I set the roses at 25% and the grey box at 45% (remember, the higher number makes it more transparent.). The Transparency tab is what you use to set the fill from visible to almost completely transparent. of course this is the alternate way to edit your object. Choosing one of the objects, then going to 'Format' > 'Area' gives you a window that contains several tabs ( Area, Shadow, Transparency, Colors, Gradients, Hatching and Bitmaps.) Notice the last four are the same as in the dropdown we looked at earlier …. The first rectangle I placed was filled with the rose bitmap, and the second one I added was filled with a light grey. I wanted to make sign that had a rose background and a rectangle in front that was partially transparent. Sometimes you want to use a certain effect on your object. With the tools there, you can do some interesting things. From there you can insert rectangles, circles, lines, arrows, speech boxes (called 'callouts') and various other shapes. The toolbar that is at the bottom is where all your drawing tools are located.
When you are adding graphics, the toolbar has Line and Fill so you can alter the border and color of your graphic. The text formatting items are right there IF you have chosen to add text to your drawing. The toolbar below it is different depending on what you are doing. The top toolbar is similar to Writer, with Open, Save, Print and so on, being in the same places. You can right click in the pane to add pages, and even add a page between two existing pages, just as you can do with Impress. Notice when you open Draw, the appearance is similar to Writer, and also to Impress because it has a pane at left showing your pages. Smart connectors make short work of flowcharts, organisation charts, network diagrams, etc."Īs before, I'm no expert, but this summary can get you started. Manipulate objects, rotate in two or three dimensions use sophisticated rendering to create photorealistic images. Draw gives you the tools to communicate with graphics and diagrams. 's website says "Draw anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan.
The next part of OpenOffice to explore is Draw. We've even gotten proficient at presentations … well, at least I have, and I hope you have as well. We can do word processing documents and spreadsheets now. Open Office 3.2, Part 5: OpenOffice Draw by Meemaw
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