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w Default: The graphic is displayed unaltered in colour.
w Grayscale: The graphic is displayed in 256 shades of gray.
w Black/White: The graphic is displayed in black and white.
w Watermark: The brightness and contrast of the graphic are reduced to the extent that the graphic can be used as
a watermark (background).
• Crop Image: It works like a scissor to cut the unwanted parts of the image without resizing it.
• Flip Vertically: It flips the selected object vertically from top to bottom.
• Flip Horizontally: It flips the selected object horizontally from left to right
• Rotate 90° Left: It rotates the selected object 90° left.
• Rotate 90° Right: It rotates the selected object 90° right.
• Rotate: It can rotate the selected object around its default pivot point (centre point) or a pivot point that you
designate.
• Transparency: It helps you adjust the degree of transparency of the picture between 0% (opaque) and
100% (fully transparent).
• Color: It adjusts the values of the three RGB colours, the brightness, contrast and the Gamma value.
Inserting Shapes
Shapes can be inserted in a Writer document. To insert a shape, follow the given
steps:
Step 1: Select the Insert menu → Shape option. Another sub-menu will appear.
Step 2: Select the type of shape from the sub-menu.
Step 3: Select the desired shape.
Step 4: Double click the mouse on the page where you want to add the shape.
Shapes can also be inserted in a document using drawing toolbar. You can insert
drawing toolbar by clicking on the View menu → Toolbars option → Drawing. Drawing
toolbar will show just above the status bar.
Drawing toolbar has all the shapes including text box and flowcharts.
Inserting Special Characters
Special characters like ¶, ↔, µ, etc., which cannot be typed by using the keyboard can be easily inserted in a Writer
document. To insert special characters, follow the given steps:
Step 1: Place the cursor in the document where you want to insert special character.
Step 2: Click on the Insert menu → Special Character option. The Special Characters dialog box will appear.
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