Changing the Proportions of Drawing Objects in OpenOffice

The new drawing objects in OpenOffice.org 2.0 are a lot of fun, and very useful, as well. (I've just shown some fun ones here.)

If you don't see them in Draw, Impress, or other programs, choose View > Toolbars > Drawing.

One nice feature they come with is a little yellow handle that lets you change their proportions.

All objects don't have this, but many do. Just grab the yellow handle and drag it.

Release, and the proportions change.

Here's how it looks with some other shapes.

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Comments

[Bungler]

Do you know how to create/import new drawing objects? Do you know if the objects are contained in files that are plugged into OpenOffice.org? It would be handy to be able to make custom icons...

[Solveig]

Hi,

Where do you want to import them into? You can just choose Insert > Picture > From File or file > open. To add items to the gallery, see this post.

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/04/adding_graphics.html