Re: [libreoffice-users] Objects in Draw move position
Ah, seems as if the pre-computer method was much simpler ... each time I drew a plan, all I needed was a straight-edge & pencils ;-) From: Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> Date: Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Objects in Draw move position To: users@global.libreoffice.org Hi James, James Wilde schrieb: I scanned in a map of our garden as I wanted to make detailed plans for > the layout of different bits of the garden. I loaded this scanned > picture into Draw. > > Next I added a number of circles of various sizes to represent trees. > The next step will be to capture a portion of the big map and enlarge it > in order to do more detailed maps of the different parts of the garden. > However, it seems that the circles for trees are not fastened to the > map. When I move the point of focus, the map moves as I expect, to show > the new portion, but the green circles of trees stay where they are > relative to the Draw window, so that they change position on the map. > > How to I pin the trees to the map? > Draw has the wonderful feature of layers. Make a new layer and insert the map there. Then set the layer to locked. Next step make a new layer and insert the tree-circles there, then set that layer to locked too. And so one, make a layer for the plants, make a layer for furniture and greenhouse, for water and electric or whatever you need. If you do not want to start from scratch, you can drag an object onto the tab of the new layer. It will be positioned on the new layer where it has been on the old layer. If you have selected an object, you can see in the statusbar, to which layer this object belongs. To insert a new layer right click a tab and use item "Insert layer" from that context menu. For changing the mode of a layer activate it by click on the tab and then right click the tab and use item "Modify layer". To focus on a special part of the drawing use the tool "Zoom & Pan" from the "Zoom"-toolbar. Click and drag as if you would draw a rectangle above the area of interest. Then click on the "Select" arrow or click Esc-key to leave that tool. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Objects in Draw move position
Hi James, James Wilde schrieb: I scanned in a map of our garden as I wanted to make detailed plans for the layout of different bits of the garden. I loaded this scanned picture into Draw. Next I added a number of circles of various sizes to represent trees. The next step will be to capture a portion of the big map and enlarge it in order to do more detailed maps of the different parts of the garden. However, it seems that the circles for trees are not fastened to the map. When I move the point of focus, the map moves as I expect, to show the new portion, but the green circles of trees stay where they are relative to the Draw window, so that they change position on the map. How to I pin the trees to the map? Draw has the wonderful feature of layers. Make a new layer and insert the map there. Then set the layer to locked. Next step make a new layer and insert the tree-circles there, then set that layer to locked too. And so one, make a layer for the plants, make a layer for furniture and greenhouse, for water and electric or whatever you need. If you do not want to start from scratch, you can drag an object onto the tab of the new layer. It will be positioned on the new layer where it has been on the old layer. If you have selected an object, you can see in the statusbar, to which layer this object belongs. To insert a new layer right click a tab and use item "Insert layer" from that context menu. For changing the mode of a layer activate it by click on the tab and then right click the tab and use item "Modify layer". To focus on a special part of the drawing use the tool "Zoom & Pan" from the "Zoom"-toolbar. Click and drag as if you would draw a rectangle above the area of interest. Then click on the "Select" arrow or click Esc-key to leave that tool. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Objects in Draw move position
James Wilde wrote: I scanned in a map of our garden as I wanted to make detailed plans for the layout of different bits of the garden. I loaded this scanned picture into Draw. Next I added a number of circles of various sizes to represent trees. The next step will be to capture a portion of the big map and enlarge it in order to do more detailed maps of the different parts of the garden. However, it seems that the circles for trees are not fastened to the map. When I move the point of focus, the map moves as I expect, to show the new portion, but the green circles of trees stay where they are relative to the Draw window, so that they change position on the map. How to I pin the trees to the map? How are you moving the "point of focus"? If you're clicking and dragging in the drawing, you're probably just moving the scanned image relative to the page, without moving the other objects. Use the scroll bars at the right and bottom edges to move around the page. If you have a mouse with a wheel, you can also use that to scroll vertically, or hold shift to scroll horizontally. When you come to enlarging the map, you'll probably want to group all the objects first (Edit > Select All, then Modify > Group), then resize the group so that everything stays in proportion. Once you've got the required size you can then ungroup the objects to work with them individually, or work with them while still grouped via Modify > Enter Group and Modify > Exit Group. -- Mark. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Objects in Draw move position
I scanned in a map of our garden as I wanted to make detailed plans for the layout of different bits of the garden. I loaded this scanned picture into Draw. Next I added a number of circles of various sizes to represent trees. The next step will be to capture a portion of the big map and enlarge it in order to do more detailed maps of the different parts of the garden. However, it seems that the circles for trees are not fastened to the map. When I move the point of focus, the map moves as I expect, to show the new portion, but the green circles of trees stay where they are relative to the Draw window, so that they change position on the map. How to I pin the trees to the map? TIA -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
