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Revision as of 09:32, 31 May 2013
| Time | Narration |
| 00.01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Common Editing and Printing Functions in LibreOffice Draw. |
| 00.08 | In this tutorial, you will learn how to: |
| 00.10 | Set margins for the Draw page |
| 00.13 | Insert page numbers, date and time |
| 00.16 | Undo and Redo actions |
| 00.18 | Rename a page |
| 00.20 | And print a page |
| 00.22 | Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4. |
| 00.33 | Let’s open the file WaterCycle and select the page that has the WaterCycle diagram. |
| 00.40 | Let’s set Page Margins for this drawing. |
| 00.44 | Why are Page Margins necessary? |
| 00.46 | Page Margins determine the space within which the objects will be placed inside a page. |
| 00.53 | For example, we may need to print the drawing and file it. |
| 00.57 | Margins ensure that there is adequate space on the sides, |
| 01.01 | so that a part of the figure is not cut or hidden when we print it. |
| 01.07 | Let’s set Page Margins and then print the WaterCycle drawing. |
| 01.11 | Let’s say the paper size that we will use to print this diagram, is not the standard size. |
| 01.18 | It has a Width of 20 cms and a Height of 20 cms. |
| 01.23 | It also requires a Bottom margin of 1.5 cms. |
| 01.29 | To set these measurements, from the Main menu, select Format and click Page. |
| 01.35 | The Page Setup dialog box appears. |
| 01.38 | Select the Page tab. |
| 01.41 | In the Width field, enter the value “20” and in the Height field “20”. |
| 01.47 | Under Margins, in the Bottom field, enter 1.5. |
| 01.54 | To the right, you will see a preview of the Draw page. |
| 01.58 | This preview displays the changes made to the Draw page. |
| 02.02 | Click OK. |
| 02.04 | How does the drawing look? |
| 02.06 | It spills out of the page! |
| 02.08 | This also means that a part of the drawing will be lost when it is printed. |
| 02.14 | You must ensure that: |
| 02.15 | The drawings are always within the margins. |
| 02.18 | When you draw no part of the Drawing spills out of the margin. |
| 02.23 | Therefore, it is a good practice to set up the page margins before you begin your drawing. |
| 02.29 | Again, from the Main menu, select Format and click Page. |
| 02.35 | The Page Setup dialog box appears. |
| 02.38 | Click on the Page tab. |
| 02.40 | Click the Format drop-down list and select A4. |
| 02.45 | This is the original margin that we had set. |
| 02.48 | Click OK. |
| 02.52 | The drawing is placed within the margins. |
| 02.55 | You can also access the Page setup dialog box from the Draw page, |
| 03.00 | By right-clicking on the page and using the Context menu. |
| 03.05 | Let’s click Cancel and exit the dialog box. |
| 03.09 | Now, let us insert page numbers, date, time and the author’s name. |
| 03.15 | Let us select the page with the WaterCycle diagram and insert a page number. |
| 03.21 | Go to the Main menu, select Insert and click Fields. |
| 03.27 | The list of Fields is displayed. |
| 03.31 | Fields contain values that are automatically generated by Draw. |
| 03.35 | We simply have to insert a Field and the value generated by Draw. |
| 03.41 | Let us click on Page number. |
| 03.43 | A text box with the number 1 is inserted on the Draw page. |
| 03.48 | Let’s adjust the size of this text box and make it a little smaller. |
| 03.55 | Now, let us drag the box and place it at the bottom right corner of the page. |
| 04.01 | To move the number box smoothly, select the number box and press the Shift key. |
| 04.07 | Now let’s move it further down. |
| 04.11 | Let’s check if the next number has been inserted on page two of this Draw file. |
| 04.17 | It does not have a page number! |
| 04.20 | The page number is inserted only in the page where we inserted the field! |
| 04.26 | Now let’s learn how to change the page number format. |
| 04.30 | From the Main menu, click on Format and select Page. |
| 04.36 | The Page Setup dialog box appears. |
| 04.39 | Click on the Page tab. |
| 04.41 | Under the Layout settings, select Format. |
| 04.45 | From the drop-down list select a,b,c. |
| 04.49 | Click OK. |
| 04.52 | The page numbering has changed from 1, 2, 3 to a, b, c. |
| 04.58 | Likewise, you can change it to any format. |
| 05.01 | Let’s learn how to insert Date and Time fields. |
| 05.05 | You can also insert Date and Time stamps on your Draw page. |
| 05.10 | You can do so by clicking on Insert and Fields. |
| 05.14 | One is Date (fixed) and Time (fixed). |
| 05.18 | The other is Date (variable) and Time (variable). |
| 05.23 | The Date (fixed) and Time (fixed) options insert the current date and time. |
| 05.29 | These date and time values will not be updated. |
| 05.33 | The Date (variable) and Time (variable) options on the other hand, |
| 05.37 | Are automatically updated as and when you open the file. |
| 05.42 | Let’s insert the Time (variable) here. |
| 05.46 | Now, let us drag the box and place it above the page number at the bottom right corner of the page. |
| 05.56 | The time inserted will be updated to the current time whenever you open the Draw page. |
| 06.03 | Let us now enter the name of the author who has created this file. |
| 06.08 | Here, we shall setup the author’s name, on page one, as “Teacher. A. B.” |
| 06.17 | So let’s go to Page one. |
| 06.19 | Go to the Main menu, select Tools and click Options. |
| 06.24 | The Options dialog box appears. |
| 06.27 | In the Options dialog box, click on LibreOffice, and then click on User Data. |
| 06.34 | On the right side of the dialog box, you can enter the user data information. |
| 06.40 | You can enter the details here as per your requirements. |
| 06.44 | In the First/Last Name/Initials, let’s enter the text Teacher, A, and B respectively. |
| 06.53 | Click OK. |
| 06.55 | Now, from the Main menu, click Insert, select Fields and click Author. |
| 07.02 | The name Teacher A B is inserted in a text-box. |
| 07.07 | Let’s drag this box and place it just above the Time field at the bottom right corner of the Draw page. |
| 07.15 | Now, what if we want to remove the fields we inserted in the Draw page? |
| 07.21 | Simply select the text box and press Delete key. |
| 07.25 | Let’s delete the field Author Name. |
| 07.28 | And what if we want to undo this action? |
| 07.31 | Simple, you can undo any action by pressing CTRL and Z keys together. |
| 07.38 | The action that was last executed, that is, the deletion of the Author field, is undone. |
| 07.45 | field is visible again. |
| 07.48 | We can undo or redo actions from the Main menu too. |
| 07.53 | From the Main menu, select Edit and click Redo. |
| 07.57 | The Author’s name is no longer visible! |
| 08.00 | Let’s press the CTRL+Z keys and undo all the field insertions we made. |
| 08.06 | You can also use short cut keys from the key board for the undo and redo commands. |
| 08.13 | Press the CTRL and Z keys together to undo an action. |
| 08.18 | Press the CTRL and Y keys together to redo an action. |
| 08.23 | Pause this tutorial and do this assignment. |
| 08.26 | Change the Author’s name and Save it. |
| 08.29 | Now add two more arrows to the page. |
| 08.33 | Insert a page number and date on page two. |
| 08.38 | Now undo and redo the last five actions. |
| 08.42 | Check if the Undo and Redo options undo all the actions or if some actions cannot be undone. |
| 08.51 | Let’s name this page “WaterCycleSlide”. |
| 08.54 | Select the slide in the Pages pane,right-click and select Rename Page. |
| 09.00 | The Rename Slide dialog box appears. |
| 09.03 | In the Name field, let us enter the name WaterCycleSlide”. |
| 09.08 | Click OK. |
| 09.10 | Now, let’s place the cursor over this page. |
| 09.14 | Can you see the name “WaterCycleSlide” displayed here? |
| 09.18 | It is a good practice to assign a name that is relevant to the page. |
| 09.23 | Now, let’s set printing options and print the WaterCycle diagram. |
| 09.28 | In the Main menu, click File then click Print. |
| 09.33 | The Print dialog box appears. |
| 09.36 | To know about the settings under General and Options tabs, |
| 09.41 | Please see the tutorial on Viewing and printing Documents in the LibreOffice Writer series. |
| 09.48 | On the left side you will see the page preview area. |
| 09.53 | The right side of the “Print” dialog box comprises four tabs: |
| 09.58 | General, LibreOffice Draw,Page Layout,Options |
| 10.04 | Let’s look at the options specific to LibreOffice Draw. |
| 10.09 | Click on the LibreOffice Draw tab. |
| 10.13 | Let’s check the boxes Page name and Date and Time. |
| 10.17 | This will print the page name, date and time along with the drawing. |
| 10.23 | Let us select Original colors and Fit to printable page to print the drawing. |
| 10.29 | Click on Print to print the WaterCycle drawing from your computer. |
| 10.34 | If you have configured your printer correctly, then your drawing should begin printing now. |
| 10.40 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial on LibreOffice Draw. |
| 10.45 | In this tutorial, you have learnt how to: |
| 10.48 | Set margins for the Draw page. |
| 10.50 | And how to insert page numbers, date, and time |
| 10.54 | To Undo and Redo actions |
| 10.57 | Rename a page and |
| 10.58 | Print a page |
| 11.01 | Here is an assignment for you. |
| 11.03 | Insert two more pages. |
| 11.06 | Set different margins for each page and print the label and the invitation that you created in the previous tutorial. |
| 11.14 | Insert the field Page count in each of these pages and observe what happens. |
| 11.21 | Watch the video available at the following link |
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