Draw Guide 7.2

Appendix B,
Toolbars

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Using LibreOffice on macOS
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Windows or LinuxmacOS equivalent

EffectTools > Options
menu selection

LibreOffice > Preferences

Access setup options

Right-click

Control+click or right-click
depending on computer setup

Open a context menu

Ctrl (Control)⌘ (Command)

Used with other keys

F11

⌘+T

Open the Styles deck in the Sidebar

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Copyright............................................................................................................................2
Contributors.............................................................................................................................. 2
Feedback.................................................................................................................................. 2
Publication date and software version.......................................................................................2
Using LibreOffice on macOS.....................................................................................................2

Introduction........................................................................................................................5
Using toolbars...................................................................................................................5
Displaying toolbars....................................................................................................................5
Closing toolbars........................................................................................................................ 5
Moving toolbars......................................................................................................................... 6
Docked toolbars................................................................................................................... 6
Floating toolbars...................................................................................................................6
Floating sub-toolbars............................................................................................................6
Docking a floating toolbar.....................................................................................................7
Locking toolbars........................................................................................................................ 7
Docked toolbars................................................................................................................... 7
Locking sub-toolbars............................................................................................................7
Editing toolbars......................................................................................................................... 8
Adding tools......................................................................................................................... 8
Deleting tools....................................................................................................................... 8
Customizing toolbars............................................................................................................8

Toolbars..............................................................................................................................9
3D-Objects................................................................................................................................ 9
3D-Settings............................................................................................................................... 9
Align Objects........................................................................................................................... 10
Comments............................................................................................................................... 10
Distribute Selection................................................................................................................. 10
Drawing................................................................................................................................... 11
Edit Points............................................................................................................................... 13
Find......................................................................................................................................... 13
Fontwork................................................................................................................................. 13
Form Controls......................................................................................................................... 14
Form Design........................................................................................................................... 14
Form Navigation...................................................................................................................... 15
Glue Points............................................................................................................................. 15
Image...................................................................................................................................... 16
Insert....................................................................................................................................... 16
Legacy Circles and Ovals....................................................................................................... 16
Legacy Rectangles.................................................................................................................. 17
Line and Filling........................................................................................................................ 17
Master View............................................................................................................................ 18
Media Playback....................................................................................................................... 18
Options................................................................................................................................... 18
Redaction................................................................................................................................ 19
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Standard................................................................................................................................. 19
Standard (Viewing Mode)........................................................................................................20
Table....................................................................................................................................... 20
Text Formatting....................................................................................................................... 21
Transformations...................................................................................................................... 22
Zoom....................................................................................................................................... 22

4| Appendix B, Toolbars

Introduction
Draw provides several toolbars to help in creating drawings. Each toolbar has a default set oftools and the option to add additional tools.

Note
The icons displayed in the Draw toolbars illustrated in this appendix may differ fromwhat is displayed on a computer screen. Toolbar icons depend on the computer
operating system being used and how LibreOffice has been set up. For more
information on customizing LibreOffice and the toolbars, see the Getting Started
Guide.

Using toolbars
Displaying toolbars
To display a toolbar and make it active, go to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar. A submenu
opens with a list of available toolbars for Draw. Click on a toolbar name to display it and make it
active. Active toolbars are indicated by highlighting or a check mark next to the name.
Impress toolbars available
1) 3D-Objects
2) 3D-Settings3) Align Objects
4) Comments
5) Distribute Selection6) Drawing7) Edit Points
8) Find9) Fontwork
10) Form Controls11) Form Design12) Form Navigation
13) Glue Points
14) Image15) Insert

16) Legacy Circles and Ovals
17) Legacy Rectangles
18) Line and Filling19) Master View20) Media Playback21) Options
22) Redaction23) Standard24) Standard (Single Mode)
25) Standard (Viewing Mode)
26) Table
27) Text Formatting28) Transformations
29) Zoom

Note
Some toolbars, although selected in View > Toolbars on the Menu bar, will not
display until an object of the correct type is selected in the drawing. For example, theImage toolbar only displays when an image is selected.

Closing toolbars
To close a toolbar, use one of the following methods:•

Go to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and deselect the toolbar.

•

Right-click on a tool on a toolbar and select Close Toolbar from the context menu.

•

Click on the X in the right corner of the title bar of a floating toolbar.

Using toolbars | 5

Figure 1: Toolbar handles

Moving toolbars
Docked toolbars
By default, some toolbars are docked into position in the Draw main window. For example, theStandard toolbar is docked at the top of the main window. Docked toolbars can be undocked andmoved to a new docked position on the main window or left as a floating toolbar. Before moving a
toolbar, the toolbar must be unlocked.
1) Move the mouse cursor over the small vertical handle at the left end of the toolbar as
shown in Figure 1. The mouse cursor changes to a moving cursor for the computer
system and setup.
2) Click and hold down the mouse button and drag the toolbar to a new location. This can bea new docked position or a floating toolbar. A hashed border appears around the toolbar
indicating the toolbar position as it is dragged.
3) Release the mouse button when the required position is reached.

Note
If the small vertical bar is not visible at the left end of a docked toolbar, then the
toolbar is locked into position. A docked toolbar must be unlocked before it can be
moved to a new position in the Draw main window.

Floating toolbars
To move a floating toolbar, click on its title bar and drag it to a new floating location. Release themouse button when the toolbar is in the required position. A floating toolbar does not have to bepositioned on the Draw main window for it to function.

Floating sub-toolbars
Some tools on a toolbar have a triangle ▼ to the right of the tool indicating that more tools areavailable on a sub-toolbar, for example Basic Shapes on the Drawing toolbar. Sub-toolbars canbe turned into floating toolbars and moved into a new position as follows:
1) Move the mouse cursor over the horizontal handle at the top of the toolbar, as shown in
Figure 2. The cursor changes to the moving cursor used for the computer system andsetup.
2) Click and hold down the mouse button and drag the toolbar to a new location to create afloating sub-toolbar.
3) Release the mouse button when the required position is reached.
4) To close the floating sub-toolbar, right-click on the triangle ▼ in the sub-toolbar title bar
and select Close Toolbar from the context menu.

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Figure 2: Creating floating sub-toolbar

Docking a floating toolbar
To dock a floating toolbar, use one of the following methods:•

Click on the title bar and drag it to the top, bottom, left side, or right side of the main
window. When the toolbar reaches a docking position, a hashed border appears at thedocked position. Release the mouse button and the toolbar is docked.

•

Right-click on the toolbar and select Dock Toolbar from the context menu. The toolbar
moves into a docked position. If the position is not suitable, move the toolbar to a new
docked position.

•

To dock all floating toolbars that are active, right-click on the toolbar and select Dock All
Toolbars from the context menu.

Locking toolbars
Docked toolbars
When a toolbar has been docked into position on the Draw main window, the toolbar can also belocked into position preventing the toolbar from becoming a floating toolbar.
•

To lock a toolbar into a docked position, right-click in a blank area on the toolbar andselect Lock Toolbar Position in the context menu. A check mark appears against thisoption indicating the toolbar is now locked.

•

To unlock a toolbar, right-click in a blank area on the toolbar and click on Lock Toolbar
Position in the context menu. The check mark next to this option disappears indicating
the toolbar is now unlocked. A small vertical or horizontal bar appears at the left end or
top of the toolbar indicating that the toolbar is unlocked. This bar is also is used to movethe toolbar.

Note
Some toolbars cannot be docked or locked into position. This is indicated by the
options Dock Toolbar and/or Lock Toolbar Position being grayed out, making theoptions unavailable.

Locking sub-toolbars
To prevent sub-toolbars from becoming floating sub-toolbars, sub-toolbars have to be locked asfollows:
1) Save any drawing that is open in Draw.

Using toolbars | 72) Go to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and select Lock Toolbars from the context
menu.
3) Select Restart Now in the Restart LibreOffice dialog that opens to activate the Lock
Toolbars option.
4) To unlock sub-toolbars so they can become floating sub-toolbars, repeat Steps 1 thru 3.
The Lock Toolbars option is an on/off switch.

Note
Using Lock Toolbars option affects all sub-toolbars available in LibreOffice modules.

Editing toolbars
When LibreOffice is installed on a computer, it includes a set of toolbars suitable for each
LibreOffice component. Each toolbar has a default set of visible tools. You can add tools, delete
tools, and customize toolbars.

Adding tools
1) Right-click in a blank area on a toolbar, or click on the triangle ▼ on the right of thetoolbar title bar.
2) Select Visible Buttons from the context menu to display a list of available tools.
3) Click on the tool required and the tool appears in the toolbar. The list of available tools
closes automatically. A highlight or check mark next to the tool indicates that the tool isalready installed on the toolbar.

Note
When adding tools using Visible Buttons, the tool is added to the toolbar at thesame position as the tool appears in the Visible Buttons list. That is, the top tool in
Visible Buttons appears at the left end of the toolbar and the bottom tool appears at
the right end of the toolbar. Tool positions cannot be changed using Visible Buttons.

Deleting tools
1) Right-click in a blank area on a toolbar, or click on the triangle ▼ on the right of thetoolbar title bar.
2) Select Visible Buttons from the context menu to display a list of available tools.
3) Click on the tool no longer required and the tool is removed from the toolbar. The highlightor check mark next to the tool is also removed. The list of available tools closes
automatically.

Customizing toolbars
Extra tools and commands that are not available in Visible Buttons can be added to a toolbar
using customization. Customization also allows the creation of new toolbars if a specific set oftools are required for a specific task. For information on customizing toolbars, see the Getting
Started Guide.

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Toolbars
Note
The tools installed on a toolbar are normally indicated in Visible Buttons either by
the tool icon being highlighted or by a check mark. However, this install indication
depends on computer setup and computer operating system being used.

Note
On some toolbars, the icons have a small downward pointing triangle ▼ to the rightof an icon. Click on this triangle to open further options that are available for use.

Note
Some of the tools in the toolbars also have the option of using a keyboard shortcut
instead of clicking on the tool. For a full list of keyboard shortcuts that are available inDraw, see Appendix A, Keyboard Shortcuts.

3D-Objects
The 3D-Objects toolbar (Figure 3) provides tools to create 3D objects in a slide. It is activated bygoing to View > Toolbars > 3D-Objects on the Menu bar. Alternatively, click on the triangle ▼next to the 3D-Objects icon displayed on the Drawing toolbar to open a submenu giving accessto the available 3D objects.
Available tools from left to right1) Cube2) Sphere
3) Cylinder
4) Cone

5)
6)
7)
8)

Pyramid
Torus
Shell
Half Sphere

Figure 3: 3D-Objects toolbar

3D-Settings
The 3D-Settings toolbar (Figure 4) and its tools only become active when an object has been
converted to 3D using the tool Toggle Extrusion and the converted object is then selected.
Available tools from left to right1) Toggle Extrusion
2) Tilt Down
3) Tilt Up4) Tilt Left
5) Tilt Right

6) Depth7) Direction8) Lighting9) Surface10) 3D Color

Figure 4: 3D-Settings toolbar

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The following tools on this toolbar have a triangle ▼ on the right of the icon. Click on this triangle
to open a drop-down menu giving access to various options as follows:•

Depth – 3D extrusion depth – 0cm; 1cm; 2.5cm; 5cm; 10cm; Infinity; Custom. The
measurement unit depends on the settings in Tools > Options > LibreOffice Draw >General.

•Direction – 3D extrusion direction and type – Parallel; Perspective.

•

Lighting – lighting direction and lighting level of 3D extrusion – Bright; Normal; Dim.

•

Surface – surface type of 3D extrusion – Wire Frame; Matt; Plastic; Metal.

•

3D Color – color of 3D extrusion. Select a color from one of the available color palettes.

Align Objects
The Align Objects toolbar (Figure 5) provides tools for aligning several objects in a drawing to
improve the visual impact of a drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) Left2) Centered
3) Right

4)
5)
6)

Top
Center
BottomFigure 5: Align Objects
toolbarComments
The Comments toolbar (Figure 6) provides tool for adding, deletion, and navigation of comments
in a drawing. To use comments, it is recommended to add the name and initials of all users inTools > Options > LibreOffice > User Data so that comments can be easily identified.
Available tools from left to right1) Comment (Ctrl+Alt+C) (macOS ⌘+⎇+C)
2) Previous Comment

3)
4)
5)

Next Comment
Delete Comment
Delete All Comments

Figure 6: Comments
toolbar

Distribute Selection
The Distribute Selection toolbar (Figure 7) provides tools to distribute three or more selected
objects evenly along the horizontal axis or vertical axis. Also, the spacing between objects can beevenly distributed.
Available tools from left to right1) Horizontally Left
2) Horizontally Center
3) Horizontally Spacing4) Horizontally Right

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5)
6)
7)
8)

Vertically Top
Vertically Center
Vertically Spacing
Vertically Bottom

Figure 7: Distribute Selection
toolbarDrawing
The Drawing toolbar (Figure 8) provides the majority of the tools normally used to create graphic
objects in a drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) Select
2) Zoom & Pan
3) Zoom4) Text Box (F2)5) Vertical Text
6) Insert Fontwork
7) Line Color
8) Fill Color
9) Line10) Rectangle11) Ellipse
12) Line Ends with Arrow
13) Lines and Arrows
14) Curves and Polygons
15) Connectors
16) Basic Shapes17) Symbol Shapes18) Block Arrows (Arrow Shapes in Visible
Buttons))19) Flowchart (Flowchart Shapes in Visible
Buttons)20) Callouts (Callout Shapes in Visible Buttons)21) Stars and Banners (Star Shapes in Visible
Buttons)22) 3D Objects23) Rotate24) Flip25) Align Objects
26) Arrange
27) Select at least three objects to distribute(Distribution in visible Buttons)
28) Shadow29) Crop Image (Crop in Visible Buttons)30) Filter
31) Points F8 (Edit Points (F8) in Visible Buttons)
32) Show Glue Points Function (Glue Points in
Visible Buttons)
33) To Curve
34) To Polygon35) To 3D36) T0 3D Rotation Object
37) Toggle Extrusion38) Insert
39) Controls

Figure 8: Drawing toolbar
Some tool shapes on the Drawing toolbar change depending on the last tool that had previously
been selected and used.
•

Click on the triangle ▼ to the right of a tool to open a pop-up toolbar. Select the required
shape to add to a drawing.

•

To create a sub-toolbar, click and drag at the top of the pop-up toolbar to an empty areaon the main window. The sub-toolbars for each object type and the various shapes
available are shown Figures 9 to 18.

Figure 9: Lines and Arrows sub-toolbar

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Figure 10: Curves and Polygons
sub-toolbar

Figure 11: Connectors sub-toolbar

Figure 12: Basic Shapes sub-toolbar

Figure 13: Symbol Shapes sub-toolbar

Figure 14: Block Arrows sub-toolbar

Figure 15: Flowchart sub-toolbar

Figure 16: Callouts sub-toolbar

Figure 17: Stars and Banners sub-toolbar

Figure 18: 3D-Objects sub-toolbar

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Edit Points
The Edit Points toolbar (Figure 19) provides tools for editing the points of a curve or an object
that has been converted to a curve. The toolbar only becomes active when an object is selected
and one of the following methods is used to open the toolbar:•

Click on Edit Points on the Drawing or Standard toolbar.

•

Use the keyboard shortcut F8.

Available tools from left to right1) Edit Points (F8)2) Move Points
3) Insert Points4) Delete Points5) Convert to Curve
6) Close Bezier7) Split Curve
8) Corner Point
9) Smooth Transition
10) Symmetric Transition
11) Eliminate Points

Figure 19: Edit Points toolbar

Find
The Find toolbar (Figure 20) opens by default in the bottom left corner of the Draw main window.
This toolbar is normally docked at the bottom left of the Draw main window above the Status bar.
However, it can be undocked and made into a floating toolbar.
Available tools from left to right1) Close Find Bar
2) Find Text
3) Find Previous
4) Find Next

5)
6)
7)

Find All
Match Case
Find and Replace (Ctrl+H) (macOS ⌘+⎇+F)

Figure 20: Find toolbar

Fontwork
The Fontwork toolbar (Figure 21) is used to create graphical text objects in a drawing andprovide the tools for editing the graphical text object. This toolbar only becomes active when a
Fontwork graphical text object in the drawing has been selected.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Fontwork Text
2) Fontwork Shape
3) Fontwork Same Letter Heights

4)
5)
6)

Fontwork Alignment
Fontwork Character Spacing
Toggle Extrusion

Figure 21: Fontwork toolbar

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Some tools on the Fontwork toolbar have a triangle ▼ to the right of the tool. Click on the triangle
to open a pop-up toolbar or drop-down option list.
•

Fontwork Shape – select the required shape for the Fontwork graphical text object fromthe options available.

•

Fontwork Alignment – select the paragraph alignment from the options available.

•

Fontwork Character Spacing – select the required character spacing from the options
available.

Form Controls
The Form Controls toolbar (Figure 22) provides the tools required to create an interactive form.
This allows controls to be added to a form in a text, drawing, spreadsheet, presentation, or HTML
document (for example a button that opens another drawing or document).
Available tools from left to right1) Select
2) Design Mode
3) Toggle Form Control Wizards
4) Form Design5) Control Properties
6) Form Properties
7) Label8) Text Box
9) Check Box10) Option Button
11) List Box
12) Combo Box
13) Push Button
14) Image Button

15) Formatted Field
16) Date Field17) Numerical Field18) Group Box19) Time Field
20) Currency Field
21) Pattern Field
22) Table Control23) Navigation Bar24) Image Control25) File Selection
26) Spin Button
27) Scrollbar

Figure 22: Form Control toolbar

Form Design
The Form Design toolbar (Figure 23) opens a form in Design Mode so that it can be edited.
Controls of the form cannot be activated or its contents edited when in Design Mode. However,the position and size of the controls can be changed, other properties edited, and added ordeleted controls in Design Mode.
Available tools from left to right1) Select
2) Control Properties
3) Form Properties
4) Position and Size (F4)5) Form Navigator6) Activation Order
7) Add Field
8) Automatic Control Focus
9) Bring to Front (Ctrl+Shift++) (macOS⌘+Shift++)
10) Send to Back (Ctrl+Shift+-) (macOS⌘+Shift+-)

14 | Appendix B, Toolbars11) Group (Ctrl+Shift+G) (macOS ⌘+Shift+G)
12) Ungroup (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G) (macOS⌘+⎇+Shift+G)13) Enter Group (F3)14) Exit Group (Ctrl+F3) (macOS ⌘+F3)
15) Align Objects16) Open in Design Mode17) Display Grid
18) Snap to Grid
19) Helplines While Moving

Figure 23: Form Design toolbar

Form Navigation
The Form Navigation toolbar (Figure 24) provides tools to edit a database table or control thedata view. The toolbar is normally displayed at the bottom of a document that contains fields thatare linked to a database. This toolbar is only active when forms are connected to a database; aninactivate toolbar is shown in Figure 24.
The Form Navigation toolbar also allows movement within records as well as inserting anddeleting records. If data is saved in a form, the changes are transferred to the database. This
toolbar also provides tools providing sort, filter, and search functions for data records.
Available tools from left to right1) Find Record
2) Record
3) Absolute Record4) Text -> Record5) Total No. of Records
6) First Record7) Previous Record8) Next Record9) Last Record10) New Record11) Save Record12) Undo: Data entry

13) Delete Record
14) Refresh15) Refresh Control
16) Sort
17) Sort Ascending18) Sort Descending19) AutoFilter20) Apply Filter21) Form-Based Filters22) Reset Filter/Sort
23) Data source as Table

Figure 24: Form Navigation toolbar

Glue Points
The Glue Points toolbar (Figure 25) provides tools to insert a glue point or modify the propertiesof a glue point. A glue point is a point where a connector is attached to an object. By default,
LibreOffice automatically places a glue point at the center of each side of the bounding rectangle
for every object created.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Glue Point
2) Exit Direction Left
3) Exit Direction Top
4) Exit Direction Right
5) Exit Direction Bottom
6) Glue Point Relative

7) Glue Point Horizontal Left
8) Glue Point Horizontal Center
9) Glue Point Horizontal Right10) Glue Point Vertical Top11) Glue Point Vertical Center12) Glue Point Vertical Bottom

Figure 25: Glue Points toolbar

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ImageThe Image toolbar (Figure 26) provides tools to edit, modify, align, reposition and resize images.
The toolbar only becomes active and available when an image is selected in a drawing. The
Image toolbar automatically replaces the Line and Filling toolbar when it becomes active.
Available tools from left to right1) Position and Size (F4)2) Align Objects
3) Left4) Centered
5) Right
6) Top7) Center8) Bottom
9) Arrange
10) Bring to Front (Ctrl+Shift++) (macOS⌘+Shift++)
11) Bring Forward (Ctrl++) (macOS ⌘++)
12) Send Backward (Ctrl+-) (macOS ⌘+-)
13) Send to Back (Ctrl+Shift+-) (macOS⌘+Shift+-)14) In Front of Object
15) Behind Object
16) Reverse

17) Line Style
18) Line Width
19) Line Color
20) Area Style/Filling21) Fill Color
22) Shadow23) Filter24) Image Mode
25) Crop26) Vertically27) Horizontally28) Transformations
29) Transparency30) Color
31) Line
32) Area33) Animation34) Interaction

Figure 26: Image toolbar

InsertThe Insert toolbar (Figure 27) provides tools to insert different types of objects into a drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) New Page (Ctrl+M)
2) Floating Frame
3) Insert Page from File
4) Table5) Image

6)
7)
8)
9)

Insert Audio or Video (Media in Visible
Buttons)
Formula Object (Ctrl+Alt+=) (macOS ⌘+⎇+=)Chart
OLE Object

Figure 27: Insert toolbar

Legacy Circles and Ovals
The Legacy Circles and Ovals toolbar (Figure 28) provides tools to insert different types of circles
and ovals into a drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Ellipse2) Circle

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3)
4)

Ellipse Pie
Circle Pie

5)
6)
7)
8)
9)

Ellipse Segment
Circle Segment
Ellipse, Unfilled
Circle, Unfilled
Ellipse Pie, Unfilled10) Circle Pie, Unfilled11) Ellipse Segment, Unfilled
12) Circle Segment, Unfilled
13) Arc
14) Circle Arc

Figure 28: Legacy Circles and Ovals toolbar

Legacy Rectangles
The Legacy Rectangles toolbar (Figure 29) provides tools to insert different types of rectangles
and squares into a drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Rectangle2) Square3) Rectangle, Rounded
4) Rounded Square

5)
6)
7)
8)

Rectangle, Unfilled
Square, Unfilled
Rounded Rectangle, Unfilled
Rounded Square, Unfilled

Figure 29: Legacy Rectangles
toolbarLine and Filling
The Line and Filling toolbar (Figure 30) provides tools and drop-down lists for editing lines,
arrows, and object borders. The tools available vary depending on the type of object selected forediting.
Available tools from left to right1) Position and Size (F4)2) Align Objects
3) Left4) Centered
5) Right
6) Top7) Center8) Bottom
9) Arrange
10) Bring to Front (Ctrl+Shift++) (macOS⌘+Shift++)
11) Bring Forward (Ctrl++) (macOS ⌘++)
12) Send Backward (Ctrl+-) (macOS ⌘+-)
13) Send to Back (Ctrl+Shift+-) (macOS⌘+Shift+-)14) In Front of Object
15) Behind Object
16) Reverse
17) Line Style

18) Line Width
19) Line Color
20) Area Style/Filling21) Fill Color
22) Shadow23) Arrow Style
24) Vertically25) Horizontally26) Transformations27) Line
28) Area29) 3D Effects30) Image Map
31) Animation32) Interaction33) Show the Styles Sidebar (F11)34) Display Grid
35) Helplines While Moving

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Figure 30: Line and Filling toolbar

Master View
The Master View toolbar (Figure 31) provides tools to create a new master page, rename amaster page, delete a master page, and close master view. This toolbar is only active when Draw
is in master view.
Available tools from left to right1) New Master2) Rename Master

3)
4)

Delete Master
Close Master View

Figure 31: Master
View toolbar

Media Playback
The Media Playback toolbar (Figure 32) provides the standard tools required to insert, view, play,and listen to audio and video files. The toolbar only becomes active when an audio or video file isselected. Draw supports many different media formats depending on the computer operating
system being used.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Audio or Video
2) Play3) Pause4) Stop5) Repeat

6)
7)
8)
9)

Position
Mute
VolumeView

Figure 32: Media Playback toolbar

Options
The Options toolbar (Figure 33) provides tools for editing various settings for newly createddrawings, for example how objects snap to the grid when being moved or resized.
Available tools from left to right1) Rotation Mode after Clicking Object
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2)

Display Grid

3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)

Display Snap Guides
Helplines While Moving
Snap to Grid
Snap to Snap Guides
Snap to Page Margins
Snap to Object Borders9) Snap to Object Points10) Allow Quick Editing
11) Select Text Area Only
12) Double-click to edit Text
13) Modify Object with Attributes14) Exit All Groups

Figure 33: Options toolbar

Redaction
The Redaction toolbar (Figure 34) is used to block portions of a drawing protecting sensitive
information and helps enterprises and organizations to comply with regulations on confidentiality
or privacy.
When a redacted drawing is exported to a new drawing, any redacted portions are removed fromthe new drawing and replaced by redaction blocks of pixels. This prevents any attempt to restore
or copy the original contents. A redacted drawing is often exported to PDF for publication or
sharing.
Available tools from left to right1) Rectangle
2) Freeform
3) Redacted Export (White)

4)
5)

Redacted Export (Black)
PDF

Figure 34: Redaction
toolbarStandard
The Standard toolbar (Figure 35) is common to all LibreOffice components and provides the mostcommon tools when creating and editing documents using LibreOffice. The Standard toolbar
differs between LibreOffice components to allow for different toolsets used in creating thedifferent types of documents.
Available tools from left to right1) Load URL17) Clone Formatting (Clone in Visible Buttons)
2) New (Ctrl+N) (macOS ⌘+N)
18) Clear (Ctrl+Shift+M) (macOS Shift+M)
3) Templates (Ctrl+Shift+N) (macOS ⌘+Shift+N) 19) Undo (Ctrl+Z) (macOS ⌘+Z)
4) Open (Ctrl+O) (macOS ⌘+O)
20) Redo (Ctrl+Y) (macOS ⌘+Y)
5) Open Remote21) Spelling (F7)6) Save (Ctrl+S) (macOS ⌘+S)
22) Auto Spellcheck (Shift+F7)
7) Save As (Ctrl+Shift+S) (macOS ⌘+Shift+S) 23) Display Grid (Grid in Visible Buttons)
8) Email24) Helplines While Moving9) Edit Mode (Ctrl+Shift+M) (macOS ⌘+Shift+M) 25) Zoom & Pan
10) Export
26) Object Zoom
11) Export Directly as PDF27) Zoom
12) Print Directly28) Table
13) Print (Ctrl+P) (macOS ⌘+P)29) Insert Image (Image in Visible Buttons)
14) Cut (Ctrl+X) (macOS ⌘+X)
30) Insert Chart (Chart in Visible Buttons)
15) Copy (Ctrl+C) (macOS ⌘+C)31) Insert Text Box (F2) (Text Box in Visible
16) Paste (Ctrl+V) (macOS ⌘+V)
Buttons)
Toolbars | 1932) Insert Special Characters (Symbol in Visible
Buttons)33) Vertical Text
34) Insert Fontwork Text
35) Insert Hyperlink (Ctrl+K) (macOS ⌘+K)
(Hyperlink in Visible Buttons)36) Transformations37) Flip38) Position and Size (F4)39) Align Objects40) Distribution41) Shadow42) Crop43) Filter44) 3D Effects45) Edit Points (F8)46) Glue Points47) Toggle Extrusion
48) Show Draw Functions (Draw Functions in
Visible Buttons)
49) LibreOffice Help50) What’s That
51) Go to First Page
52) Go to Previous Page
53) Go to Next Page
54) Go to Last Page
55) Move Page to Start
56) Move Page Up57) Move Page Down
58) Move Page to End

Figure 35: Standard toolbar

Standard (Viewing Mode)
The Standard (Viewing Mode) toolbar (Figure 36) provides tools to save, edit, and distribute a
drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) Save As (Ctrl+Shift+S) (macOS ⌘+S)
7) Print Directly2) Edit Mode (Ctrl+Shift+M) (macOS ⌘+Shift+M) 8) Print (Ctrl+P) (macOS ⌘+P)
3) Read Only Mode
9) Copy (Ctrl+C) (macOS ⌘+C)
4) Attach to Email (Email in Visible Buttons)10) Find and Replace (Ctrl+H) (macOS ⌘+⎇+F)
5) Export Directly as PDF
11) Zoom6) EPUB
12) Start from First Slide (F5)

Figure 36: Standard (Viewing Mode)
toolbarTable
The Table toolbar (Figure 37) provides tools and options to edit and format a table placed in a
drawing. This toolbar only becomes active when a table is selected.
Available tools from left to right1) Table2) Border Style
3) Border Color
4) Borders (Shift to overwrite)5) Area Style/Filling6) Fill Color
7) Merge Cells
20 | Appendix B, Toolbars8) Split Cells
9) Optimize
10) Align Top (Top in Visible Buttons)11) Center Vertically (Center in Visible Buttons)
12) Align Bottom (Bottom in Visible Buttons)
13) Insert Row Above
14) Insert Row Below15) Insert Column Before16) Insert Column After
17) Delete Row
18) Delete Column
19) Delete Table

20) Select Table
21) Select Column22) Select Row23) Table Design24) Table Properties

Figure 37: Table toolbar

Text Formatting
The Text Formatting toolbar (Figure 38) provides tools for formatting text and alignmentcommands. This toolbar becomes active when text in a text box or graphic object has been
selected and it automatically replaces the Line and Filling toolbar.
Available tools from left to right1) Font Name
2) Font Size
3) Increase Font Size (Ctrl+]) (macOS ⌘+])
(Increase in Visible Buttons)
4) Decrease Font Size (Ctrl+[) (macOS ⌘+[)
(Decrease in Visible Buttons)
5) Bold (Ctrl+B) (macOS ⌘+B)
6) Italic (Ctrl+I) (macOS ⌘+I)
7) Underline (Ctrl+U) (macOS ⌘+U)
8) Double Underline
9) Strikethrough10) Overline
11) Superscript (Ctrl+Shift+P) (macOS⌘+Shift+P)
12) Subscript (Ctrl+Shift+B) (macOS ⌘+Shift+B)
13) Toggle Shadow (Shadow in Visible Buttons)
14) Apply outline attribute to font (Outline Font
Effect in Visible Buttons)
15) Clear (Ctrl+Shift+M) (macOS ⌘+Shift+M)16) lowercase
17) UPPERCASE18) SMALL CAPITALS19) Font Color
20) Character Highlighting Color
21) Toggle Unordered List (Unordered List in
Visible Buttons)

22) Toggle Ordered List (Ordered List in Visible
Buttons)23) Outline Format
24) Align Left (Ctrl+L) (macOS ⌘+L) (Left in
Visible Buttons)25) Align Center (Ctrl+E) (macOS ⌘+E) (Centerin Visible Buttons)
26) Align Right (Ctrl+R) (macOS ⌘+R) (Right in
Visible Buttons)27) Justified (Ctrl+J) (macOS ⌘+J)
28) Align Top (Top in Visible Buttons)29) Center Vertically (Center in Visible Buttons)30) Align Bottom (Bottom in Visible Buttons)
31) Set Line Spacing (Line Spacing in Visible
Buttons)32) Character Spacing33) Increase Paragraph Spacing (Increase in
Visible Buttons)
34) Decrease Paragraph Spacing (Decrease in
Visible Buttons)35) Text direction from left to right36) Text direction from top to bottom37) Left-To-Right38) Right-To-Left
39) Select All (Ctrl+A) (macOS ⌘+A)40) Character
41) Paragraph

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Figure 38: Text Formatting toolbar

Transformations
The Transformations toolbar (Figure 39) provides tools to modify the shape, orientation, or fill of
selected objects.
Available tools from left to right1) Rotate2) Flip3) In 3D Rotation Object
4) Set in Circle (perspective)5) Set to circle (slant)

6)
7)
8)

DistortInteractive transparency tool (Transparency
tool in Visible Buttons)
Interactive gradient tool (Gradient tool in
Visible Buttons)

Figure 39: Transformations
toolbarZoom
The Zoom toolbar (Figure 40) provides tools to reduce or enlarge the screen display of thecurrent drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) Zoom In2) Zoom Out3) 100%4) Zoom Previous
5) Zoom Next
6) Entire Page

7) Page Width8) Optimal View (Optimal in Visible Buttons)9) Object Zoom
10) Zoom & Pan
11) Shift

Figure 40: Zoom toolbar

22 | Appendix B, Toolbars