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To prevent accidental modification of the position of the graphic object,
select the Position option in the
Protect
section (bottom left) of the
dialog box.
The unit of measurement for this and the other dialog boxes in this
section is set in Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Impress >
General.
Resizing graphic objects
1) Click the graphic object, if necessary, to show the green resizing
handles.
2) Position the pointer over one of the green resizing handles. The
pointer changes shape, giving a graphical representation of the
direction of the resizing.
3) Click and drag to resize the graphic object.
4) Release the mouse button when satisfied with the new size.
The corner handles resize both the width and the height of the graphic
object simultaneously, while the other four handles only resize one
dimension at a time.
Tip
To retain the original proportions of the graphic,
Shift+click
one
of the corner handles, then drag. Be sure to release the mouse
button before releasing the
Shift
key.
For more accurate resizing of the graphic object, use the Position and
Size dialog box (Error: Reference source not found). Select as the base
point the part of the graphic object that you would like to anchor to the
page. The default setting (top left corner) means that the when
resizing the area, the position of the top left corner of the area will not
change. Now modify either the
Width
value or the
Height
value of the
object. To maintain the proportions between width and height, select
the Keep ratio option before modifying any value. Notice that when
the option is selected both dimensions change simultaneously.
To prevent accidental modifications of the size, make sure that the
Size option is selected in the
Protect
section in the bottom left part of
the dialog box.
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