Use LibreOffice Draw to create graphics and diagrams. You can export your drawings to the most common vector graphics formats and import them into any application that lets you import graphics, including other LibreOffice modules. You can also create Adobe* Flash* (SWF) versions of your drawings.
Procedure 12.1: Creating a Graphic
Start LibreOffice Draw.
Use the toolbar Drawing at the right side of the window to create a graphic. To create a new shape or text object, use the shape buttons of the toolbar:
To create a single shape or text object, click a shape button once. Then click and drag over the document to create an object.
To create a multiple shape or text object, double-click a shape button. Then click and drag over the document to create objects. When you are done, click the mouse pointer icon in the toolbar.
Save the graphic.
To embed an existing Draw graphic into a LibreOffice document, select Insert › Object › OLE Object. Select Create from file and click Search to navigate to the Draw file to insert.
To be able to edit the graphic later on its own, activate Link to file.
If you insert a file as OLE object, you can edit the object later by double-clicking it.
Procedure 12.2: Opening Draw From Other LibreOffice Modules
One particularly useful feature of Draw is the ability to open it from other LibreOffice modules, so you can create a drawing that is automatically imported into your document.
From a LibreOffice module (for example, from Writer), click Insert › Object › OLE Object › LibreOffice Drawing › OK.
The user interface of Writer will now be replaced by that of Draw.
Create your drawing.
Click in your document, outside the Draw frame.
The drawing is automatically inserted into your document.