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Selecting a Graphic to Edit

To work with any image, you must first select it. This tells StarOffice which image you're referring to. It also changes many of the menus and options in StarOffice, giving you choices that are related to images rather than text.

You can select any image by clicking on it once. You can tell that an image is selected because it has an outline around it and small green squares on each corner and on each side, as in Figure 11.6.

With an image selected, notice that the format menu and the Object toolbar change to show image-manipulating options, as shown in Figure 11.7.

You learn more about these options and icons in the following sections.

Note - StarOffice refers to a graphic that you insert from a file as a Picture; a graphic that you insert from the Image Editor (by drawing it) is called an Object. The Object toolbar and Properties dialog boxes for Pictures and Objects vary slightly. The same operations can be used on both Pictures and Objects, but some operations (such as flip image) are located in different places for Pictures and Objects. After selecting a Picture or Object, check the menus, toolbar icons, and Properties dialog box.


Figure 11.6
A selected image has an outline and green handles.

Figure 11.7
The Format menu and Object toolbar change when you select an image.

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