IBM Lotus Symphony


Drawing a graphic

Use the draw functions available from the main toolbar to create rectangles, ellipses, lines, and three-dimensional shapes without having to open a separate graphics application.

You can modify drawn objects created with the drawing functions. Drawing elements created in this way are vector graphics, which you can scale freely without any loss of quality.
  1. Click Create > Drawing... to enable the drawing mode. The relevant drawing icons display on the main toolbar.
  2. To create a rectangle, for example, perform the following steps:
    1. Click the rectangle icon and move your cursor to the place in the document where you want one corner of the rectangle to be.
    2. Click and drag the cursor to the opposite corner of the rectangle.
    3. Release the mouse button when you reach the size and shape that you want the rectangle to occupy. The rectangle is inserted in the document. It is selected, and you can edit its properties through the context menu.
  3. Optional: To draw multiple objects of the same type, double-click the icon.
  4. Optional: To open up drawn objects from the center instead of dragging from one corner to the other, press Alt while dragging.
  5. Optional: To reshape an object, press Shift while dragging the shape. For example, instead of a rectangle with sides of different length, you obtain a square.
  6. Optional: To scale objects, first select them by clicking them with the selection tool. Eight handles display around the object. If you drag a corner handle, the opposite corner remains fixed while the other three corners move. If you drag one of a side handle, the opposite side remains fixed.
  7. Optional: To move drawn objects, first select them. To select more than one object, press the Shift key while clicking. To select a text object, click exactly on its edge, press and hold the mouse button, then drag the objects to the new location. If you hold down the Shift key while dragging, the objects can only be positioned in places compatible with the page margins and other objects on the page.
  8. Optional: To copy a drawing, press the Ctrl key while dragging the drawn object.
  9. To revert to normal text mode after creating and editing draw objects, click in an area of the document containing no drawn or other graphics. If you are in a drawing view, first exit this mode by clicking the Select icon on the main toolbar.

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