LibreOffice-Suite-Draw/C2/Introduction/English-timed

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00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Draw.
00:06	In this tutorial, we will learn about LibreOffice Draw and LibreOffice Draw Workspace.
00:13	And the context menu.
00:15	We will also learn how to: Create, save, close and open a Draw file, Enable toolbars, Set up the Draw page,
00:25	And insert basic shapes.
00:28	If you do not have LibreOffice Suite installed, Draw can be installed by using Synaptic Package Manager.
00:35	For more information on Synaptic Package Manager, please refer to the Ubuntu Linux Tutorials on this website.
00:43	And download LibreOffice Suite by following the instructions on this website.
00:48	Detailed instruction are available in the first tutorial of Libre office suit.
00:54	Remember, when installing, use the 'Complete' option to install 'Draw '.
00:59	LibreOffice Draw is a vector-based graphics software.
01:03	It allows you to create a wide range of vector graphics.
01:08	There are two major types of graphics – vector-based graphics and bitmaps.
01:13	Vector graphics are created and edited using LibreOffice Draw.
01:18	The other is bitmap or the raster image.
01:21	Popular bitmap formats are BMP, JPG, JPEG and PNG.
01:30	Let us understand the difference between the two types, by comparing the image formats.
01:35	The picture on the left is a vector graphic.
01:38	The one on the right is a bitmap.
01:41	Notice what happens when the pictures are enlarged.
01:45	The vector graphic is clear; the bitmap image becomes blurred.
01:51	Vector-based graphics software stores images using lines and curves as mathematical formulae.
01:58	Therefore, when the images are resized, the picture quality is unaffected.
02:04	A bitmap uses pixels or a series of very small dots of colors in a grid or a square.
02:11	Can you see the small squares as we enlarge the picture?
02:15	These are the grids.
02:17	The small dots make up the color in each grid.
02:20	You may have noticed one other difference - bitmaps are rectangular in shape.
02:26	Vector graphics, however, can be in any shape.
02:30	Now that we know about vector graphics, let us learn how to create them using Draw.
02:36	Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 as our operating system and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.
02:46	To open a new Draw file, click on the Applications option at the top left corner of the screen.
02:54	And then click on Office and then on LibreOffice.
02:59	A dialog box opens up with various LibreOffice components.
03:03	Click on Drawing .
03:05	This will open an empty Draw file.
03:09	Let’s name our Draw file and save it.
03:12	Click on File in the Main menu and choose the “Save as” option.
03:18	The “Save as” dialog box is displayed.
03:21	Let us type the name “WaterCycle” in the field File Name.
03:26	Its a good practice to assign a name that is relevant to the drawing.
03:31	The default file type for Draw files is the dot odg format (.odg).
03:37	Using the Browse folders field, let us save this file on the Desktop.
03:42	Click on Save.
03:44	The file is saved as “WaterCycle”.
03:47	The Draw file with the file name and the extension is displayed in the Title bar.
03:53	We will learn how to create a picture of the water cycle as shown in this slide.
03:59	We shall complete this picture in stages.
04:02	Each basic level tutorial will demonstrate how you can create different elements of this picture.
04:09	At the end of the basic level of Draw tutorials, you will also be able to create a similar diagram by yourself.
04:17	First let us familiarize ourselves with the Draw workspace or the Draw window.
04:23	The Main menu lists all the options that we can use in Draw.
04:27	The Pages panel on the left displays all the pages in the Draw file.
04:32	The space where we create graphics is called a Page.
04:37	There are three layers in each page.
04:39	They are the Layout, Controls and Dimensions Lines.
04:44	The Layout layer is displayed by default.
04:47	This is where we create most of our graphics.
04:51	We will work only with the Layout Layer.
04:54	Let us now explore the various toolbars available in LibreOffice Draw.
04:59	To view the toolbars available in Draw, go to the Main menu and click on View and then on Toolbars.
05:07	You will see a list of all the available tools.
05:11	There is a check mark to the left of certain toolbars.
05:15	This means the toolbar is enabled and is visible in the Draw window.
05:20	The option “Standard” has a check.
05:23	You can see the Standard toolbar on the window.
05:27	Let us now uncheck the “Standard” toolbar by clicking on it.
05:32	You see the Standard toolbar is no longer visible.
05:36	Let’s make it visible again.
05:39	Similarly, you can enable and disable the other toolbars, too.
05:44	Before we draw the basic shapes for the water cycle diagram, let us set the page to Landscape view.
05:51	To do this, right-click on the page and choose the Page option.
05:56	Various sub-options are displayed.
05:59	Click Page Setup option.
06:02	The Page Setup dialog box is displayed.
06:06	Under Page Format, we can see the Format field.
06:10	Here we will choose A4 as this is the most common paper size used for printing.
06:17	When you select the format, the Width and Height fields are automatically filled with the default values.
06:25	Under the Orientation option, let us select Landscape.
06:29	To the right of the Paper format fields, you will see a tiny preview of the Draw page.
06:36	Click on OK.
06:38	Let us begin by drawing the sun.
06:41	On the drawing toolbar, click on the small black triangle next to “Basic Shapes”.
06:47	Click on Circle.
06:49	Now bring the cursor to the page >> Hold the left mouse button and Drag.
06:56	A circle is drawn on the page.
06:59	Now, let us draw a cloud next to the sun.
07:03	To do this, go to the drawing toolbar and select the “Symbol Shapes”.
07:08	Click on the small black triangle next to” Symbol Shapes” and select the “Cloud”.
07:14	On the draw page, place the cursor next to the sun.
07:18	Hold the left mouse button and drag.
07:21	You have drawn a cloud!
07:23	Next let us draw a mountain.
07:25	We shall select “Basic shapes” again and click on “Isosceles triangle”.
07:30	We shall insert a triangle in the Draw page, as we did before.
07:35	Now, we have inserted three shapes.
07:38	Remember to save your file every time you make a change.
07:42	Press the CTRL+S keys together to do this.
07:48	You can also set a time interval to save the changes automatically.
07:53	To do this: Go to the Main menu and select “Tools”.
07:57	Under “Tools”, click on “Options”.
08:00	The “Options” dialog box appears.
08:03	Click on the plus sign next to “Load/Save”next on Click “General” >> From the check boxes on the right >>
08:11	Check the box” Save Auto recovery information every “and type “2”.
08:17	This means that the file will automatically be saved once every two minutes.
08:22	Click OK.
08:24	Let us now close this file by clicking on” File” >> “Close”.
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.
08:38	A dialog box appears on the screen.
08:41	Here find the folder where you saved your document.
08:46	Select the file you want to open and click “Open”.
08:51	Here is an assignment for you.
08:53	Create a new draw file and save it as “MyWaterCycle”.
08:57	Set the page orientation to Portrait.
09:00	Insert a cloud, a star and a circle.
09:04	Now change the page orientation to Landscape.
09:07	See how the placements of the figures change.
09:11	This brings us to the end of this tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Draw.
09:16	In this tutorial, we learnt about
09:19	LbreOffice Draw,
09:21	The LibreOffice Draw Workspace and
09:23	And the context menu.
09:25	We also learnt to:
09:27	Create, save, close and open a Draw file
09:31	Enable toolbars
09:33	Set up the Draw page and
09:35	Insert basic shapes
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