Create vector graphics with LibreOffice Draw

Conclusions

The LibreOffice Draw module is suitable both for creating impressive posters and for designing technical drawings. The ability to create many pages in a single file facilitates archiving and allows users to create and use object libraries.

A variety of object templates, in combination with the Merge, Subtract, and Intersect operations, allows the user to produce virtually any shape. Because the Draw module distinguishes between the borders and surfaces of objects, standard vector graphics design operations are supported. The variety of line and connector functions allow a smooth workflow without too much post-processing.

Infos

  1. Sarnow, K. OpenSource Astrofotografie 3.0. CreateSpace, 2014

The Author

Since the release of StarOffice, the common ancestor of OpenOffice and LibreOffice, Karl Sarnow has enjoyed working with the universal, platform-independent office suite. The former teacher discovered his love of computers back in the 1970s, when he used a TRS-80 Model 1.

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