On Thursday June 14 2007 3:16 am, Richard Travers wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Singh
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Paul wrote:
> > >> Paul wrote:
> > >> >> Does OpenOffice Draw have a real time position display on
> > >> >> the statusbar that indicates the current x,y position of
> > >> >> the cursor like many CAD programs do ?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If so, how do I enable it ?
> > >> >
> > >> > It should appear on the status bar down the bottom of the
> > >> > screen. If you cannot see if click on view > status bar to
> > >> > enable it.
> > >> >
> > >> > /paul
> > >>
> > >> No, it does not. What I see are static coordinates of the
> > >> selected shape. Not the real time coordinates of the cursor
> > >> itself (real time => they respond to your moving the cursor
> > >> around, whether or not any shape is selected). These are two
> > >> very very different things.
> > >
> > > Agree they are different and I understand what you are meaning.
> > > Draw does provide that and I've attached a screen shot of where
> > > it shows in version 2.2 (on Vista).
> > >
> > > /paul
> >
> > I looked harder at it.
> >
> > You are right - it is real time of a sort (its very slow in
> > responding to cursor movement).
> >
> > I guess that is what confused me since I am used to the
> > relatively hypersensitive response from autocad and qcad.
>
> As far as I can see it doesn't respond at all while the cursor is
> moving, only when the cursor comes to rest. The same when moving a
> selected object - its position is not shown until the move is
> completed.
> This makes it less than useful when trying to accurately position
> objects (or the cursor itself).
>
> R
If you want to accurately position an object, right click the
object and select Position and Size from the context menu. In the
window that opens you can set the position quite accurately. (To the
nearest .01 mm if you have mm selected.)
Dan
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