Drawing Object Properties Bar

You can see the Drawing Object Properties bar in Writer and Calc. Select the menu View - Toolbars - Drawing Object Properties. The controls are enabled when a drawing object is selected. You see some different icons by default, whether the current document is a text document or a spreadsheet.

Line

Sets the formatting options for the selected line.

Line

Arrow Style

Opens the Arrowheads toolbar. Use the symbols shown to define the style for the end of the selected line.

Arrow Style

Line Style

Select the line style that you want to use.

Line Style

Line Width

Select the width for the line. You can append a measurement unit. A zero line width results in a hairline with a width of one pixel of the output medium.

Line Width

Line Colour

Select a colour for the line.

Line Colour

Area

Sets the fill properties of the selected drawing object.

Area

Area Style/Filling

Select the type of fill that you want to apply to the selected drawing object.

Area Style / Filling

Rotate

Rotates the selected object.

Rotate

Anchor

Allows you to switch between anchoring options.

Anchor

To Foreground

Moves the selected object in front of text.

To Foreground

To Background

Moves the selected object behind text.

To Background

Bring to Front

Moves the selected object to the top of the stacking order, so that it is in front of other objects.

Bring to Front

Send to Back

Moves the selected object to the bottom of the stacking order, so that it is behind the other objects.

Send to Back

Alignment

Modifies the alignment of selected objects.

Alignment