1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3<!--*********************************************************** 4 * 5 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7 * distributed with this work for additional information 8 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12 * 13 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14 * 15 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20 * under the License. 21 * 22 ***********************************************************--> 23 24<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25<meta> 26<topic id="textsdrawguidedraw_sectorxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Drawing Sectors and Segments</title> 28<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/draw_sector.xhp</filename> 29</topic> 30<comment>Reformat, removed screenshot</comment> 31</meta> 32<body> 33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146974"> 34<bookmark_value>sectors of circles/ellipses</bookmark_value> 35<bookmark_value>segments of circles/ellipses</bookmark_value> 36<bookmark_value>circle segments</bookmark_value> 37<bookmark_value>ellipses; segments</bookmark_value> 38<bookmark_value>drawing; sectors and segments</bookmark_value> 39</bookmark> 40<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="draw_sector"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/draw_sector.xhp" name="Drawing Sectors and Segments">Drawing Sectors and Segments</link> 41</variable></paragraph> 42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The <emph>Ellipse</emph> toolbar contains tools for drawing ellipses and circles. You can also draw segments and sectors of circles and ellipses.</paragraph> 43<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151075" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">To draw a sector of a circle or an ellipse:</paragraph> 44<list type="ordered"> 45<listitem> 46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open the <emph>Ellipses</emph> toolbar and click one of the <emph>Circle Pie</emph> or <emph>Ellipse Pie</emph> icons 47<image id="img_id3155768" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_circlepie_unfilled.png"><alt id="alt_id3155768" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 48</image>. The mouse pointer changes to a cross hair with a small icon of a sector.</paragraph> 49</listitem> 50<listitem> 51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150199" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Position the pointer at the edge of the circle you want to draw and drag to create the circle.</paragraph> 52<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3148868" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">To create a circle by dragging from the center, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline> while dragging.</paragraph> 53</listitem> 54<listitem> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145361" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Release the mouse button when the circle has reached the size you want. A line corresponding to the circle radius appears in the circle.</paragraph> 56</listitem> 57<listitem> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149872" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Position the pointer where you want to place the first boundary of the sector and click.</paragraph> 59<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3157871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">As the radius line that follows the pointer is constrained to the circle boundaries, you can click anywhere in the document.</paragraph> 60</listitem> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146874" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Position the pointer where you want to place the second boundary of the sector and click. The completed sector is displayed.</paragraph> 63</listitem> 64</list> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148581" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">To draw a segment of a circle or ellipse, follow the steps for creating a sector based on a circle.</paragraph> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">To draw an arc based on an ellipse, choose one of the arc icons and follow the same steps for creating a sector based on a circle.</paragraph> 67<section id="relatedtopics"> 68<embed href="text/simpress/guide/line_draw.xhp#line_draw"/> 69</section> 70</body> 71</helpdocument> 72
