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 arrowhead 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 shown 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 the block arrow and an 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 keys 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 us 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 select 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 us 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 in a group
13:53	* Move objects within a group.
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