1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 14*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 15*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 16*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 17*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 18*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 19*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsdrawguidejoin_objectsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Connecting Lines</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/join_objects.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2004-08-17T14:22:48">FPE: Cleaned. 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielskidedr: fixed #i30765#</lastedited> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145799"><bookmark_value>draw objects; connecting lines to</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>connecting; lines</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>lines; connecting objects</bookmark_value> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>areas; from connected lines</bookmark_value> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145799" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="join_objects"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/join_objects.xhp" name="Connecting Lines">Connecting Lines</link> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154512" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">When you connect lines, lines are drawn between neighboring endpoints.</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150752" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">To connect lines:</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Select two or more lines.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Right-click and choose <emph>Modify - Connect</emph>.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149257" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">To create a closed object, right-click a line and choose <emph>Close Object</emph>.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3150363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">You can only use the <emph>Close Object</emph> command on connected lines, <emph>Freeform Lines </emph>and unfilled <emph>Curves</emph>.</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/groups.xhp#groups"/> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/join_objects3d.xhp#join_objects3d"/> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 65