Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Eliminate points in Draw

[Peter Schofield <psauthor@gmail.com>]

Hello Martin and JK

Thank you for the hints.

I am rewriting the Draw guide for LO3.5 and using version LO3.4 as a base. The instructions given in version 3.4 are very poor and difficult to understand.

At first I could not get the Eliminate Points to work, but have now succeeded in getting it to work. In my opinion this is an overly complicated way of deleting a point.

Once a curve has been converted to a line with more than one point on the line, you select the point you want to remove and then use the Delete Point tool, which is also on the Edit Points toolbar. The selected point is deleted and a straight line is created between the two points either side of the deleted point. This is a far simpler method of deleting or eliminating a point and produces exactly the same result.

I think that we should remove the Eliminate Points tool from the Edit Points toolbar as it is unnecessary. Now I need to know who to contact within the Document Foundation to make this suggestion.

Regards

Peter Schofield
psauthor@gmail.com


On 3 Jul 2012, at 17:03, Martin Fox wrote:

> Chapter 3 has an example I think.
> Martin
> 
> On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 05:25:44 -0700 (PDT)
> PeeWee <psauthor@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On the Edit Points toolbar there is a tool called Eliminate Points.
>> 
>> The explanation in LO Draw help and version 3.4 of the guide do not explain
>> what this tool is for. The following is the text extracted from Draw help:
>> 
>> "Marks the current point or the selected points for deletion. This happens
>> in the event that the point is located on a straight line. If you convert a
>> curve or a polygon with the Convert to Curve icon into a straight line or
>> you change a curve with the mouse so that a point lies on the straight line,
>> it is removed. The angle from which the point reduction is to take place can
>> be set by choosing LibreOffice Draw - Grid in the Options dialog box"
>> 
>> I understand how to convert a curve to a line, but I cannot get this
>> Eliminate Points tool to work.
>> 
>> Also why have an Eliminate Points tool when there is already a tool called
>> Delete Points, which is very simple to use.
>> 
>> Can anybody shed some light on this one or point in the right direction to
>> find the information.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> PeterS
>> 
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