At 16:53 27/07/2008 -0700, John Fistere wrote:
When you drag the corner of components in the other drawing programs I've used, it seems that the aspect ratio is maintained. You drag the side of the object to change its shape. Not so in OO Draw. Even though "Keep ratio" is checked in the Position and Size dialog box, that seems to apply only when using the dialog box itself. Is there any way to change the behaviour when dragging the corner of an element, short of submitting a suggestion or bug report?
Yes. In general, if you hold down the Shift key whilst dragging the edges or corners of an object, the aspect ratio is preserved in the change. Indeed, all you need to do is to press and hold the Shift key at some point before you complete the drag.
An extension of this is that if you hold down Shift whilst dragging to create an element, it is restricted in some way. For example, rectangles and ellipses become squares and circles.
I trust this helps. Brian Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
