The Other Stuff

Draw, Math, Databases, Macros

and everything else...

Prepared by Colin Charles

byte@aeon.com.my

http://www.bytebot.net/

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Draw

File -> New -> Drawing

Like Impress with image editing capabilities – vector & raster graphics support

The “Visio” equivalent for OOo

Tools -> Option -> Drawing

grid control (for precise graphic creation)

Effects

Different set of features in comparison to Impress

Convert 2D image to 3D

Right-click, Convert -> To 3D

Draw a 3D object

Rotate

Flip image

3D Rotate

Transparency

Distort

FontWork

Advanced text formatting

Format -> Fontwork

Apply different

text directions

FontWork's

handiwork!

Image Maps

Image map to a web page

Select graphic, Edit -> Image Map

Image Map Editor appears

Select area, add a link, and its done!

Select an appropriate shape

Area where

link is active

Type link

details here

Math

File -> New -> Formula

MathML based

Dmaths - http://www.dmaths.com/

Exercise: Enter E=mc2 in Math (like the example in Writer).

Data Sources

Tools -> Data Sources

Create your own (using the bibliography as an example)

File -> AutoPilot -> Address Data Source

File -> AutoPilot -> Form

Data source needs to exist

Form function on

the toolbar

Macros

Use the Macro Recorder

Tools -> Macros -> Macro Recorder

Write your own – learn StarBasic

Help! http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php

MS Office Visual Basic macros do not work with OpenOffice.org

Thank You!

Colin Charles

byte@aeon.com.my

http://www.bytebot.net/

You are free:

to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work

to make derivative works

And...

For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work.

Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author.

Exports to:

BMP, EMF (Enhanced Metafile), EPS, GIF, JPG, PBM (Portable Bitmap), PCT (Mac Pict), PGM (Portable Grayscale map), PNG, PPM (Portable Pixel Map), RAS (raster), SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic), SVM (StarView Metafile), TIF, WMF (Windows Metafile), XPM

Imports (all the above, and):

TGA (Targa), PCD (Kodak Picture CD), DXF (Autocad)

Exercise: Create an organizational chart

You now know how to use Impress and Draw. Create an organizational chart for your school, company, or even your household!

Show the hierarchical information and use all the lines, curves, boxes, etc...

Change the illumination of an object – right click, 3D Effects -> Illumination. Select the light source and ambient colors (understand the physics behind a 3D object first!), and use the green tick to confirm the changes. The preview is available, so make use of it.

This is OpenOffice.org's equivalent to WordArt. It's like WordArt on steroids!

We actually have a HTML editor, called Web, but its not really been in development for quite a while.

Data Sources can connect to MySQL, postgres, Oracle back-ends. Spreadsheets, plain text files and an address-book can also be used as a data source.

Address Data Source supports integration with Mozilla/Netscape address books. It even supports integration via an LDAP connection. Evolution since version 1.4 is supported as well.

Colin Charles

2004-02-24T14:35:36

Colin Charles