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Figure 80) is selected. Deselecting the Glue point relative icon

activates the remaining six icons on the toolbar; use these to fix the

position of the glue point during the resizing of the object. Hover the

mouse over the buttons to obtain a tooltip giving a short description of

its function.

To delete a custom glue point, select it with the mouse and press the

Delete key.

Setting custom glue points is particularly useful where multiple

connectors terminate on the same side of a shape or where the default

glue point position is not satisfactory.

To move a predefined or newly inserted glue point:

1) Select the glue point tool from the drawing toolbar (see Figure

69).

2) Click on the glue point you want to move. The glue point should

now be highlighted.

3) Keep the mouse button pressed and drag the glue point to the

desired position. Release the mouse button.

Tip

Glue points are placed by default on the grid (see “Snapping

objects to grid or snap guides“ on page 116 for information),

however it is sometimes necessary to fine tune the position of

the glue point depending on the shape. To do this, keep the

Control key pressed while dragging the glue point to the new

position.

Working with 3D shapes

3D graphic objects can be created in different ways in Impress:

• From the 3D-Objects toolbar. The 3D-Objects tool

is not included in the default Drawing toolbar. To

include it, click on the small triangle at the end of

the toolbar, select Visible Buttons, and select

3D-Objects from the list. On the Drawing

toolbar, click on the triangle by the 3D-Objects

icon to display the extended 3D Objects toolbar.

• From the Convert sub-menu. Select a shape, right-click on it and

in the Convert sub menu choose either To 3D to add thickness to

the object or To 3D Rotation Object to create a 3D shape

resulting from the rotation of the object around an axis.

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