Hi :) Thanks Regina :) That's made sense of a few things for me. Sorry Hazel! I should have known you'd know! Regards from Tom :)
--- On Tue, 18/9/12, Regina Henschel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Regina Henschel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started 3.5. Chapter 7: Draw To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 18 September, 2012, 21:26 Hi Hazel, Hazel Russman schrieb: > p.198. Slanting an object. The word "shear" is used at one point (and > also in Fig 194). I think this is confusing; it ought to be the same > word throughout. You are right. Using the red handles is not a shearing in the mathematical meaning. A mathematical shearing is only possible using the position&size dialog. The same error is in the Draw guide, chapter 3. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_mapping [2]http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Shear.html Kind regards Regina -- 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
