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Rotating graphic objects

As for the position and the size, rotation of an object can be done

manually or using a dedicated dialog box. To rotate a graphic manually,

do as follows:

1) Select the graphic object if necessary so that the green handles

around it show.

2) Click the Rotate button on the Drawing toolbar. This toolbar

is usually located at the bottom the screen, but it can be

undocked and used as a floating toolbar. If the toolbar is not

showing, select View > Toolbars > Drawing. The Drawing

toolbar is discussed in detail in Chapter 5.

Note

The icons representing the functions in the toolbars are different

depending on the operating system used and on whether OOo

has been customized for the Linux distribution in use or not.

When in doubt, hover the mouse over the icons and wait for the

tooltip to appear showing the name of the button.

3) Eight red handles replace the green square handles, as shown in

Figure 92. Move the mouse over one of the corner handles and

the mouse cursor shape will change. Click the mouse and move in

the direction in which you want to rotate the graphic object.

4) When satisfied release the mouse button.

Figure 92: Shape showing

the red rotating handles.

Only the corner ones are

active.

At step 2) a black crosshair with a circle appears in the middle of the

picture: this represents the pivot point for the rotation. Normally the

center of the picture will be just fine, but on some occasions you may

wish to rotate around a corner or even around a point outside the

picture; to do that, click on the crosshair and drag it to the desired

position.

To restrict the rotation angles to multiples of 15 degrees, press the

hift

key while rotating the graphic. This is very handy to rotate

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