Hello Sorry to disagree with you, but here is how the it works in Draw LO3.5 on all three major operating systems.
The delete point is active ALL the time when you select a point on a curve, polygon or free form object, whether it is a curve or a curve converted to a line. Select a point and click on the Delete Point icon on the Edit toolbar or press the Delete key. The point is deleted and a straight line is formed between the two points either side of the deleted points. Eliminate Points only becomes active when a curve has been converted to line. First select a curve and use the Convert to Curve tool on the Edit Toolbar to convert it to a line. Select a point and select the Eliminate Points tool. Click and drag the point until the line becomes a straight line between the two pints either side of the selected point. Release the mouse button and the selected point is eliminated or deleted. The same result can easily be achieved using the Delete Point tool or the Delete key. The Delete Points and the Delete key have one further advantage. You can select more than one point using the Shift key and mouse clicks, then delete the selected points with one click or key press. Eliminate Points tool cannot do this. Conclusion, Eliminate Points tool is an overly complicated method of creating a straight line between two points. In my opinion Eliminate Points should be removed from Draw because the Delete Point and the Delete key serve the same purpose, but in a far simpler way with the above added advantage. This will be described in the Draw user guide for LO3.5. Regards Peter Schofield [email protected] On 4 Jul 2012, at 13:38, kedarnath wrote: > hi, > 1.Using the Curve icon drop down draw a)curve b) polygon c)polygon 45degrees > d)freeform objects. And next draw e) straight line object. The delete point > action icon does not appear at all only eliminate point is active. The > delete point icon becomes active when you convert it to a polygon.Draw from > its Star office / OpenOffice days had intention to be the best Drawing and > Darfting program - Even today it can import AutoCad dxf formats. And Raster > to vector converted dxf files. And recently SVG formats. I think checking > older documentation would help. I strongly believe that programmers develop > amd put together code that definite purpose. > > regards > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message -----From: Peter Schofield <[email protected]>To: > [email protected]: Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2012 1:32 > PMSubject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Eliminate points in DrawHello > Martin and JKThank you for the hints.I am rewriting the Draw guide for LO3.5 > and using version LO3.4 as a base. The instructions given in version 3.4 are > very poor and difficult to understand.At first I could not get the Eliminate > Points to work, but have now succeeded in getting it to work. In my opinion > this is an overly complicated way of deleting a point.Once a curve has been > converted to a line with more than one point on the line, you select the > point you want to remove and then use the Delete Point tool, which is also on > the Edit Points toolbar. The selected point is deleted and a straight line is > created between the two points either side of the deleted point. This is a > far simpler method of deleting or eliminating a point and > produces exactly the same result.I think that we should remove the Eliminate > Points tool from the Edit Points toolbar as it is unnecessary. Now I need to > know who to contact within the Document Foundation to make this > suggestion.RegardsPeter [email protected] 3 Jul 2012, at 17:03, > Martin Fox wrote:> Chapter 3 has an example I think.> Martin> > On Tue, 3 Jul > 2012 05:25:44 -0700 (PDT)> PeeWee <[email protected]> wrote:> >> On the Edit > Points toolbar there is a tool called Eliminate Points.>> >> The explanation > in LO Draw help and version 3.4 of the guide do not explain>> what this tool > is for. The following is the text extracted from Draw help:>> >> "Marks the > current point or the selected points for deletion. This happens>> in the > event that the point is located on a straight line. If you convert a>> curve > or a polygon with the Convert to Curve icon into a straight line or>> you > change a curve with the mouse so that a point lies on the > straight line,>> it is removed. The angle from which the point reduction is > to take place can>> be set by choosing LibreOffice Draw - Grid in the Options > dialog box">> >> I understand how to convert a curve to a line, but I cannot > get this>> Eliminate Points tool to work.>> >> Also why have an Eliminate > Points tool when there is already a tool called>> Delete Points, which is > very simple to use.>> >> Can anybody shed some light on this one or point in > the right direction to>> find the information.>> >> Regards>> >> PeterS>> >> > -->> View this message in context:>> > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Eliminate-points-in-Draw-tp3993440.html>> > Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at Nabble.com.>> >> -- >> > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected]>> Problems?>> > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting>> guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List>> > archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All>> > messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted>> > > > > -- > Martin J Fox> 马丁·福克斯> [email protected]> [email protected]> Skype: > butibum> _______________________________________> QQ 775937674 / MSN > [email protected]> VK7MM/HB9TQX> Registered as #324626 with the Linux > counter, www.counter.li.org> 5 out of 2 people are dyslexic Dyslexics of the > world: untie! > Email sent using Axigen Free Mail Server:> > http://www.axigen.com/mail-server/free> > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: > E-mail to [email protected]> Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/> All > messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted-- > Unsubscribe > instructions: E-mail to [email protected]? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/Posting > guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/NetiquetteList archive: > http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/All messages sent to > this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
