LibreOffice-Suite-Draw/C2/Basics-of-working-with-objects/English-timed

Time	Narration
00.02	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Basics of Working with Objects in LibreOffice Draw.
00.08	In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
00.11	Cut, copy, paste objects
00.14	Re-size objects dynamically using handles
00.17	Arrange Objects
00.19	Group and ungroup objects
00.21	Edit individual objects in a group
00.24	Move objects within a group
00.28	Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.
00.37	Let us open the “WaterCycle” file which we had saved on the Desktop.
00.42	Now, let’s copy and paste three more clouds to this picture.
00.47	First select the cloud, then right-click to view the context menu and click “Copy”.
00.54	Then, place the cursor on the page, right-click for the context menu again and click “Paste”.
01.02	But we can see only one cloud!
01.05	Where is the cloud that we copied and pasted?
01.08	The copied cloud has been pasted on the top of the original cloud!
01.13	Let us select the cloud and move it to the left.
01.17	Let us create one more cloud in the same manner.
01.21	Select the cloud, right-click for the context menu and click “Copy”.
01.26	Right-click again for the context menu and click “Paste”.
01.30	Now, select the copied cloud and move it to the left.
01.37	We can also use short cut keys to make copies of objects.
01.41	CTRL+C to copy an object
01.44	CTRL+V to paste an object
01.47	CTRL+X to cut an object
01.50	Select the cloud and press the CTRL and C keys together.
01.55	The cloud has been copied.
01.57	To paste, press CTRL and V keys together.
02.02	Now select the cloud and move it to the desired location.
02.08	Pause this tutorial and do this assignment.
02.11	Add two pages to your draw file.
02.14	Draw two objects on page one.
02.18	Copy an object from page one to page two.
02.22	Check where the copied object is placed.
02.25	Cut an object and paste it. You can use the short-cut keys for this purpose.
02.31	Check if a copy of the object is made when you cut it.
02.36	Let us reduce the size of this cloud.
02.38	So, first select it.
02.40	Now the handles are visible.
02.43	Next, place the cursor on one of the handles till arrowheads is visible.
02.50	Now, hold the left mouse button and drag the arrow inward to make the cloud smaller.
02.57	To enlarge it, drag the arrow outward.
03.00	To make this arrow longer, first select it.
03.04	Now move the cursor over one of the handles.
03.07	A small transparent arrow with a square beneath appears at the cursor tip.
03.14	Now, press the “Shift” key on the keyboard, hold the left mouse button and using the arrow’s handle, drag it down.
03.25	It is much easier to re-size the object if you press the Shift key also, isn’t it?
03.32	Resizing using the handles of an object is called “Dynamic Resizing”.
03.38	This means we do not use exact measurements.
03.42	We will learn to exactly re-size objects in later tutorials.
03.47	In a similar manner let’s increase the width of this rectangle.
03.52	Select the rectangle, press the Shift key on the keyboard and drag it upward.
03.59	Look at the “Status” bar, at the bottom of the Draw window.
04.03	Note that when we re-size the rectangle again, the dimensions change.
04.09	The “Status” bar shows the change in position and dimension of the object.
04.16	Now let’s arrange the clouds and the sun as shown here.
04.20	To identify the clouds, let’s number them 1, 2, 3, 4, starting from left to right.
04.29	To insert the numbers, let’s select this cloud, double-click and type 1.
04.36	Similarly number the other clouds too.
04.44	Now, let’s select cloud 4 and place it over the sun.
04.49	To send it behind the sun, right-click on the cloud for the context menu.
04.55	Click “Arrange” and select “Send Backward”.
04.58	Cloud 4 is now behind the sun.
05.02	“Send Backward” sends an object one layer behind the present one.
05.07	Now let’s select cloud 3 and place it above the sun.
05.12	Right-click for the context menu, click “Arrange” and select “Send to Back”.
05.18	Cloud 3 is now behind both the sun and cloud 4.
05.23	“Send to Back” sends an object to the last layer.
05.28	It now becomes simple to arrange the clouds as shown in the slide.
05.32	Let’s select cloud 4, right-click for context menu, click “Arrange” and select “Bring to Front”.
05.40	“Bring to Front” brings an object to the first layer.
05.44	Then select cloud 3, right-click for context menu, click “Arrange” and select “Bring Forward”.
05.52	“Bring Forward” brings an object one layer ahead.
05.57	Now, select cloud 2 and place it on cloud 1.
06.01	The clouds are arranged as shown in the slide.
06.07	Next let’s delete the numbers from the clouds.
06.10	To do so, select the cloud and double-click. Then select the number and press the Delete key on the keyboard.
06.23	Pause the tutorial here for this assignment.
06.26	Draw a circle a square and a star and place them as showm below.
06.32	Select each object and apply each option from the arrange menu.
06.38	Check how the placement of figures change for each option.
06.44	Now place the object as shown on this slides and check bring "to front" and sent "to back" option.
06.53	Next, Let’s add trees, like the one shown in this slide, to the Water Cycle diagram.
06.59	We shall draw a tree using a block arrow and a explosion.
07.05	Let us add a new page to this Draw file by clicking on Insert and then on Slide.
07.11	This will add a new page to our file.
07.15	To draw the trunk of the tree, from the Drawing toolbar select “Block Arrows”.
07.21	Click on the small black triangle to see the available shapes and select “Split Arrow”.
07.28	Place the cursor on the page, hold the left mouse button and drag downwards and sideways.
07.35	You have drawn a tree trunk with two branches!
07.39	Let us add leaves to the branch.
07.42	Select Stars from the Drawing toolbar.
07.45	Then, click on the small black triangle and select “Explosion”.
07.51	Now, move to the draw page, place the cursor on the left branch of the arrow, hold the left mouse button and drag left to draw the shape.
08.01	So, we have added leaves to the tree!
08.04	We shall copy this shape to the right branch of the tree, also.
08.09	Select the shape.
08.11	On the keyboard, press the CTRL+C keys to copy.
08.15	Then press CTRL+V key to paste.
08.19	Now move the shape to the right branch of the tree.
08.22	We have drawn a tree!
08.25	Let us select the tree and move it down.
08.28	Only the tree trunk moves down; the leaves don’t!
08.32	Here the “Tree trunk” and the two “Leaves” are treated as separate objects.
08.38	Let’s move the tree trunk back to where it was.
08.41	Let learn how to group the "tree trunk" and "two leaves"into a single unit.
08.47	Any change made to a group is applied to all the objects within the group.
08.53	First click on the page, so that none of the objects are selected.
08.58	Then, from the Drawing toolbar click "Select".
09.02	Move the cursor to the page and click on the page.
09.05	Now press the left mouse button and drag so that all the objects are selected.
09.11	You will see a dotted rectangle.
09.14	Ensure all the objects of the tree are selected within this rectangle.
09.20	Alternately, you can select two or more objects by pressing the Shift key and then clicking on each object.
09.28	Right-click for context menu and select “Group”.
09.32	Now click on any object in the tree.
09.36	The handles appear as if they are part of a single object.
09.40	These objects are now treated as a single unit.
09.45	To ungroup them as separate objects, select the tree, right-click and select “Ungroup”.
09.52	The objects are now ungrouped and are treated as three separate objects.
09.56	Let’s group them again.
09.58	Press the Shift key and slect the object one after another.
10.03	Right click and select 'group".
10.06	Let's copy the tree to page one which is our main drawing page.
10.10	So Ctrl and "C'to copy click on page one and Ctrl and 'V' to "paste".
10.17	Now, suppose we want to edit a single object within a group. What do we do?
10.23	Let me demonstrate a simple way to do this without having to ungroup and regroup the objects.
10.30	Select the group and right-click for the context menu.
10.33	Select “Enter Group”.
10.35	Notice that all the objects outside the group are disabled.
10.39	Only the objects within the group can be edited.
10.43	For example let us select the leaves on the right-side of the tree and reduce the size.
10.51	Let press Ctrl + 'Z', to undo this and proceed further.
10.56	Now, we should reduce the size of the tree so that it fits in the Water Cycle drawing.
11.02	So we have to exit the “Edit” mode of the group.
11.05	To exit the group, place the cursor on the page, right-click and select “Exit group”.
11.13	We are now out of the “Edit” mode for the group.
11.16	Select the tree and move the cursor over the bottom-right handle.
11.21	The cursor turns into a re-sizing arrow.
11.24	Drag the arrow inwards.
11.26	And we have reduced the size of the whole tree!
11.29	Let's add three more trees to this picture.
11.32	Select the tree and ctrl and "C' to copy Ctrl and "V' three times to paste.
11.39	This will create three copies of the trees.
11.41	Now we will move them to the desired location.
11.45	Repeat this step for all the trees.
11.51	Now remember, each tree is made up of three objects.
11.55	Each tree is also a group by itself.
11.58	We have created groups of objects.
12.01	Let us now add the water body to the drawing.
12.04	To give the effect of water, we shall add a triangle next to the rectangle and then add a curve.
12.12	To draw a triangle, select “Basic shapes” from the “Drawing” toolbar.
12.18	Click on the small black triangle and select “Right Triangle”.
12.24	Let us draw it and place it next to the rectangle.
12.28	Now let us draw a curve filled with color to show the movement of water.
12.34	From the “Drawing” toolbar, select “Curve”. Now, click on “Freeform Line, Filled”.
12.42	Then place the cursor on top of the triangle, hold the left mouse button and drag it down.
12.49	Let’s adjust the curve so that it looks like flowing water.
12.56	The triangle and the curve together create water, let’s group them as a single object.
13.03	From the Drawing toolbar, click Select.
13.07	Now move the cursor to the page, press the left mouse button and drag to cover the triangle and the curve.
13.16	Right-click and select Group.
13.18	We have now created the basic outline of the Water Cycle.
13.23	Here is another assignment for you.
13.26	Create this picture on your own.
13.30	This brings us to the end of this tutorial on Draw.
13.33	In this tutorial, you have learnt the basics of working with objects. You have learnt to:
13.39	Cut, copy, paste objects
13.42	Re-size objects dynamically using handles
13.46	Arrange objects
13.48	Group and ungroup objects
13.50	Edit individual objects win a group
13.53	Move objects within a group
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