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Revision as of 18:14, 22 March 2016

Time Narration
00:01 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Working with Objects in LibreOffice Draw.
00:06 In this tutorial, we will learn how to:
00:08 * Position objects using Grids and Guide lines
00:12 * Use snap functions
00:14 * Customize lines and arrowheads.
00:18 You will also learn how to: * Duplicate objects
00:21 * Re-size objects exactly
00:24 * Distribute objects
00:25 * Combine, merge, subtract and intersect objects.
00:30 We are using:
  • Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 as our operating system and
  • LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.
00:40 What are Grids?
00:42 Grids aid to position objects,
00:45 accurately on the Draw page.
00:48 Let us open the file RouteMap that was saved on the Desktop.
00:53 In the previous tutorials, we had briefly used grids.
00:57 Now, let us learn about grids in detail.
01:01 From the Main menu, select View and click on Grid.
01:05 Then click on Display Grid.
01:08 The Draw page is filled with a number of horizontal and vertical dotted lines. These form the grid.
01:17 These grids are for display purposes only. They will not be printed.
01:22 We can customize the size of the grids, that is, make them smaller or bigger as required.
01:30 From the Main menu, select Tools and click Options.
01:35 You will see the Options dialog-box.
01:38 Click LibreOffice Draw and select Grid.
01:42 Under Resolution, enter the following values:
01:46 Horizontal – 7 cm
01:49 Vertical – 5 cm.
01:53 Subdivision decides the number of spaces in a grid.
01:57 Let us enter Subdivision values.
02:00 Horizontal – 3
02:02 Vertical – 4.
02:05 Let us leave the Synchronize axes option unchecked.
02:09 Click OK.
02:11 Look at the Draw page now. Look at the size of each box in the grid.
02:17 Let us count the spaces that we set in the Subdivision.
02:22 Horizontally there are 1, 2, 3 spaces and vertically there are 1, 2, 3, 4 spaces.
02:33 Let us learn about Guides.
02:36 What are Guides?
02:38 Guides are helper lines or extensions of the edges of the objects
02:43 that are displayed when it is moved.
02:47 Let us enable the guidelines.
02:50 Go to the Main menu, select View and select the option Guides.
02:55 Now, click the option Display Guides.
02:59 From the Main menu, click Tools and Options.
03:03 The Options dialog-box appears.
03:06 From the left panel, click on the small black triangle next to LibreOffice Draw. Click View.
03:15 From the right panel, select Guides when moving. This way, you can see the guides when moving objects.
03:23 Click OK.
03:27 Now, let us move the park a little to the right.
03:29 When the park is moved, the extension lines of the edges of the object become visible. These are the Guidelines.
03:39 What are Snap Lines?
03:41 Snap Lines help us position two or more objects within an area that is defined.
03:48 Snap lines and Snap points are created by the user.
03:53 Snap lines run vertically and horizontally and appear as dashed lines.
03:59 You must enable the Snap Lines option before you create snap lines.
04:05 Go to the Draw page. Right-click for the context menu and select Snap Lines.
04:12 Now, check all the three options:
04:16 Snap Lines Visible,
04:18 Snap to Snap Lines,
04:20 Snap Lines to Front.
04:22 Snap lines that we create, will now be visible.
04:26 Let’s define an area, using Snap Lines, within which the objects in the map must fall (as shown in the slide).
04:34 Move the mouse cursor over the vertical ruler.
04:38 Press the left-mouse-button.
04:41 You will notice that the cursor is now shaped like a two-sided arrow.
04:46 Drag the mouse towards the Draw page.
04:50 You will see a dotted line.
04:53 Do not release the mouse-button.
04:55 Holding the left-mouse-button, drag the dotted line to the page.
05:01 Now, release the mouse-button.
05:04 Can you see the line?
05:06 This is the Snap Line.
05:07 To create the bottom most limit, simply drag the line to the bottom of the page.
05:13 Let’s create three more Snap Lines to define the area within which the map is enclosed.
05:24 We have created horizontal and vertical Snap Lines.
05:29 Now you can position the objects along these Snap Lines.
05:34 You can, of course, create as many Snap Lines as you want.
05:40 The horizontal and vertical Snap Lines function like the 'X' and 'Y' axes on a graph.
05:48 Within these two axes, you can position objects exactly.
05:54 You can use the Snap function along with the grid lines to position objects accurately.
05:59 You can also: * Snap to Grid- position an object exactly on grid points
06:06 * Snap to Snap lines - position an object exactly on a snap line
06:11 * Snap to Page margin - position an object exactly on the page margin.
06:18 Pause this tutorial and do this assignment.
06:21 Explore all the Grid options.
06:24 Check what happens to objects when you snap to Grid, snap lines and page margins.
06:31 Now let’s add one more lake, in the exact shape of this lake, next to the School Campus.
06:38 To do this, let’s use the Duplicate option.
06:43 Let’s select the Lake.
06:45 Go to the Main menu', select Edit and click on Duplicate.
06:51 The Duplicate dialog-box appears.
06:54 In Number of copies, enter the value 1 and click OK.
06:59 The Lake is duplicated.
07:03 Let’s drag the lake and place it near the school.
07:06 Objects can also be re-sized exactly to any measurement that is required.
07:11 Let’s use the exact measurements and change the shape of the House as shown in this slide.
07:18 Let’s give it the same height and width and slant its corners and rotate it.
07:24 First, select Home, right-click for the context menu and select Position and Size.
07:31 The Position and Size dialog-box appears.
07:35 Click the Position and Size tab.
07:38 Under Size, enter the value 3 in both the Width and Height fields.
07:43 Then click the Rotation tab.
07:46 In the Angle field, enter the value 10.
07:50 Finally, select the Slant and Corner Radius tab.
07:55 In the Slant Angle field, enter 5 degrees.
07:59 Click OK.
08:01 We have re-designed the house!
08:05 Pause this tutorial and do this assignment.
08:08 # Draw various shapes using the Drawing tool bar.
08:11 # Check if you can apply Corner radius to all shapes.
08:16 Now, let’s space the right edges of some objects evenly.
08:21 We will use the Distribution option to achieve this.
08:26 We must select at least three objects to use the Distribution option.
08:32 First, select the Residential Complex, the Parking Lot and the Commercial Complex.
08:39 Let’s group them by dragging the Select arrow to cover all the objects.
08:45 Now, right-click and select Distribution.
08:50 Under Horizontal, select Right. Click OK.
08:56 The right edges of the objects will be distributed evenly.
09:01 The Distribution option does not distribute the objects horizontally or vertically.
09:07 The Horizontal Distribution option distributes-
09:10 * The right and left edges
09:12 * The horizontal centers and
09:14 * The spacing of the objects.
09:17 The Vertical option distributes-
09:21 * The top and bottom edges
  • The vertical centers and
  • The spacing of the objects.
09:26 Now, let’s create our own line style for this map.
09:32 From the Main menu, select Format and click Line.
09:35 The Line dialog-box appears.
09:38 Click on the Line Styles tab.
09:41 In Line Styles, select the option Three dashes and three dots.
09:47 Leave the Type field as it is.
09:50 In Number, let’s enter 10 and 5; Length as 8%.
09:57 Click Add. Enter the name "My Line Style". Click OK.
10:06 Again click OK.
10:08 Let’s select this arrow. Right-click and select Line. The Line dialog-box appears.
10:13 Click the Line tab.
10:16 Click on the Style drop-down box.
10:19 It now displays the new style that was created.
10:22 Select it and click OK.
10:26 We have created a new line style!
10:29 Let’s draw a small stadium to the left of the School Campus.
10:34 From the Drawing toolbar, click Basic Shapes and select a Circle.
10:40 Let’s enter it in the Draw page.
10:44 The outline of the circle is of the style My Line Style.
10:49 Let’s type “Stadium” inside it.
10:53 Now, let’s learn to combine, merge, subtract and intersect objects.
10:59 What is the difference between Grouping and combining objects?
11:03 When objects are grouped, a number of objects are just put together.
11:09 When objects are combined, new object is created.
11:13 We will use three objects to demonstrate these options.
11:18 First, let us add a new page to the Draw file.
11:23 Let’s draw a circle from the Drawing toolbar- click Basic Shapes and select Circle.
11:32 Move the mouse in the Draw page and drag it down.
11:35 Let’s draw a second object Diamond.
11:38 From the Drawing toolbar, click Basic Shapes and select Diamond.
11:43 Move the cursor to the Draw page, drag it down. And from the menu bar, select Area Style / Filling drop down button and select color Red 3.
11:55 Draw a third object, a Rectangle, and color the object as Green 6.
12:02 Select the three objects by holding down the Shift key and clicking on each object.
12:11 Right-click for the Context menu and click Combine.
12:14 A new object is created!
12:18 Notice that the new object takes the color of the object that is last and at the back.
12:24 Let us undo this action by pressing the CTRL+Z keys together.
12:29 Select the figures again and right-click for the context menu.
12:35 Select Shapes and click Merge.
12:38 Another new shape is created!
12:41 Remember the more you experiment with these functions, the more you will learn.
12:48 This brings us to the end of the tutorial.
12:51 In this tutorial, you have learnt how to use Grids, Guides and snap lines to align objects accurately.
12:59 You have also learnt to Duplicate, Resize objects and distribute objects.
13:06 We also created new line styles and learnt how to form new objects using-
13:12 Combine, Merge, Subtract, Intersect.
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13:23 If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.
13:28 The Spoken Tutorial Project team:
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13:43 Spoken Tutorial project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project.
13:48 It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
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14:06 This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
14:10 Thanks for joining.

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