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Introduction to Draw

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Show Slide 1 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Draw.	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Draw.
Show Slide 2 Learning Objectives In this tutorial, you will learn about LibreOffice Draw LibreOffice Draw Workspace. The context menu	In this tutorial, we will learn about LibreOffice Draw, and the LibreOffice Draw Workspace.
Show Slide 3 We will also learn how to: Create, save, close and open a Draw file Enable toolbars Set up the Draw page Insert basic shapes	We will also learn how to: Create, save, close and open a Draw file Enable toolbars Set up the Draw page and Insert basic shapes
Show slide	If you do not have LibreOffice Suite installed, Draw can be installed by using Synaptic Package Manager. For more information on Synaptic Package Manager, please refer to the Ubuntu Linux Tutorials on this website.
Show slide	And download LibreOffice Suite by following the instructions on this website.
Goto www.libreoffice.org	Detailed instructions are available in the first tutorial of LibreOffice Suite. Remember, when installing, use the 'Complete' option to install 'Draw '.
Show Slide 4 What is LibreOffice Draw? LibreOffice Draw is a vector-based graphics software. allows you to create a wide range of vector graphics.	LibreOffice Draw is vector-based graphics software. It allows you to create a wide range of vector graphics.
Show Slide 5 There are two major types of graphics – vector-based graphics and bitmaps. Vector graphics are graphics that are created and edited using LibreOffice Draw. Bitmap or the raster image. Popular bitmap formats are BMP, JPG, JPEG, PNG.	There are two major types of graphics - vector-based graphics and bitmaps. Vector graphics are created and edited using LibreOffice Draw. The other is the Bitmap or the raster image. Popular bitmap formats are BMP, JPG, JPEG, PNG.
Show Slide 6 <<Show slide with pictures of vector and bitmaps>> Point to the title “Vector Graphic” and then the title “Bitmap Graphic”.	Let us understand the difference between the two types, by comparing the image formats. The picture on the left is a vector graphic. The one on the right is a bitmap.
Zoom out the vector graphic then zoom out the bitmap image. Enlarge the bitmap until you see the small squares.	Notice what happens when the pictures are enlarged.
Point to the vector image, and then the bitmap.	The vector graphic is clear; the bitmap image becomes blurred. Vector-based graphics software stores images using lines and curves as mathematical formulae. Therefore, when the images are resized, the picture quality is unaffected.
Point to the small boxes in the bitmap. Point to the bitmap image. Move the cursor around the vector graphic.	A bitmap uses pixels or a series of very small dots of colors in a grid or a square. Can you see the small squares as we enlarge the picture? These are the grids. The small dots make up the color in each grid. You may have noticed one other difference - bitmaps are rectangular in shape. Vector graphics, however, can be in any shape. Now that we know about vector graphics, let us learn how to create them using Draw.
Show Slide 7 OS and Versions Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.	Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 as our operating system and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.
Click on the Applications >> Office >> LibreOffice. Click on Drawing.	To open a new Draw file, click on the Applications option at the top left corner of the screen. And then click on Office and then on LibreOffice. A dialog box opens up with various LibreOffice components. Click on Drawing . This will open an empty Draw file.
Click on File >> Save as. In the File Name field >> type “WaterCycle”.	Let’s first name our Draw file and save it. Click on File in the Main menu and choose the “Save as” option. The “Save as” dialog box is displayed. Let us type the name “WaterCycle” in the field File Name. Its a good practice to assign a name that is relevant to the drawing.
Point to the .odg format. Click on “Browse folders” >> choose Desktop. Click on Save.	The default file type for Draw files is the dot odg format (.odg). Using the Browse folders field, let us save this file on the Desktop. Click on Save. The file is saved as “WaterCycle”.
Point to the Title bar.	The Draw file with the file name and the extension is displayed in the Title bar.
Show Slide 8 <<Insert Slide with complete picture of water cycle Refer figure one at the end of this document.>>	We will learn how to create a picture of the water cycle as shown in this slide. We shall complete this picture in stages. Each basic level tutorial will demonstrate how you can create different elements of this picture. At the end of the basic level of Draw tutorials, you will also be able to create a similar diagram by yourself.
Drag cursor along all options of the Main menu options one by one - from File to Help. Don’t click - only point to the options.	First let us familiarize ourselves with the Draw workspace or the Draw window. The Main menu lists all the options that we can use in Draw.
Point to the “Pages” title on the left.	The Pages panel on the left displays all the pages in the Draw file.
Click on page 1 that is displayed in the Pages pane.	The space where we create graphics is called a Page.
Just point to the Layout, Controls and Dimensions Lines tabs at the bottom.	There are three layers in each page. They are the Layout, Controls and Dimensions Lines.
Click on the Layout layer.	The Layout layer is displayed by default. This is where we create most of our graphics. We will work only with the Layout Layer.
	Let us now explore the various toolbars available in LibreOffice Draw.
In the Main menu, click on View >> click on Toolbars.	To view the toolbars available in Draw, go to the Main menu and click on View and then on Toolbars.
Point to the toolbar menu. Point to the tick marks.	You will see a list of all the available tools. There is a check mark to the left of certain toolbars. This means the toolbar is enabled and is visible in the Draw window.
Point to the option “Standard”. Point to the Standard toolbar on the top of the window.	The option “Standard” has a check. You can see the Standard toolbar on the window.
Click on View >> Toolbars >> Standard. Point to show that the Standard toolbar is no longer visible.	Let us now uncheck the “Standard” toolbar by clicking on it. You see the Standard toolbar is no longer visible.
Click on View >> Toolbars >> Standard.	Let’s make it visible again. Similarly, you can enable and disable the other toolbars, too.
Right-click on the page >> choose Page >> Click Page Setup.	Before we draw the basic shapes for the water cycle diagram, let us set the page to Landscape view. To do this, right-click on the page and choose the Page option. Various sub-options are displayed. Click Page Setup option. The Page Setup dialog box is displayed.
Click on the drop-down in the Format field and choose A4. Point to the Width and Height fields.	Under Page Format, we can see the Format field. Here we will choose A4 as this is the most common paper size used for printing. When you select the format, the Width and Height fields are automatically filled with the default values.
Point to the orientation field. Select Landscape.	Under the Orientation option, let us select Landscape.
Point to the preview box. Click OK.	To the right of the Paper format fields, you will see a tiny preview of the Draw page. Click on OK.
Point to the drawing toolbar at the bottom >> Click on the small black triangle next to “Basic Shapes” <Refer figure two for how the figure should look like>	Let us begin by drawing the sun. On the drawing toolbar, click on the small black triangle next to “Basic Shapes”.
Click on Circle. Bring the cursor to the top right of the Draw page >> Hold the left mouse button >> Drag.	Click on Circle. Now bring the cursor to the page. Hold the left mouse button and drag. A circle is drawn on the page.
Point to the drawing toolbar at the bottom >> Click on the small black triangle next to “Symbol Shapes”. Click on the “Cloud” shape.	Now, let us draw a cloud next to the sun. To do this, go to the drawing toolbar and select the “Symbol Shapes”. Click on the small black triangle next to” Symbol Shapes” and select the “Cloud”.
On the draw page, place the cursor next to the sun. Bring the cursor to the Draw page >> Place the cursor next to the sun >> Hold the left mouse button >> Drag.	On the draw page, place the cursor next to the sun. Hold the left mouse button and drag. You have drawn a cloud!
Let us draw a mountain. Select “Basic shapes” >> Click on “Isosceles triangle”. Bring the cursor to the Draw page >> Hold the left mouse button >> Drag. <Refer figure two for how the figure should look like>	Next let us draw a mountain. We shall select “Basic shapes” again and click on “Isosceles triangle”. We shall insert a triangle in the Draw page, as we did before. Now, we have inserted three shapes.
	Remember to save your file every time you make a change. Press the CTRL+S keys together to do this.
Go to Main menu >> Select “Tools” >> click on “Options”.	You can also set a time interval to save the changes automatically. To do this: Go to the Main menu and select “Tools”. Under “Tools”, click on “Options”. The “Options” dialog box appears.
Click on the plus sign next to “Load/Save” >> Click “General” >> From the check boxes on the right >> Check the box” Save Auto recovery information every “and type “2”. If this box is already checked, then just use the pointer and point to it and type 2. Click OK.	Click on the plus sign next to “Load/Save”. Next click on “General”. From the check boxes on the right, check the box “Save Auto recovery information every” and type “2”. This means that the file will automatically be saved once every two minutes. Click OK.
Click File >> Close.	Let us now close this file by clicking on” File” >> “Close”.
Click on “File” >> “Open” >> choose “Desktop” and open the file “WaterCycle”.	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. A dialog box appears on the screen. Here find the folder where you saved your document. Select the file you want to open and click “Open”.
Show Slide 9 Assignment Create a new draw file and save it as “MyWaterCycle”. Set the page orientation to Portrait. Insert a cloud, a star and a circle. Now change the page orientation to Landscape. See how the placements of the figures change.	Here is an assignment for you. Create a new draw file and save it as “MyWaterCycle”. Set the page orientation to Portrait. Insert a cloud, a star and a circle. Now change the page orientation to Landscape. See how the placements of the figures change.
Show Slide 10 Summary In this tutorial, we learnt about: LibreOffice Draw, The LibreOffice Draw Workspace and The context menu. We also learnt to: Create, save, close and open a Draw file Enable toolbars Set up the Draw page and Insert basic shapes	This brings us to the end of this tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Draw. In this tutorial, we learnt about LibreOffice Draw, The LibreOffice Draw Workspace and The context menu. We also learnt to: Create, save, close and open a Draw file Enable toolbars Set up the Draw page and Insert basic shapes
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