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You can also use the drawing tools to annotate photographs, screen

captures, or other illustrations produced by other programs, but this is

not recommended because:

• You cannot include images in a group with drawing objects, so

they may get out of alignment in your document.

• If you convert a document to another format, such as HTML, the

drawing objects and the graphics will not remain associated; they

are saved separately.

In general, if you need to create complex drawings, it is recommended

to use OpenOffice.org Draw, which includes many more features such

as layers, styles, and so on.

Creating drawing objects

To begin using the drawing tools, display the Drawing toolbar (Figure

288) by clicking View > Toolbars > Drawing.

If you are planning to use the drawing tools repeatedly, you can tear off

this toolbar and move it to a convenient place on the window.

Select 5 Freeform Line

Symbol Shapes 13 Stars

2 Line 6 Text 10 Block arrows 14 Points

3 Rectangle 7 Callouts 11 Flowcharts 15 Fontwork Gallery

4 Ellipse 8 Basic Shapes 12 Callouts 16 From File

17 Extrusion On/Off

Figure 288. The Drawing toolbar

To use a drawing tool:

1) Click in the document where you want the drawing to be

anchored. You can change the anchor later, if necessary.

2) Select the tool from the Drawing toolbar (Figure 288). The mouse

pointer changes to a drawing-functions pointer .

3) Move the cross-hair pointer to the place in the document where

you want the graphic to appear and then click-and-drag to create

the drawing object. Release the mouse button. The selected

drawing function remains active, so you can draw another object

of the same type.

4) To cancel the selected drawing function, press the Esc key or

click on the Select icon (the arrow) on the Drawing toolbar.

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