107. Create a New Drawing
106 Set Draw Options 108 Open an Existing Drawing 111 Draw from Scratch Unlike most other OpenOffice.org programs, Draw comes with no templates. Unlike common documents (such as memos) and presentations (such as those that might introduce a new product), drawings can differ from one another in such a major way that there isn't any way OpenOffice.org could provide templates that attempt to help you with what you might want to draw next.
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1. | Choose New, Drawing Select Drawing from the Windows menu to create a new drawing. Draw displays a blank drawing area on which you can work. Of course, once inside Draw, you can select File, New, Drawing to display a fresh drawing area where you can create your drawing. Alternatively, you can click the New toolbar button to open a new, blank drawing area quickly. |
2. | Compose Your Drawing Create your drawing in the blank drawing area that Draw provides. You'll draw lines, add shapes, type and format text, and edit your composition depending on your drawing's goals. You can print your drawing (see 110 Print a Drawing ) at any time. |
3. | Save the Drawing After creating your drawing, select File, Save and type the name of your drawing. Draw uses the filename extension .odg for your drawing. Click Save to save your drawing.36 Save a Document as a PDF File for help with PDF.) If you export t219 format, a main page is created, with links to each slide in the drawing file (each slide is saved to its own web page). If you export to PDF format, each slide in the drawing file is placed on its own page in the PDF document. |