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33<topic id="textsdrawguidejoin_objectsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Connecting Lines</title>
35<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/join_objects.xhp</filename>
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37<history>
38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39<lastedited date="2004-08-17T14:22:48">FPE: Cleaned.
40dedr: fixed #i30765#</lastedited>
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44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145799"><bookmark_value>draw objects; connecting lines to</bookmark_value>
45<bookmark_value>connecting; lines</bookmark_value>
46<bookmark_value>lines; connecting objects</bookmark_value>
47<bookmark_value>areas; from connected lines</bookmark_value>
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49<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>
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51<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>
52<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150752" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">To connect lines:</paragraph>
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55<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Select two or more lines.</paragraph>
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58<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Right-click and choose <emph>Modify - Connect</emph>.</paragraph>
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61<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>
62<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>
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65<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/join_objects3d.xhp#join_objects3d"/>
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