Position and Size (Text Box and Shape)

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# Hammamtaa fi Qubannoo

Wanta filatame hammamtessa ykn sochoosa.

Ajaja kana bira gahuuf...

Click on textbox or shape to select, then...

Choose Format - Text Box and Shape - Object - Object and Shape - Position and Size - Position and Size tab.

Open context menu for selected object - choose Position and Size - Position and Size tab.

Position and Size menu icon

Press F4 after selection to open the tab directly.

## Qubannoo

Argama wanta filatamee kan fuula irraa ifteessi.

Coordinate axes start at column A - row 1.

X-coordinates are negative in a "right-to-left" table.

Coordinates are relative to the origin. Left/top corner of the page content area is the initial default.

### Qubannoo X

Enter the horizontal coordinate where the selected base point should be placed.

### Qubannoo Y

Enter the vertical coordinate where the selected base point should be placed.

### Qabxii bu'uuraa

The selected base point will be moved to the specified Position Y and Position X.

The base point always returns to the left/top corner on reopening the dialog.

## Hammamtaa

Specify the size of the selected object.

Resize the selected object to the chosen width and height relative to the selected base point.

### Yabbina

Yabbina wanta filatameef galchi.

### Hojjaa

Hojjaa wanta filatameef galchi.

### Qooda eegi

Maintains the width and height ratio when changing the width or height setting in the dialog box.

Only for shapes.

### Korkoddii

Specify the anchoring options for the selected object or frame. The anchor options are not available when you open the dialog from the Styles window.

#### Fuulatti

Anchors the selection to the current page.

#### Gara keewwataatti

Anchors the selection to the current paragraph.

#### Gara Arfiitti

Anchors the selection to a character.

#### Gara Arfiitti

Anchors the selection as character. The height of the current line is resized to match the height of the selection.

### To frame

Anchors the selection to the surrounding frame.

### Qabxii bu'uuraa

Qaabxi bu'uura tarsaa keessa cuqaasi, itti aansuudhaan bal'ina fi dheerina hammamtaa wanta haaraa filatameef sanduuqotaYabbina fi Dheerina keessatti cuqaasi.

The selected base point remains fixed in the grid. The object is resized relative to that point.

## Eegi

### Qubannoo

Prevents changes to the position and size of the selected object.

### Hammamtaa

Jijjiiramoota gara qubannootti ykn hammamtaa wanta filatamee dhorka.

### Qubannoo

Bakka wanta filatamee, fuula ammaa irraa ifteesi.

#### Sardala

Select the horizontal alignment option for the object. This option is not available if you chose "anchor as character".

#### dhaan

Enter the amount of space to leave between the left edge of the selected object and the reference point that you select in the To box. This option is only available if you select "From Left" in the Horizontal box.

#### gara

Select the reference point for the selected horizontal alignment option. The following options are available:

- Paragraph area: the object is positioned considering the whole width available for the paragraph, including indent spaces.

- Paragraph text area: the object is positioned considering the whole width available for text in the paragraph, excluding indent spaces.

- Left paragraph border: the object is positioned considering the width of the indent space available to the left of the paragraph.

- Right paragraph border: the object is positioned considering the width of the indent space available to the right of the paragraph.

- Left page border: the object is positioned considering the space available between the left page border and the left paragraph border.

- Right page border: the object is positioned considering the space available between the right page border and the right paragraph border.

- Entire page: the object is positioned considering the whole width of the page, from the left to the right page borders.

- Page text area: the object is positioned considering the whole width available for text in the page, from the left to the right page margins.

- Character: the object is positioned considering the horizontal space used by the character.

Beware that the set of options available depend on the Anchor settings. Therefore, not all options listed above may be shown due to the current Anchor choice.

You can see the result of the alignments options that you select in the Preview box.

#### Fuulawwan guutuu irratti ofilaalii

Reverses the current horizontal alignment settings on even pages.

#### Sarjinaan

Select the vertical alignment option for the object.

Wanta, goodayyaa hojja siranaa tokkotti yoo korkoddeesiitee, Dirqalawwan hiriiraa "Jala" fi "Wiirtuu" qofaatu jiraata.

#### dhaan

Enter the amount of space to leave between the top edge of the selected object and the reference point that you select in the To box. This option is only available if you select "From Top" or "From Bottom" (as character) in the Vertical box.

#### gara

Select the reference point for the selected vertical alignment option. The following options are available:

- Margin: Depending on the anchoring type, the object is positioned considering the space between the top margin and the character ("To character" anchoring) or bottom edge of the paragraph ("To paragraph" anchoring) where the anchor is placed.

- Paragraph text area: the object is positioned considering the height of the paragraph where the anchor is placed.

- Entire page: the object is positioned considering the full page height, from top to bottom page borders.

- Page text area: the object is positioned considering the full height available for text, from top to bottom margins.

- Character: the object is positioned considering the vertical space used by the character.

- Line of text: the object is positioned considering the height of the line of text where the anchor is placed.

- Baseline: available only for "As character" anchoring, this option will position the object considering the text baseline over which all characters are placed.

- Row: available only for "As character" anchoring, this option will position the object considering the height of the row where the anchor is placed.

Beware that the set of options available depend on the Anchor settings. Therefore, not all options listed above may be shown due to the current Anchor choice.

You can see the result of the alignments options that you select in the Preview box.

#### Keep inside text boundaries

Keeps the selected object within the layout boundaries of the text that the object is anchored to. To place the selected object anywhere in your document, do not select this option.

By default, the Keep inside text boundaries option is selected when you open a document that was created in a version of Writer older than OpenOffice.org 2.0. However, this option is not selected when you create a document or when you open a document in Microsoft Word format (*.doc).

## Wal simsiisuu

Specifies, if the size of a drawing object should be adjusted to fit the size of entered text.

### yabbina barruutti taasisa

Yoo wantichi barruu gaditti xiqqaate, yabbina wantaa gara yabbina barruutti diddiriirsa.

### Dheerina barruutti taasisa

Yoo wantichi barruu gaditti xiqqaate, dheerina wantaa gara yabbina barruutti diddiriirsa.

Adapt is only available for Text Boxes. To adapt Shapes to text, use Format - Object - Text.

Adapt is only available for Text Boxes. To adapt Shapes to text, use Format - Text.

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