Draw Guide

Figure 62: Closing
an open curve
To close an existing curve, select an open curve and click
on the Close Bézier button .
The opening point is identified by a slightly larger handle
(Figure 62).
3.
Release mouse button
Figure 63: Reducing a
line by one point
The Eliminate Points button button only functions
with lines with multiple points.
If the button is active, click on a point, hold the mouse
button down and move the mouse to draw virtual straight
lines between the neighboring left and right points.
Release the mouse button when the two lines have more
or less coalesced into one straight line. The point is
deleted and the new line replaces the previous two lines,
eliminating one point.
Note that this only works when the angle between the two
lines (shown dashed in Figure 63) is less than a certain
amount.
In the Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Draw > Grid
window there are options for snap settings relating to
editing points when rotating and in point reduction mode.
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2.
Draw virtual lines
1.
Select object and set
Edit points mode