Polygons and Curves | was: Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw guide

2023-05-29 Thread LO . Harald . Berger
t "loops" from left to right? Then, how can I thicken that line and arrow head and change its color? Thank you so much. Charles.. From: lo.harald.ber...@t-online.de To: Eustace , LibreOffice Cc: Bcc: Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 12:26:40 +0200 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Dr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw guide

2023-05-29 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 29/05/2023 11:13, Eustace wrote: A long-long time ago I created some diagrams using WordPerfect. Now I need to update them and create some new ones with LibreOffice Draw. I looked at Amazon, and found that there is a book from 2015 — that's new enough for me, however because of eyesight

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw guide

2023-05-29 Thread LO . Harald . Berger
Hi Eustace, it is not necessary to buy anything for it. LibreOffice provides many things for free. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Videos/Drawing_basic_shapes_in_Draw https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Videos/Own_shapes_in_Draw https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Videos/TextBoxInDraw

[libreoffice-users] Draw guide

2023-05-29 Thread Eustace
A long-long time ago I created some diagrams using WordPerfect. Now I need to update them and create some new ones with LibreOffice Draw. I looked at Amazon, and found that there is a book from 2015 — that's new enough for me, however because of eyesight problems I'd prefer a digital guide. Is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: Rotate image by seconds of a degree

2021-03-28 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy, With the object selected open either the "Position and Size" dialog or the "Position and Size" deck in the side bar. You will see a numeric field that allows you to enter a rotation value as 000.00" just use the decimal places. HTH Drew On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 2:19 PM toki wrote: > >

[libreoffice-users] Draw: Rotate image by seconds of a degree

2021-03-28 Thread toki
All: In Draw, how does one rotate images by seconds of a degree? None of the documentation I have, explains how to do so. None of the menu items even hint at that possibility. One of my acquaintances claims that LibO Draw does have that functionality. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-users] [Draw] Colorize SVG?

2020-11-16 Thread Gilles
Hello, I know nothing about graphic design, and am trying to make a flyer for a club I'm a member of. Inkscape and GIMP are pretty big, so I'm first trying LibreOffice Draw. To get a clean look when zooming in, I used ImageMagick's Convert to turn the club's logo from PNG to PNM, and then used

[libreoffice-users] Draw styles (and Writer Paragraph Style views)

2020-09-09 Thread John Kaufmann
Draw does not have "default" styles, as there are in Calc or Writer, but does have two classes of styles -- Drawing and Presentation -- which it (kind of) shares with the Impress module. Trying to understand the design philosophy in order to use them efficiently, I looked into the Help (which

[libreoffice-users] Draw changes font when opening pdf text file.

2019-03-18 Thread Malcolm Jaros
Greetings All. I would like to add a few words to the text embedded in a pdf file. When the file is opened in Draw the text is displayed, and subsequently saved, in a different font from the that in the original file. This unfortunately changes the line length and hence the page layout, which

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: How to Merge/Subtract/Intersect shapes via macro?

2019-01-08 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Kamil, Kamil Landa schrieb am 08-Jan-19 um 13:50: For example I want to do it for 2 rectangles as from menu Shape -> Merge/Subtract/Intersect You can use the dispatcher for it. After the shapes are selected do for example: dim document as object dim dispatcher as object document =

[libreoffice-users] Draw: How to Merge/Subtract/Intersect shapes via macro?

2019-01-08 Thread Kamil Landa
For example I want to do it for 2 rectangles as from menu Shape -> Merge/Subtract/Intersect Macro twoRectangles put 2 rectangles to the Draw page and select them. Sub twoRectangles 'put 2 rectangles to the Draw page and select them dim oDrawDoc,oPage,oRect1,oRect2,oShapes,oSelect

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: page numbering [RESENT]

2019-01-07 Thread Mike Scott
On 05/01/2019 13:15, Albrecht Dreß wrote: Hi all, I want to create a rather huge document in LO Draw (actually a photo collection) with numbered pages.  Thus, I want to split the document into multiple parts, export them separately as PDF, and glue the resulting PDF together. Adding the

[libreoffice-users] Draw: page numbering

2019-01-05 Thread Albrecht Dreß
Hi all, I want to create a rather huge document in LO Draw (actually a photo collection) with numbered pages. Thus, I want to split the document into multiple parts, export them separately as PDF, and glue the resulting PDF together. Adding the page/slide number in the master is of course

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw problem

2017-08-01 Thread jorge Rodríguez
Hi: I can't help you with your problem but usually to someone can help you, it is necesary to know your Operative System, and the version of LibreOffice that you are using (Where you get the problem with Draw) Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El 31/07/2017 a las 23:35, Art escribió:

[libreoffice-users] Draw problem

2017-08-01 Thread Art
Greetings, I’m having a problem when trying to use Draw, the other Libre Office programs run great, and it’s been months since I had an error of any kind. My system is a ThinkCenter with a second generation I5 processor, tons of ram, an ssd and I have an encrypted drive. I do not have any

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw

2016-06-06 Thread Bruce Hohl
If you really only want a light/fast PDF *reader* than for Linux try Evince and for Windows try Sumatra. If you want some basic PDF tools (not a full PDF editor) than for Linux try PDFshuffler and for Windows try PDFTK Builder for which you can find a link on this page:

[libreoffice-users] Draw

2016-06-06 Thread DavidBTeagueAt Comporium.net
In my search for a cross platform (Linux/Windows) and preferably GPL/free pdf reader. I found that Draw does very well. 1) I would like an easy/easier way to move page to page in Draw. 2) Is there a way to do this? 3) Is there a smaller, faster loading, stand alone solution? -- David

[libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render rotated text

2014-05-14 Thread KARR, DAVID
I'm on Win7-64bit, LO 4.2.4.2. I can't figure out how to render a short piece of rotated text. The instructions I saw referred to a text icon. In the Draw app the only one that comes close is the Label Field in the Form Controls toolbar. The later instructions for selecting that for rotation

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render rotated text

2014-05-14 Thread Cley Faye
2014-05-14 17:55 GMT+02:00 KARR, DAVID dk0...@att.com: I can't figure out how to render a short piece of rotated text. The instructions I saw referred to a text icon. In the Draw app the only one that comes close is the Label Field in the Form Controls toolbar. The later instructions for

RE: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render rotated text

2014-05-14 Thread KARR, DAVID
-Original Message- From: Cley Faye [mailto:cleyf...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:05 AM Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render rotated text 2014-05-14 17:55 GMT+02:00 KARR, DAVID dk0...@att.com: I

Re: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render rotated text

2014-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Draw] Confused about how to render rotated text 2014-05-14 17:55 GMT+02:00 KARR, DAVID dk0...@att.com: I can't figure out how to render a short piece of rotated text. The instructions I saw referred to a text icon

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw problems

2014-05-10 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Hi Girvin, Le 09/05/2014 23:45, Girvin Herr a écrit : Then I tried using Draw in stand-alone mode (not as an embedded object) to export the figure as a jpeg or png file and inserting that file into the document. I changed the Draw page margins to the 2 by 7.5 figure in order to exclude all

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw problems

2014-05-10 Thread Girvin Herr
Regina, Thank you very much for your suggestions. They are very helpful, especially the suggestion to use the Selection box in the Draw export dialog. I have no idea why I have not noticed that option before. I tried it and it works. I will definitely put your suggestions in my Computer

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw problems

2014-05-10 Thread Girvin Herr
On 05/09/2014 11:25 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Hi Girvin, Le 09/05/2014 23:45, Girvin Herr a écrit : Then I tried using Draw in stand-alone mode (not as an embedded object) to export the figure as a jpeg or png file and inserting that file into the document. I changed the Draw page

[libreoffice-users] Draw problems

2014-05-09 Thread Girvin Herr
Greetings, I am using Linux LO 3.6.7.2. I see that Draw still has problems rendering drawings correctly as an embedded object. I am editing small graphics figures in my document using Draw. These figures contain a graphical outline of an item using lines, boxes and circles as well as other

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw problems

2014-05-09 Thread Cley Faye
2014-05-09 23:45 GMT+02:00 Girvin Herr girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net: I am using Linux LO 3.6.7.2. I see that Draw still has problems rendering drawings correctly as an embedded object. ​[...]​ Does anyone have a better solution? ​The first thing to try is to use a more up to date version.​

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw problems

2014-05-09 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Girvin, Girvin Herr schrieb: Greetings, I am using Linux LO 3.6.7.2. I see that Draw still has problems rendering drawings correctly as an embedded object. Any chance to use a more recent version? Many bugs have been fixed in the meantime. I am editing small graphics figures in my

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw problems

2014-05-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:45 09/05/2014 -0700, Girvin Herr wrote: I am using Linux LO 3.6.7.2. I see that Draw still has problems rendering drawings correctly as an embedded object. I am editing small graphics figures in my document using Draw. These figures contain a graphical outline of an item using lines,

[libreoffice-users] Draw PDF Files

2014-05-08 Thread Brian A. Colucci
Greetings To The Libre Office World! We are running Libre Office 4.2 under Linux Mint 14. Draw states that it is capable of opening PDF files. This functionality is a bit sketchy. Either the document will not display at all in draw, or it displays with all of the fonts, and page layouts

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw PDF Files

2014-05-08 Thread Cley Faye
2014-05-08 16:02 GMT+02:00 Brian A. Colucci bacolu...@medworkohio.com: We are running Libre Office 4.2 under Linux Mint 14. Draw states that it is capable of opening PDF files. This functionality is a bit sketchy. Either the document will not display at all in draw, or it displays with all

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw PDF Files

2014-05-08 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 05/08/2014 10:10 AM, Cley Faye wrote: 2014-05-08 16:02 GMT+02:00 Brian A. Colucci bacolu...@medworkohio.com: We are running Libre Office 4.2 under Linux Mint 14. Draw states that it is capable of opening PDF files. This functionality is a bit sketchy. Either the document will not

[libreoffice-users] Draw - Changing the font/size of all text in a illustration at one time

2013-10-30 Thread Jack Patteeuw
Is there a simple way to change all of the text in a Draw illustration to the same font/size/color. I inherited someone else mess and I am trying to clean it up. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw - Changing the font/size of all text in a illustration at one time

2013-10-30 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 10/30/2013 12:01 PM, Jack Patteeuw wrote: Is there a simple way to change all of the text in a Draw illustration to the same font/size/color. I inherited someone else mess and I am trying to clean it up. I would like to know that myself. I do not use Draw much, but I have had to deal

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw - Changing the font/size of all text in a illustration at one time

2013-10-30 Thread HdV
On 2013-10-30 12:01:11 Jack Patteeuw wrote: Is there a simple way to change all of the text in a Draw illustration to the same font/size/color. I inherited someone else mess and I am trying to clean it up. This is what I do: select all items wanted. Then right-click en from the context menu

[libreoffice-users] Draw: Resizing vector drawing and text at the same time

2013-10-29 Thread Jack Patteeuw
LibreOffice 4.1.2.3I have a vector drawing with text (an electronic schematic) that I want to resize.If I select the whole drawing and then grab a corner handle, the drawing resizes but the text does not.Is there a way to get both to resize at the same time and remain a vector

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: Resizing vector drawing and text at the same time

2013-10-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-10-30 05:51, Jack Patteeuw wrote: LibreOffice 4.1.2.3I have a vector drawing with text (an electronic schematic) that I want to resize.If I select the whole drawing and then grab a corner handle, the drawing resizes but the text does not.Is there a way to get both to resize

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: Resizing vector drawing and text at the same time

2013-10-29 Thread Jack Patteeuw
On 10/29/2013 2:45 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I produce schematics the same way. Before I copy and paste into my document I ModifyConvertto metafile. I don't save the draw document after this conversion in case I want to edit the schematic in future. Steve This does not solve the Insert

Re: [libreoffice-users] [DRAW] from A4 to A3, also objects OLE, how?

2013-09-17 Thread Brian Barker
At 08:58 17/09/2013 +0100, Manuel Songokuh wrote: i did 35 pages with OLE (calc), but the page size is A4, now i need change page size to A3 but i want 2 OLE in 1 page (OLE from page 1 and OLE from page 2 TO page 1 of A3 there is 2 ole inside of page 1 A3) HO[]W[]?[] i did try: i changed

Re: [libreoffice-users] [DRAW] from A4 to A3, also objects OLE, how?

2013-09-17 Thread manuel_songokuh
...@btinternet.com A: users@global.libreoffice.org Inviato: Martedì 17 Settembre 2013 13:33 Oggetto: Re: [libreoffice-users] [DRAW] from A4 to A3, also objects OLE, how? At 08:58 17/09/2013 +0100, Manuel Songokuh wrote: i did 35 pages with OLE (calc), but the page size is A4, now i need change page size

[libreoffice-users] Draw - rotation angle

2013-09-10 Thread david_lynch
In Draw, when I right click on a line, then Positon and Size - Rotation, I can get Angle only to be an integer number of degrees. Is there a way to get it to accept and action a number that isn't an integer? I'm trying to draw 16 lines radiating from a point, equally spaced: the irregularity

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw - rotation angle

2013-09-10 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi David, david_lynch schrieb: In Draw, when I right click on a line, then Positon and Size - Rotation, I can get Angle only to be an integer number of degrees. Is there a way to get it to accept and action a number that isn't an integer? I'm trying to draw 16 lines radiating from a point,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw - rotation angle

2013-09-10 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2013-09-10 19:28, david_lynch wrote: In Draw, when I right click on a line, then Positon and Size - Rotation, I can get Angle only to be an integer number of degrees. Is there a way to get it to accept and action a number that isn't an integer? I'm trying to draw 16 lines radiating from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-25 Thread Andrew Brown
Agreed, I did not find it in the other components of LO, only in Draw. And agreed on the printer. You could post this as a feature add/bug report, to be included in the next release. Regards Andrew Brown On 25/07/2013 12:44 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Why is this option not part of

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-25 Thread John R. Sowden
I am having another, yet related, problem. The drawing is larger than 8.5 x 11. When I display it on the screen, there is a grayed portrait double line box, which covers the same area that is printed, on the screen. I thought that was the page pane. Not so, turning it on/off in the View

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-25 Thread John R. Sowden
Something else. I clicked on Format - 'Fit object to paper format', then 'letter' in paper format went from blue to gray. After closing the menu, I reclicked on it and the box was unchecked, and the 'letter' option was again blue. No mention of anything strange in Help. John On

[libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread John R. Sowden
We have created a floor plan, using LO Draw with a scale of 1/8 = 1'. Now we want to take it to Kinko's (Fed Ex) and have it printed for about $4.00 per page. Problem is they cannot print it. A few questions: 1) What is the standard file format (description and file type) for professional

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 07/24/2013 06:41 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: We have created a floor plan, using LO Draw with a scale of 1/8 = 1'. Now we want to take it to Kinko's (Fed Ex) and have it printed for about $4.00 per page. Problem is they cannot print it. A few questions: 1) What is the standard file

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread John R. Sowden
On 07/24/2013 04:23 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 07/24/2013 06:41 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: We have created a floor plan, using LO Draw with a scale of 1/8 = 1'. Now we want to take it to Kinko's (Fed Ex) and have it printed for about $4.00 per page. Problem is they cannot print it.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
Hi Guys I need to correct one error stated here. Tiling of large format pictures/media is the job of the software on the computer, not the printer. The printer will print, to it's maximum paper format, anything that is sent to it correctly in it's printing language. I have a Brother A3

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread doug
On 07/24/2013 06:41 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: We have created a floor plan, using LO Draw with a scale of 1/8 = 1'. Now we want to take it to Kinko's (Fed Ex) and have it printed for about $4.00 per page. Problem is they cannot print it. A few questions: 1) What is the standard file

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans MORE

2013-07-24 Thread doug
On 07/24/2013 11:21 AM, doug wrote: On 07/24/2013 06:41 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: We have created a floor plan, using LO Draw with a scale of 1/8 = 1'. Now we want to take it to Kinko's (Fed Ex) and have it printed for about $4.00 per page. Problem is they cannot print it. A few questions:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Paul D. Mirowsky
If you want it to be clean. Find out your final output size from printer type that will be used. Scale or ratio page size in LibreOffice Draw to match output size. Manipulate drawing so it looks neat or correct in Draw. I strongly suggest that you do not try to re-size objects as it will

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans MORE

2013-07-24 Thread Girvin R. Herr
doug wrote: On 07/24/2013 11:21 AM, doug wrote: On 07/24/2013 06:41 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: We have created a floor plan, using LO Draw with a scale of 1/8 = 1'. Now we want to take it to Kinko's (Fed Ex) and have it printed for about $4.00 per page. Problem is they cannot print it. A

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 07/24/2013 08:47 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi John, John R. Sowden schrieb: We have created a floor plan, using LO Draw with a scale of 1/8 = 1'. Now we want to take it to Kinko's (Fed Ex) and have it printed for about $4.00 per page. Problem is they cannot print it. A few questions: 1)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread John R. Sowden
Well, I have received a lot of support here. Thank you all. It looks like there is a 'to do' in LO Draw to output to at least one of the two AutoCad formats, as this is what most print shops will support. After all concerns are tested and satisfied, I'll drop a note with the results to get

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, Kracked_P_P---webmaster schrieb: On 07/24/2013 08:47 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi John, John R. Sowden schrieb: 4) Can I print multiple parts of the drawing onto 8.5 x 11.0 paper, then tape them together for a preliminary draft? (I know I can do the taping part, its the printing that

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
Folks You can probably see the screenshot attached in your received email, but I see it is not kept, and stripped when posted back to the us...@global..libreoffice.org. This is the Brother large format printer I own and as you can see from within the software for the Brother (not the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Andrew Brown
Ah! you are correct, I've just found it in LO Draw, under Ubuntu Raring too. So I am learning more personally from these emails. Regards Andrew Brown On 24/07/2013 10:17 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, Kracked_P_P---webmaster schrieb: On 07/24/2013 08:47 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi John,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw printing of large plans

2013-07-24 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
Why is this option not part of the rest of the modules? I create large documents in Writer all the time. Not every one will have the wide format printers to use for their Writer docs. On 07/24/2013 04:31 PM, Andrew Brown wrote: Ah! you are correct, I've just found it in LO Draw, under

[libreoffice-users] Draw

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Han
Hello, I checked on the website and tried to have this question solved, but could not find an answer. Does LibreOffice Draw have line smoothing, like that in Adobe Photoshop? I look forward to hearing back. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw

2013-05-09 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 09/05/2013 05:43, Jonathan Han a écrit : Hello, I checked on the website and tried to have this question solved, but could not find an answer. Does LibreOffice Draw have line smoothing, like that in Adobe Photoshop? You're comparing apples and oranges. Draw is a *drawing* tool ;) while

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw

2013-05-09 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 05/09/2013 03:01 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 09/05/2013 05:43, Jonathan Han a écrit : Hello, I checked on the website and tried to have this question solved, but could not find an answer. Does LibreOffice Draw have line smoothing, like that in Adobe Photoshop? You're

Re: [libreoffice-users] [DRAW] moving objects with arrow keys

2012-12-02 Thread anne-ology
That is good to know; I've been wondering how some were able to get details using the computer ... my system has been to do the drawing by hand then scan it in ;-) On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net wrote: Hi,

Re: [libreoffice-users] [DRAW] moving objects with arrow keys

2012-12-02 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, anne-ology schrieb: That is good to know; I've been wondering how some were able to get details using the computer ... my system has been to do the drawing by hand then scan it in ;-) you only need to ask. I can likely tell you a lot How-to's. For example, it is

Re: [libreoffice-users] [DRAW] moving objects with arrow keys

2012-12-02 Thread anne-ology
Wow, thanks! Awaiting your further hints with great anticipation, On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Regina Henschel rb.hensc...@t-online.dewrote: Hi, anne-ology schrieb: That is good to know; I've been wondering how some were able to get details using the computer

[libreoffice-users] [DRAW] moving objects with arrow keys

2012-11-30 Thread gordom
Hallo everyone. I'm moving objects in Draw using keyboard and arrow keys. Each key stroke affects object position and moves it by certain distance. How can I set this distance according to my preferences? I presume it will be somewhere under Options window but I can't find anything there. Any

Re: [libreoffice-users] [DRAW] moving objects with arrow keys

2012-11-30 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Hi, Le 30/11/2012 11:40, gordom a écrit : I'm moving objects in Draw using keyboard and arrow keys. Each key stroke affects object position and moves it by certain distance. How can I set this distance according to my preferences? I presume it will be somewhere under Options window but I

Re: [libreoffice-users] [DRAW] moving objects with arrow keys

2012-11-30 Thread gordom
W dniu 2012-11-30 13:01, Jean-Francois Nifenecker pisze: Hi, Le 30/11/2012 11:40, gordom a écrit : I'm moving objects in Draw using keyboard and arrow keys. Each key stroke affects object position and moves it by certain distance. How can I set this distance according to my preferences? I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw object selection problem

2012-09-15 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Regina, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Girvin, you have sent me a private mail, therefore I answer private too. But that is not good. Please use the mailing list next time. Yep! My bad. I reflexively used Reply instead of Reply All and didn't realize it until I already sent the reply. The

[libreoffice-users] Draw object selection problem

2012-09-14 Thread Girvin R. Herr
Greetings, LO 3.5.3.2 on Linux. I am trying to edit a Jpeg picture in Draw by drawing objects on top of the picture. However, I am having a problem selecting my objects. Draw keeps selecting the larger underlaying picture instead of the object I want it to select. I tried to select an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw object selection problem

2012-09-14 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Girvin, Girvin R. Herr schrieb: Greetings, LO 3.5.3.2 on Linux. I am trying to edit a Jpeg picture in Draw by drawing objects on top of the picture. However, I am having a problem selecting my objects. Draw keeps selecting the larger underlaying picture instead of the object I want it to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?

2012-06-13 Thread Tom Davies
...@harvee.org wrote: From: Eric S. Johansson e...@harvee.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture? To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 12 June, 2012, 21:36 On 6/12/2012 4:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Not sure if Draw is the right tool to use. My

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?

2012-06-13 Thread J.A. de Vries
On 2012-06-12 22:24, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Not sure if Draw is the right tool to use. My workplace is moving soon and i have taken measurements of the oddly shaped big new room at the new place. My first thought had been to make a 2d paper-'model' and then use smaller bits of paper

[libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?

2012-06-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Not sure if Draw is the right tool to use.  My workplace is moving soon and i have taken measurements of the oddly shaped big new room at the new place.  My first thought had been to make a 2d paper-'model' and then use smaller bits of paper to represent furniture to test-out different

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?

2012-06-12 Thread Eric S. Johansson
On 6/12/2012 4:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Not sure if Draw is the right tool to use. My workplace is moving soon and i have taken measurements of the oddly shaped big new room at the new place. My first thought had been to make a 2d paper-'model' and then use smaller bits of paper to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?

2012-06-12 Thread Dan
Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Not sure if Draw is the right tool to use. My workplace is moving soon and i have taken measurements of the oddly shaped big new room at the new place. My first thought had been to make a 2d paper-'model' and then use smaller bits of paper to represent furniture to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?

2012-06-12 Thread Tom Davies
...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dan elderdanle...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture? To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 12 June, 2012, 22:08 Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Not sure if Draw is the right tool to use. My workplace is moving

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?

2012-06-12 Thread Dan
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture? To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 12 June, 2012, 22:08 Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Not sure if Draw is the right tool to use. My workplace is moving soon and i have taken measurements of the oddly shaped big

[libreoffice-users] Draw 3.5: How to globally modify all copies of grouped objects?

2012-03-07 Thread David Bleakley
Hi I am using LibreOffice Draw 3.5. I have a number of grouped objects. There are many copies of this group on multiple pages. Somehow all of them have been flipped globally and then saved. I remember flipping one, but did not expect all of them to be flipped. How to I globally flip

[libreoffice-users] draw document inaccessible in gnu/linux

2011-11-18 Thread e-letter
Readers, Has anyone seen that an odg document creating in LO m$ could not be opened in LO linux? The computer has two operating systems and LO linux claimed that the file was corrupt and couldn't be opened. Accessing the same document was possible via LO m$; LO 33 is used in both systems. If

[libreoffice-users] Draw crashes on opening PDF on samba share.

2011-09-14 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. When I got my mac I liked that I could annotate PDF's in preview. Now I want to sign (ad signature to) them and I find I can open them in Draw. This is great as the import and manipulation seems a little publicised feature that works really well (although it is a bit slow with 25000 elements).

[libreoffice-users] Draw - position and size

2011-07-18 Thread w.nayland
When setting position and size I get an image 10 times greater than requested. ie. I request a 2.5 cm circle the ruler and the relative size on the page indicate the circle actually drawn is 25 cm. -- View this message in context:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw - position and size

2011-07-18 Thread planas
Hi On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 02:56 -0700, w.nayland wrote: When setting position and size I get an image 10 times greater than requested. ie. I request a 2.5 cm circle the ruler and the relative size on the page indicate the circle actually drawn is 25 cm. -- View this message in context:

[libreoffice-users] Draw extra slow with 4 slides

2011-05-14 Thread rosborn
I've been using Draw for a while to add arrows, comments, titles etc to lighting fixture catalogue pages. It has worked quite well with 1-2 slides. Today with 4 slides, Draw is prohibitively slow, too slow to work with. The file giving me fits is 1,742KB. I've tried changing the memory

[libreoffice-users] draw, slide orientation

2011-05-11 Thread e-letter
Readers, Apologies to those that have seen this posted by mistake on the openoffice mailing list . Is it possible to arrange slide 1 of a draw document as a4 landscape and slide 2 as portrait? In writer, this is normally possible via the use of styles. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] draw, slide orientation

2011-05-11 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, e-letter schrieb: Readers, Apologies to those that have seen this posted by mistake on the openoffice mailing list . Is it possible to arrange slide 1 of a draw document as a4 landscape and slide 2 as portrait? In writer, this is normally possible via the use of styles. No, it is not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: Connectors change position when I close and open LibreOffice 3.3.0

2011-02-10 Thread Andres Montiel, CUA
I have attached sreenshots of the original slide and the duplicate slide (both are in the same file *.odg file) On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Gianluca Turconi m...@letturefantastiche.com wrote: Il 10/02/2011 8.37, Andres Montiel, CUA ha scritto: The connectors on my Draw document are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: Connectors change position when I close and open LibreOffice 3.3.0

2011-02-10 Thread Andres Montiel, CUA
Ooops. Images can't be sent via the list. :D I'll upload links in a while. :) On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Andres Montiel, CUA kyut...@gmail.comwrote: I have attached sreenshots of the original slide and the duplicate slide (both are in the same file *.odg file) On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at

[libreoffice-users] Draw: Connectors change position when I close and open LibreOffice 3.3.0

2011-02-09 Thread Andres Montiel, CUA
The connectors on my Draw document are acting weird. I made a drawing in Draw, saved it, and closed LibreOffice. The next day, I opened the same drawing and duplicated a slide (Insert - Duplicate Slide). Weird thing is the position of the connectors change (original vs. duplicate slide) when the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: Connectors change position when I close and open LibreOffice 3.3.0

2011-02-09 Thread Gianluca Turconi
Il 10/02/2011 8.37, Andres Montiel, CUA ha scritto: The connectors on my Draw document are acting weird. I made a drawing in Draw, saved it, and closed LibreOffice. The next day, I opened the same drawing and duplicated a slide (Insert - Duplicate Slide). Weird thing is the position of the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw + text box + bullets

2011-01-09 Thread Stefano Fraccaro
Same behaviour for me, I don't know if it's normal... Stefano LibO3.3 rc2 + Windows XP SP3 Il 08/01/2011 7.31, Marc Paré ha scritto: I was just using draw and had to do a numbered and bulletted list and noticed that these are not properly justified. I mean to say that, if the text line is

[libreoffice-users] Draw + text box + bullets

2011-01-07 Thread Marc Paré
I was just using draw and had to do a numbered and bulletted list and noticed that these are not properly justified. I mean to say that, if the text line is longer in bullet form, the text scrolls to underneath the bullet. Is this normal behaviour? It does not do this in Writer. Cheers Marc