Re: [users] Draw: perfectly straight line

[James Knott]

Julio Sotolongo wrote:
> Thank you Brian and James. I tried printing my line and it was indeed
> straight. I knew it was simple. Unfortunately my friend purchased a
> copy of MSO before finding a solution. I will email him your input
> anyway. I told him it was possible to have both on his computer at the
> same time.

Since he's installing MS Office, he may be interested in the Sun ODF
plugin, which adds ODF support to MS Office.

Sun ODF Plugin:
http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin


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Re: [users] Draw: perfectly straight line

[Julio Sotolongo]

Thank you Brian and James. I tried printing my line and it was indeed 
straight. I knew it was simple. Unfortunately my friend purchased a copy 
of MSO before finding a solution. I will email him your input anyway. I 
told him it was possible to have both on his computer at the same time.
As to what part of MSO he was using I will have to ask him. After he 
told me I wondered myself.

20:36 17/12/2008 -0500, Julio Sotolongo wrote:
Is there a way to create a perfectly straight line in Draw. This is 
for a friend that I am trying to interest in OOo.
I tried unsuccessfully to accomplish it and then searched the 
documentation for help. Following the directions in the Draw Guide 
for drawing a straight line yielded the same results I achieved on my 
own. A line composed of segments of straight lines, but not 
continuously straight from end to end.
According to my friend, this is possible MSO. It seems like it should 
be simple to accomplish. Any help would be appreciated.


You may be confusing two things here.  Like most office products, 
OpenOffice Draw is geared towards creating printed output.  And if you 
print your document or export it to PDF, you may well find that your 
line is sufficiently straight.  But compared with most printers, your 
computer's screen has a comparatively coarse resolution, of course.  
And it is impossible within the limitations of the screen pixels to 
create an exactly straight line display.  So the screen image within 
Draw shows a poor imitation, but you may find the final printed or 
exported result satisfactory.


You can also get an idea of what is happening here if you change the 
zoom factor at View | Zoom... .  Your line will still be imperfect, 
but will be different in detail from before.  This demonstrates that 
it is the display of your line, rather than the line itself, which is 
the limitation.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: [users] Draw: perfectly straight line

[Brian Barker]

At 20:36 17/12/2008 -0500, Julio Sotolongo wrote:
Is there a way to create a perfectly straight line in Draw. This is 
for a friend that I am trying to interest in OOo.
I tried unsuccessfully to accomplish it and then searched the 
documentation for help. Following the directions in the Draw Guide 
for drawing a straight line yielded the same results I achieved on 
my own. A line composed of segments of straight lines, but not 
continuously straight from end to end.
According to my friend, this is possible MSO. It seems like it 
should be simple to accomplish. Any help would be appreciated.


You may be confusing two things here.  Like most office products, 
OpenOffice Draw is geared towards creating printed output.  And if 
you print your document or export it to PDF, you may well find that 
your line is sufficiently straight.  But compared with most printers, 
your computer's screen has a comparatively coarse resolution, of 
course.  And it is impossible within the limitations of the screen 
pixels to create an exactly straight line display.  So the screen 
image within Draw shows a poor imitation, but you may find the final 
printed or exported result satisfactory.


You can also get an idea of what is happening here if you change the 
zoom factor at View | Zoom... .  Your line will still be imperfect, 
but will be different in detail from before.  This demonstrates that 
it is the display of your line, rather than the line itself, which is 
the limitation.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: [users] Draw: perfectly straight line

[James Knott]

Julio Sotolongo wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but still the result is
> segments of straight lines, not continuously straight from end to end.

It's physically impossible to draw a perfectly straight line on a
computer monitor, as the display is composed of discrete units called
"pixels".  Is that what you're referring to?  I see those lines too, but
I have to look very closely to see them.  If that's what you're talking
about, then I doubt MS Office could do much better.  BTW, what component
of MS Office does your friend use, considering there's nothing
comparable to Draw in it?


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Re: [users] Draw: perfectly straight line

[Julio Sotolongo]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but still the result is segments 
of straight lines, not continuously straight from end to end.

James Knott wrote:

Julio Sotolongo wrote:
  

 Is there a way to create a perfectly straight line in Draw. This is
for a friend that I am trying to interest in OOo.
I tried unsuccessfully to accomplish it and then searched the
documentation for help. Following the directions in the Draw Guide for
drawing a straight line yielded the same results I achieved on my own.
A line composed of segments of straight lines, but not continuously
straight from end to end.
According to my friend, this is possible MSO. It seems like it should
be simple to accomplish. Any help would be appreciated.




Have you tried the "Lines and Arrows" button?


  




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Re: [users] Draw: perfectly straight line

[James Knott]

Julio Sotolongo wrote:
>  Is there a way to create a perfectly straight line in Draw. This is
> for a friend that I am trying to interest in OOo.
> I tried unsuccessfully to accomplish it and then searched the
> documentation for help. Following the directions in the Draw Guide for
> drawing a straight line yielded the same results I achieved on my own.
> A line composed of segments of straight lines, but not continuously
> straight from end to end.
> According to my friend, this is possible MSO. It seems like it should
> be simple to accomplish. Any help would be appreciated.
>

Have you tried the "Lines and Arrows" button?


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[users] Draw: perfectly straight line

[Julio Sotolongo]

 Is there a way to create a perfectly straight line in Draw. This is 
for a friend that I am trying to interest in OOo.
I tried unsuccessfully to accomplish it and then searched the 
documentation for help. Following the directions in the Draw Guide for 
drawing a straight line yielded the same results I achieved on my own. A 
line composed of segments of straight lines, but not continuously 
straight from end to end.
According to my friend, this is possible MSO. It seems like it should be 
simple to accomplish. Any help would be appreciated.


Julio Sotolongo

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