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| title=Apache OpenOffice Draw |
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| *Makes drawing business processes and diagrams a snap!* |
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| **Draw** - from a quick sketch to a complex plan, Draw gives you the tools |
| to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by |
| 300cm, Draw is powerful tool for technical or general posters, etc. |
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| 'Park' your most commonly used drawing tools around your screen ready for |
| single-click access. |
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| Use *Styles and Formatting* to put all your graphics styles at your finger tips. |
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| *Manipulate objects*, rotate in two or three dimensions; the *3D controller* allows you to create |
| spheres, rings, cubes, etc. in a quick pinch. |
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| *Arrange objects*, group, ungroup, regroup, and edit objects while grouped. |
| Sophisticated *rendering* let you create photorealistic images with your own |
| texture, lighting effects, transparency, perspective, and so on. |
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| *Smart connectors* make short work of flowcharts, organization charts, network |
| diagrams, etc. Define your own 'glue points' for connectors to 'stick' to. |
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| *Dimension lines* automatically calculate and display linear dimensions as you |
| draw. |
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| Use the picture *Gallery* for clipart; you can also create your own art and add it to the |
| Gallery. |
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| Save your graphics in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for |
| office documents. This XML based format means you're not tied into using Draw. |
| You can access your graphics from any OpenDocument compliant software. |
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| *Import graphics* from all common formats (including BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, |
| and WMF). |
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| Use Draw's free feature to create Flash (.swf) versions of your work. |
