<p class="Paragraph">Select one or more objects (by pressing Shift while selecting the objects) in your drawing to enable you to move or edit them as a group. You can also drag a selection frame around several objects to select them all at once when realeasing the mouse button.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="default color; drawing objects" tag="kw66034_27" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="drawing objects; default color" tag="kw66034_26" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If no draw object is selected, select the <span class="T1">Select</span> tool. This will open the draw object toolbar, where you can alter the attribute settings for new draw objects. Instead of selecting "Blue 7" for example, select the color "Red 7" and draw several rectangles.The new rectangles will now have the default "Red 7".</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click here to draw a straight line. Click where you want the line to begin and drag the mouse to the end point of the line. Release the mouse button to end the line.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">Hold the Shift key while drawing a line to position it at 45┬░ intervals.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Double-click a line to enter text aligned to the line. The text follows the direction in which the line was drawn.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this icon to draw a rectangle and press the Shift key to draw a square. </help:help-text> Click where you want to position a corner of the rectangle and drag towards the opposite corner until the desired size has been reached. Release the mouse button when you are finished.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <help:link Id="65825" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Edit Points</help:link> mode enables you to modify the shape of the rectangle.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this icon to draw an ellipse and press the Shift key to draw circle.</help:help-text> Click where you want to position the object and drag the mouse to the opposite side until the desired size has been reached. Release the mouse button when you are finished.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">Click here to draw a polygon. First click at the starting point of the polygon and click on each of the further polygon points. Each further point will be automatically connected to the previous one. To close the polygon, double-click on the starting point.</help:help-text> A line will be drawn from the last to the starting point, closing the object.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Hold the Shift key while drawing a polygon to position new points at 45 degree angles.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <help:link Id="65825">Edit Points</help:link> mode enables you to interactively modify the individual points of the polygon.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="kurvetext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:key-word value="curves; drawing" tag="kw66034_19"/><help:help-text value="visible">Creates a freeform Bézier curve. Click the icon to define a curve in your document by specifying three points. Set the first point by clicking the mouse and while holding down the mouse button, drag the mouse to the second point. Release the mouse button and click once where you want to set the third point.</help:help-text> After clicking the third point, <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> calculates the Bézier curve and displays it. A double-click finishes the curve; you can now draw a new one. When completing the last click holding down <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Options</help:case><help:default>Alt</help:default></help:switch><help:switch select="Program"><help:case select="WRITER"> finishes the curve</help:case><help:default> closes the curve</help:default></help:switch>.</help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="freihandtext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">Click this icon to create a freeform line. Click where you want to start the line and with a pressed button draw the desired line.</help:help-text> By releasing the button you will set the end of the line. If you draw a closed object <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>(i.e., by dragging the last point to the starting point of the line) the object will be filled with the selected color.</help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this icon to draw an ellipse arc.</help:help-text> Click the mouse button where the ellipse/circle is to be positioned and drag (while pressing the mouse button) the object into the desired shape and size. When you release the mouse button, a line extending from the center of the ellipse to the ellipse's outline appears and follows the movement of the mouse. Click once at the desired position of the starting or end point and release the mouse button, then drag the ellipse segment to the desired size and click again.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this icon to draw an ellipse pie. Press Shift while drawing to draw a circle pie.</help:help-text> Click the mouse button where the ellipse/circle is to be positioned and drag (while pressing the mouse button) the object into the desired shape and size. When you release the mouse button, a line extending from the center of the ellipse to the ellipse's outline appears and follows the movement of the mouse. Click once at the desired position of the starting or end point and release the mouse button, then drag the ellipse segment to the desired size and click again.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click here to draw an ellipse segment. If you hold down the Shift key while drawing, you will draw a circle pie.</help:help-text> Click where you want the ellipse to be positioned, and drag the object into the desired shape and size. When you release the mouse button, a line extending from the center of the ellipse appears and follows the movement of the mouse. Click once at the desired position of the starting or end point and release the mouse button, then drag the ellipse pie to the desired size and click again.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click here to define a text frame where you can enter your text.</help:help-text> Drag a rectangle using your mouse, and release the mouse button when the box has reached the desired size. When releasing the mouse button you see the limit of the text box which does not have a visible or printable border unless you specifically define it.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Click here to enter text. The commands in the format menu can be used, for example, <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>to rotate the text or scale it as a graphic.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Finally, click anywhere outside the object to return to the normal text in your document.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In the <help:link Id="65825" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Edit Points</span></help:link> mode you can interactively modify the corner rounding of the text box.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this function to insert animated text in a document. Click the icon and drag a text animation box where you want the animation to be displayed.</help:help-text><help:to-be-embedded Eid="lauftext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> Inserts a text animation in the document.</help:to-be-embedded> Click the icon and pull a text animation box where the animation text should be displayed. Release the mouse button. The area where the text will be displayed will be shown in an interrupted line. Type the desired text, which will be used as a text animation. Click on an area outside the frame. Finally, select an animation effect under <span class="T1">Format - Text - Animated Text</span>. This function is only active in the HTML export formats <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer, MS Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator 4.0.<a name="end"/></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this to define a callout with flag line.</help:help-text> Set the mouse pointer at the point the flag line is to point to. Press the mouse button and keep it pressed. The callout appears at the position of the mouse pointer. With the mouse button pressed, drag the flag line to the desired position. Release the mouse button. Double-click inside the selected legend or on the border of the legend and enter the text. To conclude typing, click anywhere outside the border. (The behavior when double-clicking is influenced by your selection under <span class="T1">Tools - Options - Presentation - <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/></span><help:link Id="66275" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">General</span></help:link>, <span class="T1">Allow quick editing</span> and <span class="T1">Text area only selectable</span>.)</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Activate the <help:link Id="65825" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Edit Points</help:link> mode to modify the shape of the callout.</p>
