Hi :) Yes, there is or at least there will be fairly soon (in the next few weeks). The documentation for OpenOffice's slightly less developed Draw is also valid although LibreOffice's Draw can also handle svg and more functionality too.
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ The one for Draw still needs updating from it's OpenOffice roots but is available as both pdf and odt (so you can edit it yourself on your own machine) http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/6/62/0107GS3-GettingStartedWithDraw.odt http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/8/87/0107GS3-GettingStartedWithDraw.pdf If you would like to help the documentation team update the guide then the usual way is to 1. Join their team, say hi and ask for an "Alfesco" login from them. 2. Download their Draw guide from Alfresco & let the list know you are working on it so other people don't mess up what you are doing. 3. Post to their mailing list about changes you are uncertain about or about any other issues that seem relevant. 4. Upload back to the Alfresco site, hopefully moving it on to the next step, perhaps to the proof-reading stage! The list are helpful about this process (it's amazingly easy apparently) 5. Let the list know you have uploaded it. You might also be interested in other OpenSource programs, also free but more importantly Free, such as Gimp and InkScape. Gimp is a lot more like PhotoShop and there a huge range of add-ons to add extra functionality. It's not really designed for vector graphics tho. Inkscape is designed mainly for vector graphics but it's not a pretty interface. Hopefully Draw brings in useful elements of both while keeping a nice looking interface. http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/InstallHelp#Installing_on_a_Mac OpenSource programs tend to work together very well and tend to be faster and safer than proprietary equivalents. Developments tend to be faster so if you have a problem or can think of an improvement then it's usually worth letting people know. Regards from Tom :) PS i think Jean has beat me to the answer and as head of documentation team her (/his?) answer is better right now. I can't keep up with what's going on there. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Anthony Grzina <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 14 May, 2011 5:55:05 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office - Drawing Hi, I have just discovered your beautiful program and in particular the Drawing part of it. For all kinds of drawings I have been using Deneba's Canvas for many years and I am fairly good at it. However, the producers of Canvas have lamentably discontinued any future development of Canvas for Mac. My old copy is still running on Apple's Rosetta but Apple will now kill Rosetta with the new OS X Lion, which means the final end of Canvas. Looking through your User Guide, I note that your Drawing application handles Bezier curves and other advanced facets of drawings and I would very much like to use it and possibly contribute with some ideas for future developments. However, I am a "printed-manual-person". I like to read and study an application through a printed manual. So my question is: Is there now -- or is it considered for the foreseeable future -- a PDF formatted User Guide? I am sure I am not the only one who would welcome one. Thanks for your attention and best regards, Anthony Grzina Sydney, Australia -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
