GfQCR‖Shape

Eeyb5‖This menu provides shape objects management.

iV8G2‖Line

wesGJ‖Icon Line

bHnCy‖Draws a straight line where you drag in the current document. To constrain the line to 45 degrees, hold down Shift while you drag.

tip

Q8fRv‖To enter text on a line, double-click the line and type or paste your text. The text direction corresponds to the direction you dragged to draw the line. To hide the line, select Invisible in the Line Style box on the Drawing Object Properties bar.


prLzw‖Rectangle

TBzGV‖Icon Rectangle

3mwhU‖Draws a rectangle where you drag in the current document. Click where you want to place a corner of the rectangle, and drag to the size you want. To draw a square, hold down Shift while you drag.

FEDrB‖Ellipse

pSHgj‖Icon Ellipse

dx3Aq‖Draws an oval where you drag in the current document. Click where you want to draw the oval, and drag to the size you want. To draw a circle, hold down Shift while you drag.

9QTsN‖This submenu contains common shapes like a line, circle, triangle, and square, or a symbol shape like a smiley face, heart, and flower that can be inserted into the document.

SfcHq‖Distribute Selection

qsB33‖Distributes three or more selected objects evenly along the horizontal axis or the vertical axis. You can also evenly distribute the spacing between objects.

bjDyk‖Rotate

ycqR8‖Rotates the selected object.

Tm7xa‖Transformations

EpoHs‖Modifies the shape, orientation or fill of the selected object(s).

WxBHC‖Flip

NauBa‖Flips the selected object horizontally, or vertically.

h6Rok‖Convert

osJbe‖Options for converting the selected object.

EBuE8‖Alignment

GiEnY‖Modifies the alignment of selected objects.

DM4Ti‖Arrange

5XqtC‖Changes the stacking order of the selected object(s).

FtUhv‖Group

5FCia‖Groups keep together selected objects, so that they can be moved or formatted as a single object.

692XG‖Combine

HHHQi‖Combines two or more selected objects into a single shape. Unlike grouping, a combined object takes on the properties of the lowermost object in the stacking order. You can split apart combined objects, but the original object properties are lost.

FjcAF‖Split

bgJGV‖Splits a combined object into individual objects. The resulting objects have the same line and fill properties as the combined object.

TzWg3‖Merge

y9YTM‖Adds the area of the selected objects to the area of the lowermost object in the selection. This command is best used with overlapping objects.

NWgnt‖Subtract

VFGCM‖Subtracts the area of the selected objects from the area of the lowermost object.

LGfDD‖Intersect

sHqmC‖Creates a shape from the overlapping area of the selected objects.

oW3jP‖Consolidate Text

zsb7F‖Combine two or more selected text boxes into one.

gFg8C‖Duplicate

CHEMW‖Makes one or more copies of a selected object.

bZvHY‖ Cross-fading

aCYnB‖Creates shapes and distributes them by uniform increments between two drawing objects.

Z5HCL‖LibreOfficeDev draws a series of intermediate shapes between two selected objects and groups the result.

7sBAD‖Equalize Width

YBRGe‖Sets the width of two or more selected objects to the width of the object selected last. Equalize Width is only available when two or more drawing objects are selected.

6aFop‖Equalize Height

jbdbE‖Sets the height of two or more selected objects to the height of the object selected last. Equalize Height is only available when two or more drawing objects are selected.

KPHAx‖Connect

nCBkq‖Creates a line or Bézier curve by connecting two or more lines, Bézier curves, or other objects with a line. Closed objects containing a fill are converted to lines and lose their fill.

2ZdeF‖Break

BBjb3‖Breaks apart lines joined with the Connect command.