LibreOffice-Suite-Draw-6.3/C2/Inserting-Text-in-Objects/English
Visual Cue | Narration |
Title Slide | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Inserting Text in Objects in LibreOffice Draw. |
Slide: Learning Objectives | In this tutorial, we will learn to:
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Slide: Insert Text | Text can be added in two ways:
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Slide: System Requirements | This tutorial is recorded using
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Switch to Water-Cycle.odg | Let’s open our Water hyphen Cycle dot odg file which we created earlier in this series. |
Slide: Code Files |
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Text on screen “Press Ctrl + S to save the file” | As we work on this file, remember to press Ctrl + S to save the file frequently. |
Point to the two white clouds next to the sun. | We shall add the text “Cloud Formation” to the two white clouds next to the sun. |
Select the white cloud group next to the sun
Double-click on it |
Select the white cloud group.
Double-click on it in order to enter the group. |
Select the Insert Text box tool from the Standard Toolbar
Press F2 |
On the Standard toolbar, click on the icon named ‘Insert Text box’.
Or you can press the F2 key on the keyboard. |
Move the cursor to the Draw page
Click and drag the left mouse button Release the mouse button |
Now, move the cursor to the top white cloud on the Draw page.
Press the left-mouse button and drag as shown. Release the mouse button to see the text-box. |
Point to the cursor. | Can you see the cursor has transformed into a small vertical blinking line?
This is the text cursor. |
Type Cloud Formation | Let us type the text “Cloud Formation”. |
Click anywhere on the page. | Now click anywhere on the page. |
Select the other cloud >> type the text Cloud Formation | Let us type the same text for the other white cloud, too. |
Double-click anywhere on the page to exit. | To exit the group, double-click anywhere on the page. |
Select the sun >> double-click >> type the words Sun in capitals. | Let us now name the sun in the same way. |
Cursor near the text. | Typing text inside objects cannot get simpler than this! |
Press Ctrl + S to save the file | Press Ctrl + S to save the file. |
Select the gray cloud group
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Now, let us select the gray cloud group.
As before, double-click on it to enter the group. |
Select one cloud >> Type the text Rain Cloud
Select the other cloud and enter Rain Cloud |
Type “Rain Cloud” in each cloud. |
Point to the text in the gray clouds. | As the text in the gray clouds is black in colour, it is not visible clearly.
Let us change the colour of the text to white. |
Click on Properties icon.
Click on Font color icon. |
To do so, first select the text and then click on the Properties icon in the Sidebar.
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Change the text color for the second cloud. | In the same manner, let’s change the text color of the second cloud. |
Double-click anywhere on the page to exit. | Double-click anywhere on the page to exit the group. |
Click on the X icon in the Properties pane | Close the Properties pane |
Select the triangle >> double-click on it>> type Mountain | Likewise, type the word Mountain inside the triangle that depicts the mountain. |
Press Ctrl + S to save the file. | Save the file. |
Slide: You can format text for: | We can format the text for:
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Go to the Main menu >> click Format >> point to Character. | In the Main Menu go to Format.
Then select Character to open the Character dialog box.
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Now point to Paragraph. | Go to the Format menu again.
Then select Paragraph, to open the Paragraph dialog box. Close the Paragraph dialog box. |
Cursor on the page. | Let’s continue with our drawing. |
Point to the rectangle >> Draw an imaginary line as per narration | In the rectangle, let’s draw a thick black line to show groundwater accumulation. |
Let us draw a horizontal line that will divide the rectangle into two equal halves. | |
Go to the Drawing toolbar >> select Insert Line. | From the Drawing toolbar, select Insert Line. |
Move the cursor to the Draw page>> press the left-mouse button >> drag from left to right. | Move the cursor to the page.
Press the left-mouse button and drag from left to right.
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Point to the line. | Now, let’s make the line thicker. |
Select the line >> right-click to view the context menu
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Select the line and right-click for the Context menu.
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Point to the Line tab.
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By default, the Line tab is open.
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Click on Color drop-down >> select black.
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In the Color drop-down change the colour to black.
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Point to the line | The line is now thicker. |
Press Ctrl + S to save the file | Press Ctrl + S to save the file. |
Cursor inside the rectangle. | Next, let’s insert the text “Groundwater table” inside the rectangle. |
In the Standard Toolbar >> Select the Insert textbox Text tool
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Select the Insert text box tool on the Standard toolbar.
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Press the left-mouse button and drag
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Press the left mouse button.
And drag as shown inside the bottom half of the rectangle.
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Place the cursor inside the text box
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To align the text to the centre of the text-box, place the cursor inside the text-box.
A list of text formatting tools is seen. Select the Align Center icon from the tools. |
Add “Rain water flows from land into rivers and sea” in the triangle. | Following the same steps, let us add text inside the triangle also.
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Point to the 3 arrows and then to the mountain, trees and water objects. | Now let’s arrange all the arrows in the diagram.
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Adjust the first arrow from land to the white clouds. | Select the left-most arrow.
Drag and adjust the arrow from land to clouds. |
Adjust the second arrow from vegetation to the white clouds | Let’s select the middle arrow now.
Drag and place the arrow from trees towards clouds. |
Point to the third arrow from water to the white clouds. | Drag the third arrow towards the clouds to show evaporation from water bodies. |
Press Ctrl + S to save the file. | Press Ctrl + S to save the file. |
Draw a curve arrow | Next, let’s use the Curve option to draw a line that shows water running down the mountains. |
From the Drawing toolbar >> click Curve >> select Freeform Line | From the Drawing toolbar click on the drop down besides Curve icon and select Freeform Line. |
Place the cursor next to the Mountain. | On the Draw page, place the cursor next to the mountain. |
Press the left mouse button and drag to draw a line
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Press the left-mouse button and drag down.
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Point to the arrows. | Now let’s add descriptions to these arrows. |
Select the first arrow to the right and type Evaporation from rivers and seas | Select the first arrow to the right and type “Evaporation from rivers and seas”. |
Click the cursor anywhere on the page.
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Click anywhere on the page.
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Point to the text. | Notice that the text is placed exactly on the line and hence is not readable. |
Click on the line.
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To move the text above the line, click on the line.
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Place the cursor at the end of the text and press the Enter key
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Place the cursor at the end of the text and press the Enter key on the keyboard.
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Cursor on the line. | The text typed on lines and arrows can be formatted using options from the Standard Toolbar. |
Cursor on the Draw page. | Let’s format the font size using the Standard Toolbar. |
Click on View menu on the Main Menu | Click on the View menu on the Main menu. |
Go to the Toolbars option and select Text Formatting
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Go to the Toolbars option and select Text Formatting.
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Select the text >>
Font Size in the Standard Toolbar >> type size 12.
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Let’s select the text, written besides the arrow.
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Point to the truncated text. | Observe that the text is truncated here.
We will bring the text to front to see it clearly. |
Select the arrow.
From the Arrange menu, select Bring to Front option.
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Select the arrow.
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Type
“Evaporation from soil”.
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Now, let’s type text for all the other arrows one by one, as shown.
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Point to the text on two arrows. | Observe that the text on the arrows is in the reverse direction.
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Point to the arrows.
Select the arrows >> Press Delete key on the keyboard. |
Let us delete the arrows.
Select the arrows and press the Delete key on the keyboard. |
Go to the Drawing toolbar.
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Now to add the arrows go to the Drawing Toolbar.
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Type the text on the arrows. | Now type the text on the arrows as before. |
Point to Standard Toolbar
Change size to 14. |
Then reduce the font size to 14 from the Standard toolbar for all the arrows. |
Press Ctrl + S keys to save | Press Ctrl + S keys to save the file. |
Only narration | Next, let’s show rain falling from the gray clouds. |
Point to the gray clouds.
Drawing toolbar >> select Line Ends with Arrow. |
We will draw dotted arrows which point downward to show rain from the clouds.
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Place the cursor on the first gray cloud to the left
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Now place the cursor on the first gray cloud to the left.
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Right-click for the context menu >> click Line
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Right-click for the Context menu and click on Line.
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Click on the Style drop-down list >> select 2 Dots 1 Dash
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Under Line properties, click on the Style drop-down list and select 2 Dots 1 Dash.
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Copy and paste one more arrow for this gray cloud. | Let’s copy and paste one more arrow for this cloud. |
Copy two arrows to the other gray cloud. | Let’s now copy and paste two such arrows for the other cloud. |
Add the text Rain to the right-most arrow. | Then let’s add the text “Rain” to the dotted arrows. |
Press Ctrl + S keys to save | Press Ctrl + S to save the file. |
Next, we’ll type an appropriate text in the text box just above the water object. | |
In the Standard toolbar >> Insert Text box >> draw a text box
Type the text Evaporation to form the clouds inside it. |
From the Standard toolbar, select the Insert Text box tool and draw a text box as shown.
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In the Standard toolbar >> Insert Text box >> draw a text box
Type the text Condensation to form rain inside it. |
Once again, from the Standard toolbar, select the Insert Text box tool.
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Move the text box by first clicking on the border of the text box
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Move the text box by first clicking on the border of the text box.
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Enter the text WaterCycle Diagram
Make it bold. |
Following the previous steps, let’s give the title “Water Cycle Diagram” using a text box.
And format the text to be Bold. |
Only narration | We have successfully completed drawing the WaterCycle diagram! |
Press Ctrl + S keys to save | Press Ctrl + S keys to save the file. |
Slide: Callouts | Now, let’s briefly learn about Callouts.
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Right click on the page.
Select Page >> New Page |
For this part of the demo, let’s add a new page to our Draw file first.
So, right-click on the page for the Context menu. Go to Page option and click on New Page. A new page is inserted. |
Go to the Drawing toolbar
Click the dropdown next to the callout icon Click Rectangular Callout. |
To draw a Callout, go to the Drawing toolbar.
Click the drop-down next to the Callout icon. Various Callouts are displayed. Let us click on Rectangular Callout. |
Move the cursor to the page; hold the left-mouse button and drag.
Point to the Callout on the page. |
Move the cursor to the page, press the left-mouse button and drag.
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Type This is an example inside the callout. | We can enter text inside the Callout just as we did for the other objects.
Double-click and type the text “This is an example” inside the Callout. |
Only Narration
Press Ctrl + S to save the file |
Likewise, we can insert any text or callout in our drawing, as per our requirements.
Save all the changes and close the file. |
Only narration | This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
Let us summarize. |
Slide: Summary | In this tutorial, we have learnt to:
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Slide: Assignment | Try out this assignment by yourself.
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Slide: Acknowledgement | Spoken Tutorial project is funded by Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India |
Slide: Thank you | This tutorial was originally contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2011
The script for this tutorial was written by Nikita Misal from IIT Bombay. And this is Madhuri Ganapathi along with the Spoken Tutorial team signing off. Thank you for watching. |