Drawn Objects
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Drawn Objects

Abstract

Add different types of drawn object to a slide: line, free drawn line, arrow, rectangle, square, circle, text box, other available shapes

In the previous section you used rectangles, text boxes, connectors and lines to create an organisational chart. In this section you will use the other drawing objects.

  1. Open the Andromeda presentation.

  2. Go to the Videos slide.

  3. Insert->Slide.

  4. Create a Title only slide and call it Thoughts.

  5. Enter the words Develop your thinking in to the Title text box.

  6. Click on the Curves icon on the Main toolbar and draw an irregular object. Insert a text box inside with the words See. Centre the text in the object.

  7. Long click on the Rectangles icon and selected an Unfilled rounded rectangle. Draw it on the slide. Put a text box inside with the words Hear.

  8. Long click on the 3D objects icon and select a Cone. Draw the cone in the slide and insert a text box inside with the words Do.

  9. Click on the Ellipses icon and select an Unfilled oval. Draw it in the slide and add a text box with the words Learn.

  10. Long click on the Lines and arrows icon. Select the Line with circle / arrow and draw arrows from each of the objects to the Learn object.

    Your diagram should appear something like the one below.

  11. File->Save

Change drawn object background colour, line colour, line weight, line style

Change line weight (thickness), style and colour

  1. Go to the Thoughts slide.

  2. Click on the irregular shape.

  3. Format->Line or right click and select Line from the context menu.

  4. Change the Line style to Ultrafine dashed.

  5. Change the Line color to Light blue.

  6. Change the Line width to 0.10cm.

  7. Click OK.

Change the background colour or texture of an object

  1. Click on the Oval.

  2. Format->Area or right click and select Area.

  3. Click the Colors tab.

  4. Select a background colour and Click OK.

    You could instead have inserted a Gradient, Hatching or Bitmap as the background by clicking on the appropriate tab.

  5. File->Save

Change arrow start style, arrow finish style

Change the thickness, style and colour of arrows

You may use the identical method of the previous section to change the thickness, line style and colour of arrows.

Change the arrow style

  1. Select one of the arrows in the Thoughts slide.

  2. Format->Line or right click and select Line.

  3. Click the Line tab.

    In the two Style spin windows, you may select new styles for the start and end points of the arrows.

  4. Select new styles for the ends points of the arrows.

  5. Change the arrow colour.

  6. Click OK.

  7. File->Save

Apply a shadow to a drawn object

  1. Select the Learn object in the Thoughts slide.

  2. Format->Area and select the Shadow tab.

  3. Tick the Shadow check box.

  4. Change the default attributes of the shadow, if you wish.

  5. Click OK.

Rotate, flip a drawn object

Rotate a graphic using the mouse

  1. Go to the Telescope slide.

  2. Click on the image to select it.

  3. Click the Rotate icon, , on the Main toolbar.

  4. The handles around the graphic change from green to red.

  5. Click on any of the corner handles and drag the image to rotate it.

  6. Release the mouse button when you have achieved the desired angle.

Rotate an image using the Format menu

  1. Click on the image.

  2. Format->Position and size.

  3. Click the Rotation tab.

  4. Change the Rotation angle in the spin window or click on one of the Default settings.

  5. Click OK.

Align a drawn object: left, centre, right, top, bottom of a slide

  1. Click on the image.

  2. Right click to display the Context menu.

  3. Select Alignment and then select how you wish the object to be aligned on the slide.

  4. If you wish to change both the horizontal and vertical alignment, you will need to use this command twice.

Resize drawn object, chart within the presentation

The method of resizing drawn objects and charts is identical to the method of resizing graphics described in the section called “Resize pictures, images in a presentation”.

Bring an object to the front, back

If parts of two objects occupy the same space on a chart, one will be partly hidden by the other. The one that you can see is said to be in the front or foreground while the other is at the back or in the background.

  1. Go the the Thoughts slide.

  2. Drag the cone onto the oval. Notice that part of the cone disappears behind the oval.

  3. Click the oval to select it.

  4. Right click to display the context menu. Select Arrange then Send to back.

    The oval will be placed behind the cone.

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