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| title=Apache OpenOffice Draw
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| *The powerful graphics package*
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| **Draw** - from a quick sketch to a complex plan, **Draw** gives you the tools
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| to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by
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| 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
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| 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* puts
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| spheres, rings, cubes, etc. at your disposal.
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| *Arrange objects*: group, ungroup, regroup, and edit objects while grouped.
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| Sophisticated *rendering* let you create photorealistic images with your own
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| texture, lighting effects, transparency, perspective, and so on.
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| *Smart connectors* make short work of flowcharts, organisation charts, network
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| 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
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| draw.
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| Use the picture *Gallery* for clipart; create your own art and add it to the
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| Gallery.
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| Save your graphics in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for
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| office documents. This XML based format means you're not tied in to **Draw**.
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| 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,
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| and WMF).
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| Use **Draw**'s free ability to create Flash (.swf) versions of your work.
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