Exporting Graphics

Getting Started with OpenOffice 4

Chapter 6: Getting Started with Draw

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• What is Draw?
• Parts of the main Draw window
• Choosing and defining colors
• Positioning objects with Snap functions
• Positioning objects with guiding lines
• The basic drawing shapes
  • Drawing a straight line
  • Drawing an arrow
  • Choosing line endings
  • Drawing a rectangle or square
  • Drawing a circle or ellipse
  • Drawing curves
  • Writing text
  • Gluepoints and connectors
• Drawing geometric shapes
• Selecting objects
• Moving and dynamically adjusting an object’s size
• Editing objects
• Using styles
• Special effects
• Combining multiple objects
• Aids for positioning objects
• Inserting and editing pictures
• Working with 3D objects
• Exporting graphics
• Adding comments to a drawing

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Exporting Graphics

To save a Draw image in a format other than *.odg, use File → Export. Draw can save to many graphic file formats. You can export the entire file or selected objects.

You can also export Draw files to HTML or PDF. PDF export is the same as for any part of Apache OpenOffice, as described in Chapter 9 (Printing, Exporting, and E-mailing) in this book.

HTML export uses a conversion wizard that creates as many web pages as there are pages in your Draw document. You can optionally choose to display the pages in frames with a navigator and can set an index page. This process is similar to creating web pages from Impress presentations. For more information, see Chapter 10 (Printing, E-mailing, Exporting, and Saving Slide Shows) in the Impress Guide.