Using Draw Features in a Text Document

[csene]

Hi,

Need help trying to use Draw features like circles, lines, eclipse .......etc. Doing a critique on a document and want to use drawing features for my comments.
Appreciate any help. I'm a beginner using OpenOffice.

Cheers

[Bill]

Do you have a specific problem or are you looking for a tutorial or other documentation?

[RoryOF]

Hi,

Need help trying to use Draw features like circles, lines, eclipse .......etc. Doing a critique on a document and want to use drawing features for my comments.
Appreciate any help. I'm a beginner using OpenOffice.

Cheers

You might instead consider using /Insert /Comment to insert Comments (similar to Post-It notes) in the margin, anchored to the location in the text.

[John_Ha]

Doing a critique on a document and want to use drawing features for my comments.

Do a simple test and you will find drawing features (rectanglles, lines, circles) are not recorded as changes.

As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

[csene]

Doing a critique on a document and want to use drawing features for my comments.

Do a simple test and you will find drawing features (rectanglles, lines, circles) are not recorded as changes.

As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

Do you have a specific problem or are you looking for a tutorial or other documentation?

Thanks John. Question, how do I access the drawing features in the Text mode? I'm in OpenOffice Text, but would like access to Draw features to include circles, pointing lines......etc into the document.

[RoryOF]

Use /View /Toolbars to turn on the Drawing toolbar.

[csene]

Thanks RoyOF. Should the drawing tool bar be displayed on the top left hand of the document screen?

[RoryOF]

On my computer it is shown across the bottom of the OO window, just above the Status Bar, but you can click on it and drag it to where you require.