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1. option Fig 6 11 aA r 254 Y v h me T Fig 6 11 2 Then drag and drop your mouse to create an input text box You can then enter text in the newly created text box Fig 6 12 3 After you have entered some text you can use the mouse to select the text and apply different effects such as typefaces font size bold italic etc to the text as if you were working with Writer document Fig 6 13 Fig 6 12 Fig 6 13 4 Just click in any area outside the text box and you will exit from the text box Edit mode Double click in the text box will allow you to edit the text in the text box again Single click in the text box to select the text box you will see 4 control green points in the border you can then use the mouse to move the text box or re size it 5 Press the Effects icon on the bottom Tool Bar to select the Rotate effect You can then use the mouse to rotate the text NextOffice User Manual 6 5 Chapter 6 Next Draw NextOffice Using Callouts 1 Press the Text icon on the bottom Tool Bar and select an Callouts option Fig 6 14 Then drag and drop your mouse to create a Callouts text box 2 When light blue control points appear you can move the Callout text box with your mouse or re size it You can adjust the border lines of the Callout text box using the function icons in the Object Bar such as making the border thicker etc If you double2. NextOffice Chapter 6 Next Draw Chapter 6 Next Draw Draw is a vector drawing application that works on object basis Graphics objects are composed of line rectangles 3D shapes or other objects or regions Each of these objects has a set of properties such as size surface color border color etc When you are editing your drawing you are actually modifying these object properties Because Draw works on vectors you can freely scale your graphics rotate your graphics without fear of losing any details You can use Draw to create 3D objects character cliparts You can export your drawings into various graphics formats or icons or buttons for web usage Draw Basics Vector Graphics and Bitmaps Drawing objects in Draw can be classified basically into vector graphics and bitmaps NextOffice User Manual 6 Chapter 6 Next Draw NextOffice Vector graphics are mode up of straight lines and curves Lines and curves are drawn through control points based on formulas For example a rectangle is drawn with 4 straight lines and a semi circle is drawn with a curve and a straight line Bitmaps are made up of red green and blue color pixels You can change a bitmap image through editing its pixels Bitmap size is related to output devices In a higher resolution device same bitmap will appear smaller In a low resolution devices same bitmap will appear bigger and blur Sometime you need to edit your image
3. When you have achieved your desired effect release the mouse button and the object will fit into the boundary Fig 6 24 Next Draw oer j nally sani Fig 6 24 Fig 6 23 Or you can apply the Set in circle perspective function to the selected text 6 8 NextOffice User Manual NextOffice Chapter 6 Next Draw Select the object click on the Effects icons on the bottom Tool Bar and select Set in circle perspective option Fig 6 25 Move the cursor to one of the 8 control points on the object Left click on the mouse to move the sides of the object When you have achieved your desired effect release the mouse button and the object will fit into the boundary Fig 6 26 Next Draw Laks ws alee 11 bayi Terah Fig 6 25 Fig 6 26 Or you can apply the Set in circle slant function to the selected text l Select the object click on the Effects icons on the bottom Tool Bar and select Set in circle slant option Fig 6 27 Move the cursor to one of the 8 control points on the object Left click on the mouse to move the sides of the object When you have achieved your desired effect release the mouse button and the object will fit into the boundary Fig 6 28 Next Draw Lari Ts 10 a ew Ti 25 5 Ebde 1 1 Layee I NextOffice User Manual 6 9 Chapter 6 Next Draw NextOffice Aligning Objects Sometimes you may like to align objects For
4. click the border lines of the Callouts text box its border color will change to gray you can then enter text in the Callouts text box Fig 6 15 i ic fas gan Ca a ne TT f 2 T FJ et E E a E 1 60 wii Fig 6 14 Fig 6 15 3D Text After you have input some text you can use the 3D option to convert your text to 3D 1 First select the text and then menu Modify Convert To 3D Fig 6 16 2 After converting the text to 3D you can apply the previous described method to rotate it or change its size Fig 6 17 Fig 6 17 6 6 NextOffice User Manual NextOffice Chapter 6 Next Draw Setting 3D Effect No matter the object is a 3D text or a 3D object you can apply various effects on it 1 First select the text right click on it to bring up a menu and select 3D Effects Fig 6 18 2 In the pop up dialog box you can setup various special effects such as lighting effect color effect etc Fig 6 19 Die Me i A im Hs Potion ad Sige Fi Amaze Algal b Greet Ae Ener Group Hiie Obit A Ci Ceh Py Copy TrkC i Eazi Twist and Distort Objects n i Next Draw You can freely twist and distort objects by using the Effects icon in the bottom Tool Bar A small Effect window will appear You can move this window freely Fig 6 20 CATS mle je fag OT Bw ar Ph 7 ite Ff gh brs eat bes oe Site E
5. cone and a half sphere Then click on the Connector icon Use your mouse to click on a glue point of the cone and insert the connector to join another glue point of the half sphere Now even when you move the cone and or the half sphere they will stay connected through the connector Fig 6 7 Oh te f See Se omic Diarra Li Ce B T 4 of iy Oe 7 Gs tb oo a Fig 6 6 Fig 6 7 NextOffice User Manual 6 3 NextOffice Chapter 6 Next Draw Rotating Objects Click on the Effects icon on the bottom Tool Bar and select Rotate in the pop up l window Fig 6 8 Eg jE ajo amp amp f 2 amp b Bide 1 0 Lapoad E Ba lt P er i i wi Fig 6 8 2 Select an object with your mouse you will see eight red control points appearing in the border of the object You can now use the mouse to rotate the object Fig 6 9 3 There is a black dot in the center of the object which represents the center for rotating the object You can use the mouse to move the center to achieve different effects Fig 6 10 Fig 6 10 Fig 6 9 NextOffice User Manual NextOffice Chapter 6 Next Draw Editing Text Objects Inputting Text When you have to insert text in your Draw document you should consider whether the text is plain text or text object which you can scale rotate 1 Press the Text icon on the bottom Tool Bar and select the Text
6. example in preparation of your company organization chart you will need to align several rectangular objects horizontally 1 First select the objects to be align horizontally or vertically 2 Press the mouse right button to to bring up a menu select Top Fig 6 29 LERI 3 Press the mouse right button to to bring up a menu select Distribute Fig 6 30 EE aD i Fig 6 29 4 Inthe Distribution dialog select horizontal Spacing Special Effects Duplicating Objects to Creating Special Effect You can achieve special effect by object duplication For example you can control the number of copies positions rotating angles color etc Steps are 1 First select the object 2 Press menu Edit Duplicate to pop up the Duplicate dialog box Fig 6 31 3 Select the number of copies such as 5 rotating angle to 15 degree and press lt OK gt to confirm Fig 6 32 6 10 NextOffice User Manual NextOffice Chapter 6 Next Draw Cross fading Objects Cross fading objects allows you to record the whole morphoring procedure from one object to another You can create special effect with cross fading 1 First prepare two different objects and use your mouse to select the two objects Fig 6 33 2 Select menu Edit Cross fading Fig 6 34 Fig 6 34 Fig 6 33 3 Inthe Cross fading dialog select the number of increment and check
7. Cross fading and Same orientation attributes if necessary Fig 6 35 4 You will get the effects similar to that shown in Fig 6 36 Crop fading Temagi Jerre L6 Goode a er Smee onena Combining 3D Objects Draw has very powerful 3D capability such as combining two different 3D objects to form a new object 1 Click on the 3D Controller icon on the bottom Tool Bar In the 3D Effects dialog box select a sphere and drag out a sphere on your slide Click on Color icon in the Object Bar on top and change the color of the sphere to orange NextOffice User Manual 6 1 Chapter 6 Next Draw NextOffice 2 Click again on 3D Controller icon on the bottom Tool Bar In the G 3D Effects dialog box select a cube and drag out a cube on your slide Click on Color icon in the Object Bar on top and change the color of the sphere to magenta Fig 6 37 amp Fig 6 37 3 Now combine the cube with the sphere 4 First select the sphere Right click on the mouse and in the pop up menu select Cut or lt Crtl X gt to cut the sphere into clipboard 5 Then select the cube Right click on the mouse and in the pop up menu select Enter group Select menu Edit Paste or press lt Crtl V gt to insert the sphere from clipboard Fig 6 38 6 Now drag the sphere into the cube Right click on the mouse and in the pop up menu select Ex
8. e Ellipse Pie Circle Pie etc Inside the 3D Objects icon group you have Cube Sphere Cone Cylinder etc You can select one and then drag and drop it into your document Vector Graphics Object Properties Vector graphics objects have a set of attributes including border line style line width area style filling etc After you have selected the object the Object Bar will change to provide a list of relevant functions for you to edit the selected object Fig 6 5 Linie umi Fallenz be GO T O00 EEk 23 Coker E Ble 7 wv Gy Fig 6 5 Select Line Style icon to change the line style of the object Select Line Width icon to change the line width of the object Select Line Color icon to change the line color of the object Select Area Style Filling icon and then the color icon to change the filled color of the ob ject Using Connector Connectors can connect the glue points of different objects The basic shapes included in Draw are all created with default glue points For example a rectangle has 4 glue points one in the middle of each side Click on the arrow besides the Connector icon in the bottom Tool Bar a small Connectors window appears You can move this window around and choose from it different types of 99 66 connectors For example curve connector straight connector with arrows etc Fig 6 6 First insert a
9. it Group or press lt Crtl F3 gt to exit group function Fig 6 39 Fig 6 39 Fig 6 38 You can use 3D effect to create very attractive visual effects for your drawings or presentation 6 12 NextOffice User Manual
10. ri Fig 6 20 Text object is different from vector graphics object In Draw text is usually not saved in vector graphics format but as text object format Text objects saved as text format cannot accept the general vector graphics functions such as flip edit curves etc To apply general vector graphics functions to text first convert your text object into a vector graphics object by selecting menu Modify Convert To Curve NextOffice User Manual 6 7 Chapter 6 Next Draw NextOffice Now you can apply special effects For example flip 1 Select the object click on the Effects icons on the bottom Tool Bar and select Flip option Fig 6 21 2 A Flip axis line will appear on the text object 3 Move the Flip axis line to the bottom of the text object 4 Keep the object as selected and press lt Crtl C gt to copy the object into clipboard and lt Crtl V gt to insert a copy of it 5 Move the copied object to the bottom of the Flip axis line to complete the flipping process Fig 6 22 a em Next Draw NEX DLIM Next Fig 6 22 Fig 6 21 Or you can apply the Distort function to the selected text 1 Select the object click on the Effects icons on the bottom Tool Bar and select Distort option Fig 6 23 2 Move the cursor to one of the 8 control points on the object Left click on the mouse to move the sides of the object 3
11. s in Draw For example when images imported from scanners and digital cameras the looks of the images might be deviated from their originals Master View and Slide View Each canvas is made up of two parts background and slide content In Slide View mode you can edit the contents of the current slide canvas For example add text graphics etc The Object Bar on top will switch to provide a list of functions relevant to the current selected object In Master View mode you can edit the content of the slide background For example add text graphics etc In general there is one background per drawing Background may contain company logo company name page number date etc Editing Drawing Drawing Shape 1 After Draw starts you will find a list of icons on the bottom Tool Bar Fig 6 4 Mt i Layout Conbok Deeion Lue i MmBeTogo O e B O x ee Fig 6 4 2 Click on the Rectangle icon a screen pops up with choices of rectangle square circle ellipse etc 3 Select your desired object and drag it to your Draw document 4 You will find 8 control points on the boundary of the object You can drag and drop the control points to manipulate the object such as changing its size 6 2 NextOffice User Manual NextOffice Chapter 6 Next Draw 5 Similarly there are other options on the bottom Tool bar of your document window such as Ellipse You can choose Ellipse Circl
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