tool bar can be obtained by clicking View → Toolbars → Drawing as displayed on Figure . . Figure . Drawing toolbar To use a drawing tool, the steps are as given below: • Click in the document where you want the drawing to be displayed.
• Select the tool from the Drawing toolbar as shown in Figure . The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair pointer . • Move the cross-hair pointer to the place in the document where you want the drawing to appear and then click- and-drag to create the drawing object. • Release the mouse button.
The selected drawing function remains active, so you can draw another object of the same type. • To cancel the selected drawing function, press the Esc key or click on the Select icon on the Drawing toolbar. • You can now change the properties (fill color, line type and width, change Anchor, and others) of the drawing object using either the Drawing Object Properties toolbar or the choices in the dialog box. .
. Inserting AutoText AutoText allows you to assign text, tables, graphics and other items to a key or key combination. For example, rather than typing "TamilNadu" every time you use that phrase, you might just type "tn" and press F3. You can also save a formatted Tip as AutoText and then insert a copy by typing "tip" and pressing F3.
To assign AutoText shortcut to some text, the steps are as follows : . Type the text into your document. . Select the text so that it is highlighted.
. Select Edit → AutoText (or press Ctrl+F3). . Enter a name for your shortcut.
Writer will suggest a one-letter shortcut, which you can change. . Click on the inverted arrow of the AutoTex t button on the right and select New (text only) from the menu. .
Click Close to return to your document. . Once the entry is created, to insert the auto text into the document, place the cursor where the text is to be inserted and click Ctrl+F3, . Select the name from the list of