The midpoints of all the symbols which lie in a vertical straight line should have the same X coordinate and those which line on the same level should have the same Y coordinate. The individual symbols must be exactly positioned if the connectors which join them are to form a vertical line. (See Figure 7 for an example of a typical flowchart.) The necessary symbols are selected from the toolbar and dragged into position as described in Chapter 2. The easiest way to draw a flowchart is to follow the same setup procedure as for organization charts. The step by step procedure is given in Chapter 4 of the Getting Started guide.For drawing flow diagrams (also known as flowcharts), OOo Draw offers a separate toolbar, which is found on the main Draw toolbar (see Figure 6). Visible buttons: use the black triangle to open a menu that allows to add or subtract buttons to the toolbar.See Setting up interaction with a shape or image. Interaction: opens a dialog where you can specify the interaction between the user and the object.Clicking this button also opens the 3D settings toolbar. Extrusion On/Off: switches 3D effects on or off for the selected object.As rotation is considered a formatting attribute, this is discussed in Chapter 6. Rotate: select this tool to rotate an object.Equivalent to Tools > Gallery on the main menu. From file: equivalent to Insert > Picture > From file on the main menu.See Using Fontwork for further information. Fontwork: opens the Fontworks gallery.See Managing glue points for instructions. Glue points are the positions where connector lines terminate or start. Glue points: select this tool to edit the glue points of a graphic object.Edit points: select this tool, then select a shape or a line, to edit the individual points that form the shape or line.The second section of the Drawing toolbar with utility tools. The second part of the Drawing toolbar, shown below, contains more generic tools. Keep the Shift key pressed to obtain a shape where the height and width are equal. Select the desired shape, then draw as normal. Basic Shapes, Symbol Shapes, Block Arrows, Flowcharts, Callouts, Stars: click the black triangle to open a toolbar showing the available shapes in that category.The use of connectors is described in Working with connectors. Click the black triangle for additional connectors, shown below. Connectors: draws a connector line between two figures.Note that the title of the submenu when undocked is Lines. Click the black triangle for more options, shown below. This tool is available only when Asian language support has been enabled in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages. Vertical text: creates a text box with text aligned vertically.

Text: creates a text box with text aligned horizontally.

The arrowhead will be placed where you release the mouse button.

Arrow: draws a straight line ending with an arrowhead.It is also possible to select several objects by pressing the Control button while selecting the individual objects. A marching ants rectangle identifying the selection area is displayed. To select multiple objects click on the top leftmost object and while keeping the mouse button pressed, drag the mouse to the bottom rightmost object of the intended selection. The tools in this part of the Drawing toolbar are: The first part (shown above) contains drawing objects. The toolbar can be divided into two parts. If this toolbar is not showing, select View > Toolbars > Drawing from the main menu bar.įirst section of Drawing toolbar with drawing objects tools.

The Drawing toolbar collects the majority of the tools normally used to create graphic objects.

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