Format, we can see the Format field.

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||Here we will choose A4 as this is the most common paper size used for printing.

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||When you select the format, the Width and Height fields are automatically filled with the default values.

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||Under the Orientation option, let us select Landscape.

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||To the right of the Paper format fields, you will see a tiny preview of the Draw page.

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||Click on OK.

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||Let us begin by drawing the sun.

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||On the drawing toolbar, click on the small black triangle next to “Basic Shapes”.

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||Click on Circle.

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||Now bring the cursor to the page >> Hold the left mouse button and Drag.

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||A circle is drawn on the page.

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||Now, let us draw a cloud next to the sun.

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||To do this, go to the drawing toolbar and select the “Symbol Shapes”.

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||Click on the small black triangle next to” Symbol Shapes” and select the “Cloud”.

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||On the draw page, place the cursor next to the sun.

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||Hold the left mouse button and drag.

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||You have drawn a cloud!

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||07.23
||Next let us draw a mountain.

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||We shall select “Basic shapes” again and click on “Isosceles triangle”.

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||07.30
||We shall insert a triangle in the Draw page, as we did before.

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||07.35
||Now, we have inserted three shapes.

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||Remember to save your file every time you make a change.

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||Press the CTRL+S keys together to do this.

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||You can also set a time interval to save the changes automatically.

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||To do this: Go to the Main menu and select “Tools”.

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||Under “Tools”, click on “Options”.

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||The “Options” dialog box appears.

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||Click on the plus sign next to “Load/Save”next on Click “General” >> From the check boxes on the right >>

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||Check the box” Save Auto recovery information every “and type “2”.

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||This means that the file will automatically be saved once every two minutes.

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||Click OK.

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||08.24
||Let us now close this file by clicking on” File” >> “Close”.

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||08.29
||To open an existing Draw file, click on the “File” menu in the menu bar at the top and then click on the “Open” option.

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||A dialog box appears on the screen.

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||Here find the folder where you saved your document.

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||Select the file you want to open and click “Open”.

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||08.51
||Here is an assignment for you.

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||Create a new draw file and save it as “MyWaterCycle”.

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||08.57
||Set the page orientation to Portrait.

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||Insert a cloud, a star and a circle.

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||09.04
||Now change the page orientation to Landscape.

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||09.07
||See how the placements of the figures change.

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||09.11
||This brings us to the end of this tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Draw.

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|| 09.16
|| In this tutorial, we learnt about

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||LbreOffice Draw,

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||The LibreOffice Draw Workspace and

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|| 09.23
||And the context menu.

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|| 09.25
||We also learnt to:

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||Create, save, close and open a Draw file

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||09.31
||Enable toolbars

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||09.33
||Set up the Draw page and

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||Insert basic shapes

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||09.38
||Watch the video available at the following link

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||09.42
||It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project

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||09.45
||If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it

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||09.49
||The Spoken Tutorial Project Team

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||09.52
||Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials

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||09.55
||Gives certificates for those who pass an online test

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||09.59
||For more details, please write to contact@spoken-tutorial.org

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||10.05
||Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project

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||10.09
||It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India

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||10.17
||More information on this Mission is available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro

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||10.28
||This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Thanks for joining

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