Getting Started Guide

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ChapterGraphics, the Gallery,and Fontwork
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Agnes Belzunce
Daniel Carrera
Peter Hillier-Brook
Peter Kupfer
Iain Roberts
Jean Hollis Weber
Linda Worthington
Michele Zarri

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Contents
Copyright............................................................................................... 2
Introduction........................................................................................... 5
Adding images to a document................................................................5
Inserting an image file........................................................................5Drag and drop.................................................................................. 5
Insert Picture dialog........................................................................6
Linking an image file..........................................................................6
Embedding linked images................................................................7
Inserting an image from the clipboard...............................................8
Inserting an image using a scanner....................................................8
Modifying and positioning graphics.......................................................9
Using the OpenOffice.org Gallery..........................................................9
Inserting images into a document.....................................................10
Inserting an object as a background.................................................10
Managing the Gallery........................................................................... 11
Adding objects to the Gallery............................................................11
Deleting images from the Gallery.....................................................12
Adding a new theme to the Gallery...................................................13
Deleting a theme from the Gallery....................................................13
Location of the Gallery and the objects in it.....................................13
Creating an image map........................................................................14
Using OOo’s drawing tools...................................................................15
Creating drawing objects..................................................................16
Set or change properties for drawing objects...................................17
Resizing a drawing object.................................................................18
Grouping drawing objects.................................................................18
Using Fontwork.................................................................................... 18
The Fontwork toolbars......................................................................18
Creating a Fontwork object..............................................................19
Editing a Fontwork object.................................................................20
Moving and resizing Fontwork objects.............................................24
Graphics, the Gallery, and Fontwork3

Introduction
You can add graphic and image files, including photos, drawings,
scanned images, and others, to OpenOffice.org documents. OOo canimport various vector (line drawing) and raster (bitmap) file formats.
The most commonly used graphic formats are GIF, JPG, PNG, and BMP.
See Appendix B for a full list of the graphic formats OOo can import.
Graphics in OOo are of three basic types:• Image files, such as photos, drawings, and scanned images• Diagrams created using OOo’s drawing tools• Charts created using OOo’s Chart facility
This chapter covers images and diagrams.
More detailed descriptions on working with drawing tools can be foundin the Draw Guide and Impress Guide. Instructions on how to create
charts are given in the Calc Guide.

Adding images to a document
Images can be added to a document in several ways: by inserting animage file, directly from a graphics program or a scanner, or from theOOo Gallery.

Inserting an image file
When the image is in a file stored on the computer, you can insert it
into an OOo document using either of the following methods.

Drag and drop1) Open a file browser window and locate the image you want toinsert.
2) Drag the image into the Writer document and drop it where youwant it to appear. A faint vertical line marks where the image will
be dropped.
This method embeds (saves a copy of) the image file in the Writer
document. To link the file instead of embedding it, hold down theControl+Shift keys while dragging the image.

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Insert Picture dialog
1) Click in the OOo document where you want the image to appear.
2) Choose Insert > Picture > From File from the menu bar.
3) On the Insert Picture dialog, navigate to the file to be inserted,
select it, and click Open.

Figure 1. Insert picture dialog
At the bottom of the dialog are two options, Preview and Link. SelectPreview to view a thumbnail of the selected image on the right, so you
can verify that you have the correct file. See below for the use of Link.

Linking an image file
If the Link option in the Insert picture dialog is selected, OOo createsa link to the file containing the image instead of saving a copy of theimage in the document. The result is that the image is displayed in the
document, but when the document is saved, it contains only areference to the image file—not the image itself. The document and theimage remain as two separate files, and they are merged together only
when you open the document again.
Linking an image has two advantages and one disadvantage:• Advantage – Linking can reduce the size of the document when it
is saved, because the image file itself is not included. File size isusually not a problem on a modern computer with a reasonableamount of memory, unless the document includes many large
graphics files; OOo can handle quite large files.

Adding images to a document5• Advantage – You can modify the image file separately withoutchanging the document because the link to the file remains valid,
and the modified image will appear when you next open the
document. This can be a big advantage if you (or someone else,
perhaps a graphic artist) is updating images.
• Disadvantage – If you send the document to someone else, ormove it to a different computer, you must also send the image
files, or the receiver will not be able to see the linked images. You
need to keep track of the location of the images and make sure
the recipient knows where to put them on another machine, so
the document can find them. For example, you might keep images
in a subfolder named Images (under the folder containing the
document); the recipient of the file needs to put the images in a
subfolder with the same name (under the folder containing the
document).

Note

When inserting the same image several times in the document
it would appear beneficial to create links; however, this is notnecessary as OOo embeds in the document only one copy of
the image file.

Embedding linked images
If you originally linked the images, you can easily embed one or moreof them later if you wish. To do so:1) Open the document in OpenOffice.org and choose Edit > Links.
2) The Edit Links dialog (Figure 2) shows all the linked files. In the
Source file list, select the files you want to change from linked toembedded.
3) Click the Break Link button.
4) Save the document.
Note

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Going the other way, from embedded to linked, is not so easy—
you must delete and reinsert each image, one at a time,
selecting the Link option when you do so.

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Figure 2: The Edit Links dialog

Inserting an image from the clipboard
Using the clipboard, you can copy images into an OOo document fromanother OOo document and from other programs. To do this:1) Open both the source document and the target document.
2) In the source document, select the image the image to be copied.
3) Move the mouse pointer over the selected image and press
Control+C to copy the image to the clipboard.
4) Switch to the target document.
5) Click to place the cursor where the graphic is to be inserted.
6) Press Control+V to insert the image.
CautionIf the application from which the graphic was copied is closed
before the graphic is pasted into the target, the image stored on
the clipboard could be lost.

Inserting an image using a scanner
If a scanner is connected to your computer, OOo can call the scanningapplication and inserted the scanned item into the OOo document as
an image. To start this procedure, place the cursor where the graphic
is to be inserted and select Insert > Picture > Scan > SelectSource.
Although this practice is quick and easy, it is unlikely to result in ahigh-quality image of the correct size. You may get better results byscanned material into a graphics program and cleaning it up there
before inserting the resulting image into OOo.
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Modifying and positioning graphics
OpenOffice.org provides many tools for resizing, modifying, filtering,and positioning graphics; wrapping text around graphics; and usinggraphics as backgrounds and watermarks. These tools are described in
relevant chapters of the other guides. Some sophisticated adjustmentsof the graphics are best done in an image manipulation program andthe results brought into OOo, rather than using OOo’s inbuilt tools.

Using the OpenOffice.org Gallery
The Gallery contains objects (graphics and sounds) that you can insert
into your documents. The Gallery is available in all components of
OpenOffice.org.
To open the Gallery, choose Tools > Gallery, or click the Gallery icon
. If the Gallery is open, these choices close it.
Graphics in the Gallery are grouped by themes, such as Bullets, Rulers,and Backgrounds. You can create other groups or themes.
The box on the left of the gallery window lists the available themes.
Click on a theme to see its contents displayed in the Gallery window.
You can display the Gallery in Icon View (Figure 3) or Detailed View,
and you can hide or show the Gallery by clicking on the Hide button(similar to the Hide button for the Navigator and the Styles andFormatting window when they are docked).
By default, the Gallery is docked above the workspace. To expand theGallery, position the pointer over the line that divides it from the top of
the workspace. When the pointer changes to parallel lines with arrows,
click and drag downward. The workspace resizes in response.
As for other docked windows, you can “float” the Gallery by moving themouse pointer over an edge of the Gallery window, holding down theControl key, and double-clicking. Repeat this procedure to dock theGallery again.

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Figure 3. Icon view of one theme in the Gallery

Inserting images into a document
You can copy or link an object from the Gallery into a document.
To insert an object:
1) Choose Tools > Gallery or click the Gallery icon on the Standard
toolbar.
2) Select a theme.
3) Select an object with a single click.
4) Drag and drop the image into the document. (See Figure 4.)
You can also right-click on the object and choose Insert > Copy.
To insert an object as a link:
1) Choose Tools > Gallery and select a theme.
2) Select an object with a single click, then while pressing the Shiftand Control keys, drag and drop the object into the document.

Inserting an object as a backgroundTo insert an object as the background to a page or paragraph:
1) Choose Tools > Gallery and select a theme.
2) Select an object with a single click, right-click on the object, andchoose Insert > Background > Page or > Paragraph.

Using the OpenOffice.org Gallery

9Figure 4. Copying a graphic object from the Gallery into a document

Managing the Gallery
The default themes are locked; no items can be added to or deleted
from these themes. The locked themes are easily recognizable by rightclicking on them; the only available option in the pop-up menu is
Properties.
In a default installation, only the My themes theme is customizable,
although new themes can be added as explained in “Adding a newtheme to the Gallery” on page 12.

Adding objects to the Gallery
You may wish to add to the Gallery any images that you use frequently,
for example, a company logo. You can then very easily insert thesegraphics into a document later. You can add images only to “My
Theme” or to any other theme that you have created; these areindicated by a green icon in the list of themes. You cannot add images
to the built-in themes, indicated by an icon of another color.

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Method 1 (selecting a file):
1) In the theme’s Properties, on the Files page, click the Find Files
button. The Select path dialog opens.
2) You can enter the path for the file’s directory in the Path text box,
or you can navigate to locate the file’s directory. Use the File typedrop-down list to help limit the search.
3) Click the Select button to start the search.
4) A list of graphic files is then displayed in the window. You can use
the File type filter again to further limit the search.
5) Select the files to add. To select more than one file, hold theControl key down while you click on each file.
6) Finally, click Add.
Method 2 (drag and drop):
1) Open the document containing an image you want to add to theGallery, and display the Gallery theme to which you want to add
it.
2) Position the mouse pointer above the image, without clicking.
3) If the mouse pointer changes to a hand symbol, the image refers
to a hyperlink. In this case, press the Alt key while you click theimage, to select it without activating the link. If the mouse pointerdoes not change to a hand symbol, you can simply click the image
to select it.
4) Once the image is selected, evident from the green selection
handles around it, release the mouse button. Click again on theimage, keeping the mouse button pressed for more than two
seconds. Without releasing the mouse button, drag the image into
the document.
5) Release the mouse button.

Deleting images from the Gallery
To delete an image from a theme that you created:
1) Right-click on the name of the image file or its thumbnail in theGallery.
2) Click Delete on the pop-up menu. A message appears, asking if
you want to delete this object. Click Yes.
Note

Deleting the name of a file from the list in the Gallery does notdelete the file from the hard disk or other location.

Managing the Gallery

11Adding a new theme to the Gallery
To add a new theme to the Gallery:
1) Click the New Theme button above the list of themes (Figure 3).
2) In the Properties of New Theme dialog, click the General tab andtype a name for the new theme.
3) Click the Files tab and add images to the theme, as describedearlier.

Deleting a theme from the Gallery
You can delete only theme that you have added to the Gallery; youcannot delete any of the inbuilt themes. To delete a theme from theGallery:1) Go to Tools > Gallery.
2) In the left part of the Gallery, select in the list the theme you wish
to delete.
3) Right-click on the theme, then click Delete on the pop-up menu.

Location of the Gallery and the objects in it
Graphics and other objects shown in the Gallery can be locatedanywhere on your computer’s hard disk, on a network drive, or on a
CD-ROM. Listings in the Gallery refer to the location of each object.
When you add graphics to the Gallery, the files are not moved or
copied; only the location of each new object is added as a reference.
In a workgroup situation, you may have access to a shared Gallery(where you cannot change the contents unless authorized to do so) anda user Gallery, where you can add, change, or delete objects.
The location of the user Gallery is specified in Tools > Options >OpenOffice.org > Paths. You can change this location, and you cancopy your gallery files (*.sdv) to other computers.
Gallery contents provided with OOo are stored in a different location.
You cannot change this location.

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Creating an image map
An image map defines areas of an image (called hotspots) withhyperlinks to web addresses, other files on the computer, or parts ofthe same document. Hotspots are the graphic equivalent of text
hyperlinks (described in Chapter 12). Clicking on a hotspot causes OOo
to open the linked page in the appropriate program (for example, thedefault browser for an HTML page; OOo Calc for a .ODS file; a PDF
viewer for a PDF file). You can create hotspots of various shapes andinclude several hotspots in the same image.
To use the image map editor:
1) In your OOo document, select the picture where you want todefine the hotspots.
2) Choose Edit > ImageMap from the menu bar. The ImageMap
Editor (Figure 5) opens.
3) Use the tools and fields in the dialog (described on the next page)
to define the hotspots and links necessary.
4) Click the Apply icon

to apply the settings.

5) When done, click the Save icon
to save the imagemap to a file,then click the X in the upper right corner to close the dialog.

Figure 5: The dialog to create or edit an image map

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The main part of the dialog shows the image on which the hotspots aredefined. A hotspot is identified by a line indicating its shape.
The toolbar at the top of the dialog contains the following tools:• Apply button: click this button to apply the changes.
• Load, Save, and Select icons.
• Tools for drawing a hotspot shape: these tools work in exactly thesame way as the corresponding tools in the Drawing toolbar.
• Edit, Move, Insert, Delete Points: advanced editing tools tomanipulate the shape of a polygon hotspot. Select the Edit Points
tool to activate the other tools.
• Active icon: toggles the status of a selected hotspot between
active and inactive.
• Macro: associates a macro with the hotspot instead of justassociating an hyperlink.
• Properties: sets the hyperlink properties and adds the Nameattribute to the hyperlink.
Below the toolbar, specify for the selected hotspot:• Address: the address pointed by the hyperlink. You can also point
to an anchor in a document; to do this, write the address in thisformat: file:///<path>/document_name#anchor_name• Text: type the text that you want to be displayed when the mousepointer is moved over the hotspot.
• Frame: where the target of the hyperlink will open: pick among_blank (opens in a new browser window), _self (opens in theactive browser window), _top or _parent.
Tip

The value _self for the target frame will work just fine in the vast
majority of occasions. It is therefore not recommended to use
the other choices unless absolutely necessary.

Using OOo’s drawing tools
You can use Ooo’s drawing tools to create graphics such as simple
diagrams using rectangles, circles, lines, text, and other predefined
shapes. You can also group several drawing objects to make sure they
maintain their relative position and proportion.
You can place the drawing objects directly on a page in your document,or you can insert them into a frame.

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You can also use the drawing tools to annotate photographs, screen
captures, or other illustrations produced by other programs, but this is
not recommended because:• You cannot include images in a group with drawing objects, sothey may get out of alignment in your document.
• If you convert a document to another format, such as HTML, thedrawing objects and the graphics will not remain associated; they
are saved separately.
In general, if you need to create complex drawings, it is recommended
to use OpenOffice.org Draw, which includes many more features suchas layers, styles, and so on.

Creating drawing objects
To begin using the drawing tools, display the Drawing toolbar (Figure6) by clicking View > Toolbars > Drawing.
If you are planning to use the drawing tools repeatedly, you can tear off
this toolbar and move it to a convenient place on the window.

1 Select
2 Line3 Rectangle
4 Ellipse

5 Freeform Line
6 Text7 Callouts
8 Basic Shapes

9 Symbol Shapes
10 Block arrows
11 Flowcharts
12 Callouts

13 Stars
14 Points
15 Fontwork Gallery
16 From File
17 Extrusion On/Off

Figure 6. The Drawing toolbar
To use a drawing tool:
1) Click in the document where you want the drawing to beanchored. You can change the anchor later, if necessary.
2) Select the tool from the Drawing toolbar (Figure 6). The mousepointer changes to a drawing-functions pointer.
3) Move the cross-hair pointer to the place in the document where
you want the graphic to appear and then click-and-drag to create
the drawing object. Release the mouse button. The selecteddrawing function remains active, so you can draw another objectof the same type.
4) To cancel the selected drawing function, press the Esc key orclick on the Select icon (the arrow) on the Drawing toolbar.
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155) You can now change the properties (fill color, line type andweight, anchoring, and others) of the drawing object using either
the Drawing Object Properties toolbar (Figure 7) or the choices
and dialogs reached by right-clicking on the drawing object.

Set or change properties for drawing objects
To set the properties for a drawing object before you draw it:1) On the Drawing toolbar (Figure 6), click the Select tool.
2) On the Drawing Object Properties toolbar (Figure 7), click on theicon for each property and select the value you want for thatproperty.
3) For more control, or to define new attributes, you can click on the
Area or Line icons on the toolbar to display detailed dialogs.
The default you set applies to the current document and session. It is
not retained when you close the document or close Writer, and it does
not apply to any other document you open. The defaults apply to all thedrawing objects except text objects.

1 Line5 Line Color

9 To Foreground

13 Alignment

2 Arrow Style

6 Area10 To Background

14 Change Anchor

3 Line Style

7 Area Style / Filling 11 Bring to Front

15 Ungroup

4 Line Width

8 Rotate

16 Group

12 Send to Back

Figure 7. Drawing Object Properties toolbar
To change the properties for an existing drawing object:
1) Select the object.
2) Continue as described above.
You can also specify the position and size, rotation, and slant andcorner radius properties of the drawing object:
1) Right-click on the drawing object and then click Position and Sizefrom the pop-up menu. The Position and Size dialog is displayed.
2) Choose any properties, as required.

Resizing a drawing object
The same considerations for resizing an image apply also to resizing an
object. Select the object, click on one of the eight handles around it
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Graphics, the Gallery, and Fontworkand drag it to its new position. For a scaled resizing, select one of thecorner handles and keep the Shift key pressed while dragging thehandle to its new position.
For more sophisticated control of the size of the object, select Format> Object > Position and Size from the menu bar. Use the Position
and Size dialog to set the width and height independently. If the Keepratio option is selected, then the two dimensions change so that the
proportion is maintained, allowing for a scaled resizing.

Grouping drawing objects
To group drawing objects:
1) Select one object, then hold down the Shift key and select theothers you want to include in the group. The bounding box
expands to include all the selected objects.
2) With the objects selected, hover the mouse pointer over one ofthe objects and choose Format > Group > Group from the menu
bar or right-click and choose Group > Group from the pop-up
menu.
Note

You cannot include an embedded or linked graphic in a groupwith drawing objects.

Using Fontwork
With Fontwork you can create graphical text art objects for making
your work more attractive. There are many different settings for text
art objects (line, area, position, size, and more), so you have a large
choice. You will surely find one that fits your document.
Fontwork is available with each component of OOo, but you will noticesmall differences in the way that each component displays it.

The Fontwork toolbars
You can use two different toolbars for creating and editing a Fontwork
object.
• Go to View > Toolbars > Fontwork.

Figure 8. The floating Fontwork toolbar
Using Fontwork17• If you click on an existing Fontwork object, the Formatting toolbar

changes to display the Fontwork options as shown in Figure 13.
The contents of this toolbar vary depending on the OOo
component with which it is being used.

Creating a Fontwork object
1) On the Drawing or Fontwork toolbar, click the Fontwork Gallery
icon. If the Drawing toolbar is not visible, go to View >Toolbars > Drawing to display it.
2) In the Fontwork Gallery (Figure 9), select a Fontwork style, thenclick OK. The Fontwork object will appear in your document.
Notice the blue squares around the edge (indicating that theobject is selected) and the yellow dot; these are discussed in“Moving and resizing Fontwork objects” on page 23.

Figure 9. The Fontwork Gallery3) Double-click the object to edit the Fontwork text. Type your own
text in place of the black Fontwork text that appears over theobject (Figure 10).

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Figure 10. Editing Fontwork text4) Click anywhere in a free space or press Esc to apply yourchanges.

Editing a Fontwork object
Now that the Fontwork object is created, you can edit some of its
attributes. To do this, you can use the Fontwork toolbar, the Formatting
toolbar, or menu options as described in this section. If the selected
Fontwork object is a 3D object, you can also use the 3D-Settings
toolbar.
Using the Fontwork toolbar
Make sure that the Fontwork toolbar, shown in Figure 8, is visible. If
you do not see it, go to View > Toolbars > Fontwork.
Click on the different icons to edit Fontwork objects.
Fontwork Shape: Edits the shapeof the selected object. You canchoose from a palette of shapes.

Figure 11. Fontwork toolbar
showing palette of shapes

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Fontwork Same Letter Heights: Changes the height ofcharacters in the object. Toggles between normal height (somecharacters taller than others, for example capital letters, d, h, land others) and all letters the same height.

Figure 12. Left: normal letters; right: same
letter heights
Fontwork Alignment: Changes the alignmentof characters. Choices are left align, center,right align, word justify, and stretch justify. The
effects of the text alignment can only be seen if
the text spans over two or more lines. In thestretch justify mode, all the lines are filled
completely.
Fontwork Character Spacing: Changes thecharacter spacing and kerning in the object.
For custom spacing, input a percentage value:
100% is normal spacing; less than 100% istight spacing; more than 100% is expanded
spacing.

Using the Formatting toolbar
Now let us go further and customize the Fontwork object with several
more attributes.
Click on the Fontwork object. The Formatting toolbar changes to show
the options for editing the object. (The toolbar shown in Figure 13
appears when you use Fontwork in Writer.)

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Figure 13. Formatting toolbar for a Fontwork object in WriterThis figure shows the toolbar floating. In its default, docked position itis one of the toolbars located below the menu bar. The example toolbar
has also been customized to show all of the available options; bydefault only a subset of these options is shown.
On the Formatting toolbar you have a large choice of options forcustomizing your object. These choices are the same as the ones forother drawing objects. For more information, see the Draw Guide.
Line options
Line icon: Opens a dialog with three tabs: Line, Line Styles, Arrow
Styles. Use the Line tab to edit the most common properties of theline around the selected Fontwork object, by choosing from previouslydefined attributes including line style, line color, and arrow styles. Use
the Lines Styles and Arrow Styles tabs to edit the properties of line
and arrow styles, and define new styles.
Arrow Style icon: Choose from the different arrow styles.
Line Style box: Choose from the available line styles.
Line Width box: Set the width of the line.
Line Color box: Select the color of the line.
Area options
Area icon: Opens a dialog with seven tabs: Area, Shadow,
Transparency, Colors, Gradients, Hatching, Bitmaps.
• Area tab: Choose from the predefined list a color, bitmap,
gradient or hatching pattern to fill the selected object.
• Shadow tab: Set the shadow properties of the selected object.
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21• Transparency tab: Set the transparency properties of the••••selected object.
Colors tab: Modify the available colors or add new ones to appear
on the Area tab.
Gradients tab: Modify the available gradients or add new ones toappear on the Area tab.
Hatching tab: Modify the available hatching patterns or add newones to appear on the Area tab.
Bitmaps tab: Create simple bitmap patterns and import bitmaps,
to make them available on the Area tab.

Area Style / Filling boxes: Select the type of the fill of the selected
object. For more detailed settings, use the Area icon.
Positioning options
Rotate icon: Rotate the selected object manually using the mouse to
drag the object.
To Foreground icon: Move the selected object in front of the text.
To Background icon: Move the selected object behind the text.
Alignment icon: Modify the alignment of the selected objects.
Bring to front icon: Move the selected object in front of the others.
Send to back icon: Move the selected object behind the others.
Change Anchor icon: Choose between anchoring options:• To Page - The object keeps the same position in relation to thepage margins. It does not move as you add or delete text.
• To Paragraph - The object is associated with a paragraph andmoves with the paragraph. It may be placed in the margin or
another location.
• To Character - The object is associated with a character but is notin the text sequence. It moves with the paragraph but may beplaced in the margin or another location. This method is similar toanchoring to a paragraph.
• As Character - The object is placed in the document like any
character and moves with the paragraph as you add or delete text
before the object.
Ungroup icon: Ungroup the selected objects, so you can manage them
individually.
Group icon: Group the selected objects, so you can manage them as asingle object.
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Using menu options
You can use some the choices on the Format menu to anchor, align,arrange and group selected Fontwork objects, wrap text around them,and flip them horizontally and vertically.
You can also right-click on a Fontwork object and choose many of thesame options from the pop-up menu. The pop-up menu also provides
quick access to the Line, Area, Text, and Position and Size dialogs. The
Text dialog offers only a few options for Fontwork objects and is notdiscussed here. On the Position and Size dialog, you can enter precise
values concerning size and position. For more information on all ofthese menu options, see the Draw Guide.
Using the 3D-Settings toolbar
If the selected Fontwork object is a 3D object, you can also use theoptions on the 3D-Settings toolbar. You can also change a 2D Fontwork
object into a 3D object (or change a 3D object into a 2D object) byclicking the Extrusion On/Off icon on the 3D-Settings toolbar. For more
information, see the Draw Guide.

Figure 14: 3D-Settings toolbar

Moving and resizing Fontwork objects
When you select a Fontwork object, eight blue squares (known as
handles) appear around the edge of the object, as shown below. You
can drag these handles to resize the object.
A yellow dot also appears on the object. Thisdot may be along an edge of the object, or it
may be somewhere else; see figure to rightfor an example. If you hover the pointer overthis yellow dot, the pointer turns into a handsymbol. You can drag the dot in different
directions to distort the object.

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Hovering the pointer over other parts of the object turns the pointerinto the usual symbol for dragging the object to another part of thepage.
For precise control of the location and size of the object, use thePosition and Size dialog.

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