Draw Guide

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Chapter
Tips and Tricks

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Authors
Agnes Belzunce
Martin Fox
Peter Hillier-Brook
Wolfgang Uhlig
Claire Wood
Hazel Russman

Daniel Carrera
Regina HenschelBernd Schukat
Jean Hollis Weber
Linda Worthington

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Acknowledgments
This chapter is based on an original French document written for
OpenOffice.org 1.x by Michel Pinquier (translated to English by Alex
Thurgood) and previous content revised by Jim Taylo r. The chapter
was revised for OpenOffice 2.0 by Linda, Daniel, Jean and Agnes, andlater translated into German by Bernd, Wolfgang and Regina; theGerman revisions were then translated into English and updated forversion 3.2 by Martin Fox. Claire and Hazel edited the most recent
version.

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Published 28 July 2010. Based on OpenOffice.org 3.2.

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Contents
Copyright.................................................................................................2
Positioning objects with zoom.................................................................5
Zoom adjustments using the status bar...............................................5
The Zoom toolbar..................................................................................6
Positioning objects with snap functions..................................................7
Snap to grid..........................................................................................7
Showing the grid...............................................................................7
Changing the color of the grid points...............................................8
Configuring the grid..........................................................................8
Snap to Snap objects (snap lines and snap points)..............................9
Inserting a snap line with the mouse..............................................10
Inserting snap points and snap lines using coordinates.................11
Editing snap points and snap lines.................................................11
Snap to page edge..............................................................................11
Snap to object border.........................................................................12
Snap to object points..........................................................................12
Help to position objects with guiding lines........................................13
Drawing to scale....................................................................................13
Splitting drawings on multiple layers....................................................14
An example drawing: house plan and furniture.................................15
Changing the layer of a drawing object.............................................18
Creating a multi-page document...........................................................18
Using the Pages area..........................................................................18
Using page backgrounds....................................................................19
Creating a page background...........................................................19
Assigning and managing page backgrounds..................................20
Color palette: adding or changing single colors...................................22
Changing colors using the Color dialog................................................24
Creating cool effects..............................................................................26
Duplication..........................................................................................26
Cross-fading........................................................................................27
Tips and Tricks3Which object goes in front?.............................................................27

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Tips and TricksPositioning objects with zoom
With zoom you can place objects with higher precision.

Figure 1: Using zoom to place
objects with greater precision

Zoom adjustments using the status bar
The current zoom value is shown at the right-hand end of the statusbar next to the zoom slide r.

Figure 2: Zoom level on Status Bar
You can adjust the zoom value by using the slide r, right-click on thezoom percent to select from a menu of preset values, or double-click toopen the Zoom & View Layout dialog.

Figure 3: Zoom & View Layout
You can enter a zoom factor in the Variable field, select 100%, or use
one of the three other choices. (The three options on the right handside of the dialog are not available in Draw; they are active only for
text documents.)• Optimal: The drawing or selected object(not the page) is enlarged

to just fit in the Draw page area.
Positioning objects with zoom5• Fit width and height: The drawing page edges are set to theedges of the Draw page area.
• Fit width: The right and left page edges are set to the verticaledges of the Draw page area.
The exact effect of choosing one of these options depends on whether
you have the Page pane switched on or off.

Figure 4: Zoom values – Fit width and height, Fit width, and Optimal

The Zoom toolbar
The Zoom toolbar provides additional zoom options. On the Standard
toolbar (View > Toolbars > Standard), click on the downwards
arrow of the Zoom button. You can also permanently display the
toolbar by clicking on View > Toolbars > Zoom.

Figure 5: Zoom Toolbar
Zoom in. Enlarges the monitor picture. First click on the
button, then on the object. Alternatively drag to create azoom “window”.
Zoom out. Makes the monitor picture smalle r. Just click on
the button.
Reverts objects to their original size.
Changes display to the previous and next zoom factors. If
these buttons are not visible, turn them on by clicking on thesmall black arrow on the title bar of the Zoom toolba r, thenon Visible Buttons and finally on either of these two buttons.
Shows the entire page.
Zooms to page width.
Resizes the display to include all objects on the slide.
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Tips and TricksZooms the selected object to Optimal.
Enables moving the drawing inside the Draw windo w, using
the mouse.

Positioning objects with snap functions
In Dra w, objects can be accurately and consistently positioned using
grid points, special snap points and lines, object frames, individual
points on objects, or page edges. This function is known as Snap.
To use the snap function easil y, work with the highest practical zoom
value. You can use two different snap functions at the same time, forexample snapping to a guide line and to the page edge. It is best,
howeve r, to activate only those functions that you really need.
Examples for setting up the snap functions are found in Chapter 10(Advanced Draw Te chniques).

Snap to gridUse this function to move an object exactly to a grid point. Thisfunction can be switched on and off with View > Grid > Snap to Gridand on the Options toolbar with the icon.

Figure 6: Exact positioning
with the snap to grid function

Showing the gridTo make the grid visible, choose View > Grid > Display Grid.
Alternatively turn the grid on (or off) with the iconon the Options
toolba r.

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Changing the color of the grid points
By default the grid points are bright gray and not always easy to see.
Go to Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Appearance. In the
Drawing / Presentation section, you can change the color of the grid
points. On the Color Settings pulldown menu select a moresuitable/visible colo r, for example black.

Figure 7: Changing the color of the grid points

Configuring the gridUn
Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Draw > Grid you canchange the settings of the grid (Figure 8).
No adjustment is necessary in the Grid field, as these settings can bechanged directly from the icons on the Options toolba r.

Figure 8: Configuring the grid8

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Resolution: sets the horizontal and vertical distance between two grid
points.

Figure 9: Grids with different resolutions
Subdivisions: determines how many steps there are between adjacentgrid points. Intermediate steps make it possible to have a larger
separation between two grid points, so the drawing remains cleare r.
Objects can snap to intermediate points in exactly the same way as togrid points.

Figure 10: Grid with intermediate steps (subdivisions)
The snap field settings are largely self-explanator y. One importantsetting is the Snap range. Grid points and snap lines are both visual
help elements that are managed separately by Dra w. If you haveactivated a snap function and then move an object, Draw looks in thevicinity of the position of the object for those special help elements todetermine the final position of the object; with the snap range setting,you can determine the extent of this search area. Exactly how large thesnap area is depends on the current environment: which particularsnap functions are in use, how the grid is configured, and whether or
not there may be collisions with other objects. It is usually necessary to
do a little experimenting to find what best suits your needs.

Snap to Snap objects (snap lines and snap points)
Unlike grid points, Snap lines and Snap points are created by the user.
Snap lines run horizontally or vertically and appear as dashed lines.
Snap points appear as small crosses, again with dashed lines.

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Note

In OOo the names of the buttons in the Options toolbar are
Display Guides and Snap to Guides when what is actuallymeant is Display Snap line and Snap to Snap line. These will
hopefully be corrected in a subsequent version.

If you have activated this function, you can position objects exactl y.
Horizontal and vertical snap lines can be used togethe r. Snap lines are
not active immediately after inserting them but are turned on (or off)
using theicon or with the View menu. If the snap line is no longer
needed you can hide it (or subsequently display it again) with the
Display Guides icon

or using the View menu.

Figure 11: Objects ‘connected’ to snap lines (left) or to asnap point (right). Note that the snap point functions as
if it were the intersection of two snap lines.

Inserting a snap line with the mouse
To insert a snap line in a drawing:1) Hover the mouse cursor over either ruler (the vertical ruler tocreate a horizontal snap line and vice versa).
2) Click and hold the right mouse button.
3) Drag the mouse into the drawing area to produce a snap line.
The snap line can be moved at any time by dragging it with the mouse.
Moving a snap line will not, howeve r, move any objects that havealready been snapped to that line.

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Inserting snap points and snap lines using coordinates
The command Insert > Snap point / line opens a dialog where you
can specify X and Y coordinates and choose the type of snap object:
point, vertical line, or horizontal line.

Figure 12: Setting a) snap object type andb) snap object position using X,Y coordinates

Editing snap points and snap lines
All snap objects can be edited after setting them. If you right-click on asnap object, an appropriate menu opens allowing you to edit or delete
the snap object.

Snap to page edge
With this function you can snap objects to the page edge. A
combination with snap lines and snap to grid is also possible.

Figure 13: Objects positionedon the page margins

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Snap to object borderWith this function you can position one drawing object on the border ofanothe r. The connection point can lie anywhere on the object borde r.
To use this function, first deactivate Snap to grid. Figure 14 showssome examples. Note that a typical object border will touch the borderof a round object at only one of its four points.

Figure 14: Objects positioned on theborder of another object

Snap to object points
This function operates in a similar manner to the one just described.
The difference is that the connection point can lie only at one of thefour corner points of both the object being moved and the target
object. This leads to the situation where two round objects have aconnection point that does not lie on either object but at one of the redcircled points.

Figure 15: Objects connected to the object
point of another object

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Help to position objects with guiding lines
To simplify the positioning of objects it is possible to make visible
guiding lines—extensions of the edges of the object—while it is being
moved. These guiding lines have no snap function.
The guiding lines can be ()activated un
Tools > Options >OpenOffice.org Draw > View > Guides when moving, or byclicking theicon on the Options toolbar.

Figure 16: Working with guiding lines

Drawing to scale
In Draw a drawing is made on a predefined drawing area or canvas.
This will usually be in the Letter or A4 format depending on your locale
settings, and will be output to some “standard” printer that you have
set up on your computer (usually referred to as the default printer).
Depending on the actual size of the drawn objects, it is often necessaryor convenient to reduce or enlarge the drawing by some scaling value.
You can specify the scale that you wish to use under Tools > Options> OpenOffice.org Draw > General.
The scale and selected unit of measurement are automaticallyreflected in the rulers, the window position and the window size. Scalesettings can be stored permanently in a template that you can then use
for new drawings.
The scale you use has no effect on the basic drawing operations. Draw
will automatically calculate the necessary values (for example,
dimension lines). The grid spacing is independent of drawing scale as
the grid is not a drawing element but only an optical drawing aid.

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Note

If you want to insert elements in a drawing from the Gallery or
Clipboard, you should draw these to the same scale as you areusing for the drawing to ensure the proper size ratio is
maintained.

Splitting drawings on multiple layers
Layers are like transparencies that lie one on top of another on an
overhead projecto r. You can insert and extract single layers as desired.
For example in architecture the floor plan, heating, and electricalwiring can all be on separate layers. With complex drawings this layer
technique offers many advantages. You can make layers visible orinvisible as needed or you can protect a layer from further changes
while you work.
In Draw three layers are always present by default: Layout, Controls,and Dimension Lines. Layout is the default layer when you create a
new drawing.

To change to a laye r, click on its tab. Everything that is drawn will beplaced on the currently selected laye r. The Controls layer is for control
elements such as icons and pulldowns and is not usually used forordinary drawing elements. The Dimension Lines layer is usedwhenever you insert a dimension line on a drawing (unless the layer ismade invisible). Use Insert > Layer to insert a new layer in a drawing(Figure 17 left).

Figure 17: Insert and modify layers

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On the Insert Layer dialog you can specify the following properties:• Visible: If this property is not activated, the layer will not beshown (the layer is removed from the stack).
• Printable: If this property is not activated, the layer will not be
printed. This is useful if you use a ‘draft’ layer for guides orannotations that you use in making the drawing but should notappear in the final output.
• Locked: All objects on this layer are protected from deletion,
editing, or moving. No additional objects can be added to aprotected laye r. This property is useful when a base plan is to beprotected while adding a new layer with other details.
Right-click on a layer tab to bring up a menu where you can insert ordelete a laye r, rename an existing laye r, or modify a laye r. You canchange the names of the user-defined layers; the default layer names
cannot be changed.
If you choose Modify you will see the dialog in Figure 17 right. On the
Modify Layer dialog you cannot edit the Name but you can edit the
Title and Description and change the properties of the layer (Visible,
Printable, Locked).

Tip

Somewhat confusing is the fact that you can move objects on
one layer although you are working on another layer. To avoid
accidentally deleting or moving objects on another layer, you
should lock that layer.

An example drawing: house plan and furniture
A popular application for programs like Draw is the “moving thefurniture” scenario. You can easily draw the floor plan of a room or ahouse using Dra w. The simplest way is to draw walls as thick lines. You
can also draw single rectangles or polygons, place them togethe r,
select them and then from the right-click menu use Shapes > Merge
to make a single figure, then add a hatching pattern. Before you do
this, you should read the section “Drawing to scale” on page 13.
For this example a suitable measurement unit is centimete r. The
drawing scale and grid settings depend on the size of the floor plan.
Use the Position and Size dialog (right-click and choose Position andSize) to easily position and dimension the individual wall sections.
Make sure that the rectangles completely overlap (see Figure 18)
otherwise the merging will give uneven edges.

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Figure 18: Wall corner from two rectangles. From upper tolower: before merging, after merging and after hatching
Figure 19 shows the finished floor plan. In addition, a chest of drawers
has been added.
The body of the chest is drawn on the Layout layer; the pulled-out
drawer and the open doors are drawn as a group and put on a separate
user-defined layer (Layer4 in our example). Figure 20 shows how thisis done. Making the layer with the drawers and doors visible or hidden
will show them open and closed (see Figure 21). Hidden layers areshown with a colored tab.

Figure 19: Floorplan with chest of drawers

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Figure 20: Using layers for different parts of adrawing. (Left) Draw the body of the chest on the
Layout layer. (Right) Create a new layer and draw theopen drawers and doors, keeping the Layout layer
visible to help you position the additional objects.

Figure 21: Making layers visible or hidden. (Left) Hidethe Layout layer to see what is on Layer4. (Right)
Show the Layout layer and hide Layer4 to show chestwith drawers closed.

CautionIf you copy a drawing object to the Clipboard or into theGallery, all layers other than the three standard layers (Layout,
Controls and Dimension Lines) are lost and all objects will bepasted into the Layout layer. The reconstruction of layers ismuch easier if you assemble objects on a layer into a group
before copying.

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Changing the layer of a drawing object
Draw has no direct command to change layers. To move an object toanother laye r, change to the new laye r, select the desired object orgroup, and then cut and paste it into position. Watch the status bar(the selected object’s layer name is shown in the information field) tofollow and check the change.
You can also click on the object, hold the mouse button pressed forabout two seconds until the mouse cursor changes from a hand to apointer with an open rectangle, and then drag and drop it on theappropriate laye r.

Creating a multi-page document
Draw documents, like presentation (Impress) documents, can consist ofmultiple pages. As in Impress, tools to manage pages and backgrounds
are available.
Pages are automatically named as Slide 1, Slide 2, and so on. This
description is relative; if you move pages around, they areautomatically renumbered. If you want to have fixed slide (page)
names, you must name them yourself. Page names are useful forworking with the Navigator and when you want to insert single slides
using Insert > File into another document.

Using the Pages area
By default the Pages area is docked on
the left of the Draw windo w. It shows
every page in the document as a small
picture. Select a picture from the Pages
area and the corresponding page isloaded in the main workspace. Click on
the page to activate it for editing.
The Pages area behaves similar to the
Styles and Formatting area. Drag on thegray separator line to change the width of
the Pages pane. Click on the middle ofthis line to show or hide the pane.
Double-click with the Control key pressedin the upper gray area to dock or undock
the area, which can be turned into afloating windo w.
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In the Pages area you can drag and dropa picture to change the order of pages inthe document; a black horizontal line
shows the position where the page will beinserted.

Using the context menu you can insert ordelete pages or duplicate pages with copy
and paste (alternatively create duplicate
pages using Insert > Duplicate Slideon the menu).

Using page backgrounds
With background pages you set common page settings for multiple
pages of the Draw document. These include setting the color orgraphics of the background, background objects, and fields such as
page numbering and autho r.

Note

The terms used in this area may not be completely consistent,
so that the terms Slide/Page and Master/Background/Page
Template are used more or less interchangeably in places.
When looking for information in Help, it may be necessary to
use alternative search terms.

Creating a page background
Change with View > Master to the Master view and note that a
related Master View toolbar opens. If this toolbar does not appea r,
activate it with View > Toolbars. In this toolbar are switches for a
new background page and for renaming the master page. These
functions are also available by right-clicking on a page picture in the
Pages area of the Master vie w. The button for deleting a master pageis only available when you select a background page in the Pages area
which has not yet been assigned to any page.
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Figure 22: Master View toolbar
To return to normal mode, click the Close Master View button orView > Normal.
You can edit background pages just like normal pages. With Format >Page > Background you can set the colo r, pattern, or backgroundpicture. These settings are specific to each background page. In the
Master vie w, you can set the size and orientation of the page; suchsettings apply to all pages.
If you insert drawing objects on a background page, they are visible on
all pages that use this background. This a convenient wa y, for example,
to place a logo on every page.
Master pages are organized in layers just like normal pages. The layersof normal pages are associated with the layer of the same name on the
Master page. Accordingly the layers Layout/Control/Dimension Lines
are considered to be a unit and the Master page layer Backgroundobjects is associated with them.
With Insert > Fields you can insert the date, time, page numbe r,
author and filename. No other fields are available. With page number
you cannot insert a fixed page number but only a variable; the actual
number appears on the page itself and is determined by the position of
the page. The number is automatically adjusted if the page issubsequently moved.

Assigning and managing page backgrounds
You can open the Slide Design dialog (Figure 23) in two ways:• Right-click on the page and choose Page > Slide design, or• Look in the bottom right of the status bar to see whichbackground page is the current one. Double-click in this field.
The Slide Design dialog (Figure 23) shows the available backgroundpages for that page.

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Figure 23: Slide design dialog
If the Exchange background page option is selected, the selectedbackground page will be used on all pages of the document, not just on
the currently active page.
The Delete unused backgrounds option deletes any backgrounds (asshown in the Slide Design dialog) that have not been assigned to a
page.
Click the Load button to open the Load Slide Design dialog. From here
you can load previously prepared background pages. All Draw and
Impress templates can be used for this purpose. Note, howeve r, thatusing Impress templates will bring in only the background and not theother elements prepared in Impress.

Figure 24: Load Slide Design dialog
There is no special option to store background pages as templates.
Instead you can load a document with the desired background pageand store this document as a document template with File >Template > Store.
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Color palette: adding or changing single
colorsDraw (like all OpenOffice.org components) uses color palettes for the
representation of colors. In addition you can customize the color
palette to suit your own needs and wishes. You can modify colors in apalette, add other colors, or create new color palettes.
Reach these options with Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org >Colors or with Format > Area > Colors (tab) (see Figure 25). The
latter method allows color palettes to be loaded or to be stored for
future use. Any modifications made to colors apply only to thecurrently active palette.
OpenOffice.org always uses the RGB color model internall y. Other
methods are also available for the definition of a color value.
The color values can be input directly as numbers. Choose between the
RGB color model (base colors Red, Green and Blue) and CMYK (basecolors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, K= Key). The conversion to
RGB values is made automaticall y.
Tip

Information about color models can be found under:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_model

Individual color tones are produced by using different values of thebase colors. The color value can be any integer value between 0 and
255. As an example, Red 3 has a red value of 184, a green value of 71
and a blue value of 0 in the RGB model. The CMYK color model uses
percentages (in this case 0%, 44%, 72%, and 28% respectively).
Change these values to manipulate the color tone. Either enter anumber directly or use the spinners on the right side of each field. Thechange in color will be shown in the lower color field (see Figure 25).
Click the Modify button to apply and store the new setting.
To add a new color to the current palette, enter a new name in theName field and set the desired color values. Click Add. The new color
will be added to the end of the palette and stored in the currently
active palette.
You can also delete colors from a palette. Select the color from theColor pulldown menu and click on the Delete button, then on OK to
confirm the change.

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Figure 25: The Colors tab in the Area dialog
Click on the Edit button to open a dialog where you can set individualcolors (see Figure 26). Many more input possibilities are available inthis dialog.
In the lower area you can enter values in the RGB and CMYK models
as well as the HSB (Hue, Saturation and Brightness) model.
The two color samples at the lower right show the current color (left)
and the new color specified by the color value fields (right).

Figure 26: Color dialog
The color windows in the upper area permit a direct selection of color
without any knowledge of color values. The right upper color window islinked directly with the various color model input fields; if you click on
a color in this window the numbers change accordingly and a preview
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of the color appears in the right of the two color fields (lower right inFigure 26; see also Method 2 below).
If you click OK, the color window is closed and the input field is again
active. You can at this stage select the color you have just defined,
give it a new name, and store it by clicking the Add button. The oldcolor will then (without any further warning) be overwritten.

Changing colors using the Color dialog
Method 1
You can change the current color by modifying the individual color
values explicitl y. It is possible to change from one color model toanother during this process but the settings are always calculated andstored according to the RGB model. This may result in some slightadjustment to your input values in the other models.
The color wheel to the left illustrates the HSB color
model. This model defines the color tone in terms of
three parameters: Hue (possible values from 0 to359), Saturation (possible values from 0 to 100) andBrightness (possible values from 0 to 100) is
defined. The number for the hue represents theangle in the color wheel, the other two are both
percentage values.
Method 2
You can select a new color by clicking on a point in the color window at
the upper right of the dialog. The chosen color is shown in a black
frame which can be dragged with the mouse. If this color is not quite
right, you can fine tune it as described above in Method 1 by changing
the color values.
As you drag the small square you will see thevalue change in the number fields. The CMYK
and RGB are more or less self explanator y. To
make the HSB model a little cleare r, some
additional comments are necessar y.
To better understand the working of the HSB
model, move the frame from left to right and top
to bottom. You will see that the Hue andSaturation values swing between their maximum
and minimum (hue by horizontal movement and saturation by verticalmovement), but the brightness remains the same (see figure at left).
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This latter can only be adjusted by entering a value into the number
field.
Method 3
The left color window is divided like a chess board into 8 x 8 individual
fields, each with a different colo r. Most important are the colors ineach of the corner fields. The color red changes stepwise to green in
the first ro w, and stepwise to yellow in the first column. The color
green in the last column changes stepwise to blue.
This window thus contains a stepwise change between each of the fourmain colors in the corner points. If you hover the mouse over a square
the RGB value is shown as a tooltip. For example, the yellow corner
field (lower left) has RGB values of 255, 255 and 0 (full red, full green
and no blue).
Click on this yellow field. A frame appears. If you click the -> arrow
under the color windows the selected color is assigned.

You can change the color spread in this window to a more specificrange by changing one or more of the corner fields. Click on the corner
you want to change, then select the preferred color from the rightcolor window with the mouse and/or set it using the number fields.
Now click on the <- arrow; the new color will be assigned to the cornersquare you selected and the overall appearance of the windowchanges accordingl y.

Figure 27: Changing the color of a corner square

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Creating cool effects
Duplication
Duplication makes copies of an object while applying a set of changes(such as color or rotation) to the duplicates.

Figure 28: Duplication example
To start duplication, click on an object or group and choose Edit >Duplicate. The Duplicate dialog (Figure 29) appears.

Figure 29: Duplicate dialog
Choose the number of copies, their separation (placement), rotation,and so on. The choices above applied to a blue rectangle produce theresult shown in Figure 28.

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Cross-fading
Cross-fading transforms one shape into anothe r. The result is a newgroup of objects including the two end points and the intermediate
steps.

Figure 30: Cross-fading example
To do a cross-fade, first select two objects.

Figure 31: The two objects
selected for cross fading
Then choose Edit > Cross-fading.

Figure 32: Cross-fading dialog
On the dialog choose the number of increments (transition steps). You
probably want to have Cross-fade attributes and Same orientation both
checked. The end result is shown in Figure 30.

Which object goes in front?
How do I tell Draw that I want

and not?

Select (the object we want in front), right-click and choose Arrange> Bring to Front (or press Ctrl+Shift+plus). Or select(the object
we want behind), right-click and choose Arrange > Send to Back orpress Ctrl+Shift+minus.

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