<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <!-- *********************************************************************** * * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. * * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite * * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. * * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************ --> <meta> <topic id="textsdrawguiderotate_objectxml" indexer="include"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rotating Objects</title> <filename>/text/sdraw/guide/rotate_object.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154684"><bookmark_value>rotating; draw objects</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>draw objects; rotating</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>pivot points of draw objects</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>skewing draw objects</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154684" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="12"><variable id="rotate_object"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/rotate_object.xhp" name="Rotating Objects">Rotating Objects</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">You can rotate an object around its default pivot point (center point) or a pivot point that you designate.</paragraph> <table id="tbl_id3148575"> <tablerow> <tablecell> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> <image id="img_id3154729" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_toggleobjectrotatemode.png" width="0.564cm" height="0.564cm"><alt id="alt_id3154729" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> </image></paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150716" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="14">Select the object you want to rotate. On the <emph>Mode</emph> toolbar in $[officename] Draw or on the <emph>Drawing</emph> bar in $[officename] Impress, click the <emph>Rotate</emph> icon.</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> </table> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="69">Move the pointer to a corner handle so that the pointer changes to a rotate symbol. Drag the handle to rotate the object.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id0930200803002335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Hold down the Shift key to restrict the rotation to multiples of 15 degrees.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id0930200803002463" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Right-click the object to open the context menu. Choose Position and Size - Rotation to enter an exact rotation value.</paragraph> <table id="tbl_id3149126"> <tablerow> <tablecell> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155962" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> <image id="img_id3154023" src="res/helpimg/rotieren.png" width="5.424cm" height="3.916cm"><alt id="alt_id3154023" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> </image></paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> </table> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3166424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">To change the pivot point, drag the small circle in the center of the object to a new location.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159236" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">To skew the object vertically or horizontally, drag one of the side handles.</paragraph> <section id="relatedtopics"> <embed href="text/simpress/guide/select_object.xhp#select_object"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>