Linux office-one-stop drawing software draw

We have already introduced Linux office software most commonly used word processing, spreadsheet and slide components of the basic use, this is to introduce you to OpenOffice (OO) in another important part of the drawing software draw.

The graphics module draw, which is not available in Microsoft Office, is a professional drawing tool in Oo. Unlike the famous graphics software gimp and Photoshop, Draw is a vector drawing software that is similar to Corel's CorelDRAW, Adobe's Illustrator, and Macromedia's freehand. are vector drawing tools. With draw, you can draw professional icons, charts, flowcharts, and schematics, and the latest draw can also make flash animations.

Draw interface and CorelDRAW very similar, but also has its own characteristics, figure 1 for its main interface and the left main toolbar expansion diagram, from its left side of the main toolbar can complete almost all functions.

Figure 1

Read the above introduction everyone a little heart, the following author take RedOffice as an example, with two examples to introduce the detailed use of draw and skills.

1. The production of "Computer News" title icon

"Computer newspaper" in the regular appearance of the classic red background of white lettering must have left a deep impression on everyone. The following I take a few columns as an example, so that everyone has an understanding of draw, and master the draw of the initial use of methods (Figure 2).

Figure 2

1) Running Draw

Start RedOffice, choose its main menu "new → drawing", you can run the draw, relatively simple!

2) Making Red Bottom

Select the Rectangle tool in the main toolbar on the left and pull out a rectangle that is similar to the title. And in the object bar on which the "line arrow Style" Drop-down list in the type of "hidden", and then select the next to the "plane" Drop-down list in the "color", and finally set the color to "reddish", so red bottom is made.

3) Add white lettering

Click the Main toolbar Text button, and select horizontal text, and then set the font as "song Body", set the font size of 66th, and finally enter the appropriate column name.

Tips: For fonts, font size must be set before entering text. You cannot adjust the text settings after entering text.

4) Adjust position and save

Finally, adjust the text and the position of the substrate, adjust the appropriate storage can be.

Tip: After making a icon, you can quickly create multiple identical icons using a copy-editing method.

2. Use draw to create Linux Inside Logo

1) Making a circular substrate

Do the same, make a positive circle substrate, and set its color to "Sun 4", then select the underlined (variable) border type in the line arrow style Drop-down list in the object bar, set its line width to 0.5 centimeters, and set the color to Sun 1, so that a circular substrate with a border is made!

Tip: To make a circle, after you select the drawing Ellipse tool, hold down SHIFT and use the draw Ellipse tool to get the positive circle.

2) Add text

Enter the text "Linux Inside", and set the font size, all select the line text, select the main menu "format → art font", in the subsequent art font selection arc effect, so that the input text into an arc, click around the green adjustment point for fine-tuning, so that it is similar to the circular substrate, You can finish adding text.

3) Insert Picture

will be ready to the Linux mascot Penguin Tux pictures inserted in the substrate, adjust the size of the picture, coordination of the substrate, text and picture location, after the preservation of the completion of the logo production (Figure 3).

Figure 3