On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 14:02 +0000, David King wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 10:21 +0000, David King wrote: > > > Is it possible to draw a regular hexagon/pentagon in Draw, without > > > resorting > > > to a calculator? > > > > > > Holding the Shift key merely restrains the outline to a square. > > > > > > > These are basic shapes in the current release. Perhaps if you tell us > > the OS, release of OOo you use and as much info on your system as > > possible we will be able to give a better answer. > > OpenOffice 1.9.100 WinXP > > May be in the latest version the way of drawing polygons has changed? I > couldn't find it on the OpenOffice site anywhere, and there are no refs to > hexagons or pentagons in the archives. > > I'll update of course if I need to, but I've seen nothing to suggest it'll > help. > > To be clear about the problem: to draw a hexagon, I select the 'basic shapes' > hexagon, and click / drag on the screen. This will draw a hexagon whose > dimensions depend on where I dragged to. I can also hold down the shift key > while dragging - in this case I get a hexagon whose width and height are > constrained to a set ratio. Unfortunately the ratio is not that of a regular > hexagon. I could calculate what the proper ratio is then set it in > 'properties' - but that's a load of trouble. I thought there might be a trick > that I've missed....? >
Sorry. I still do not understand. Please explain more as right clicking to get the context menu let's me adjust the hexagon. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
