<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">The Bézier object bar appears when you select a Bézier object and click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Edit Points</span>.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="Paragraph">The various functions provided allow you to edit the points of a curve or an object converted to a curve. The following icons are available:</p>
<p class="Head2">Edit Points</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <help:link Id="65825" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Edit Points</span></help:link> icon allows you to activate or deactivate the edit mode for Bézier objects. In the edit mode, individual points of the drawing object can be selected.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this icon to activate a mode in which you can move points.</help:help-text> The mouse pointer displays a small empty square when resting on a point. Drag that point to another location. The curve on both sides of the point follows the movement; the section of the curve between the next points changes shape.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Point at the curve between two points or within a closed curve and drag the mouse to shift the entire curve without distorting the form.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click the icon to activate the insert mode. This mode allows you to insert points.</help:help-text> You can also move points as in the move mode: If, however, you click at the curve between two points and move the mouse a little while holding down the mouse button you insert a new point. The point is a smooth one, the lines to the control points are parallel and remain so when moved.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you wish to create a corner point you must first insert either a smooth or a symmetrical point which is then converted to a corner point by using <span class="T1">Set Corner Point</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can also insert points outside of the existing curve. By clicking next to the curve in the insert mode, the program automatically determines between which two points the new one is to be inserted based on spacing. If an exact position can be determined, the new point is inserted and the curve adjusted.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">To create a new curve not directly connected to the existing curve, press <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> when clicking. This curve, however, is seen as a <help:link Id="67173" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">combination</help:link> of the original curve and will be moved, copied, or deleted along with the original one.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use the <span class="T1">Delete Points</span> icon to delete one or several selected points. If you wish to select several points click the appropriate points while holding down the Shift key.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">First select the points to be deleted, and then click this icon, or press Del.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This icon splits a curve. Select the point or points where you want to split the curve, then click this icon</help:help-text>.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:help-id value="SID_BEZIER_CONVERT" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Convert To Curve</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this icon to convert a curve to a straight line and vice versa.</help:help-text> If you select a single point, the curve before the point will be converted. If two points are selected, the curve between both points will be converted. If you select more than two points, each time you click this icon, a different portion of the curve will be converted. If necessary, round points will be converted into corner points and vice versa.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If a certain section of the curve is straight, the end points of the line have a maximum of one control point each. They cannot be modified to round points unless the straight line is converted back to a curve.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this icon to convert the selected point or points into corner points.</help:help-text> Corner points have two movable control points, which are independent from each other. A curved line, therefore, does not go straight through a corner point, but forms a corner.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this icon to convert a corner point or symmetrical point to a smooth point.</help:help-text> Both control points of the corner point are aligned parallelly, and can only be moved simultaneously. The control points may differentiate in length, allowing you to vary the degree of curvature.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This icon converts a corner point or a smooth point into a symmetrical point.</help:help-text> Both control points of the corner point are aligned parallelly and have the same length. They can only be moved simultaneously and the degree of curvature is the same in both directions.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this icon to close a line or a curve.</help:help-text> A line is closed by connecting the last point with the first point, indicated by an enlarged square. Note: Before inserting a new end point, the last part of the line will be opened directly in front of the start point.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Mark the current point or selected points for deletion with this icon.</help:help-text> This is done in case the point lies on a line. The point on the line will be removed if you convert a curve or a polygon to a straight line with the <span class="T1">To curve</span> icon, or, if you modify a curve with the mouse in such a way that the point lies on a straight line. The angle setting where the point reduction begins, <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="DRAW">can be defined under <help:link Id="66246"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Drawing - Snap</span></help:link>. </help:case><help:case select="IMPRESS">can be defined under <help:link Id="66246"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Presentation - Snap</span></help:link>.</help:case><help:default>is 15┬░ by default.</help:default></help:switch> deleted.</p>