Position and Size (Text Box and Shape)

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# Ofollona baqo

Dooramino uduunnicho qolte halashshi woy huni.

Tene hajajo injeesate...

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.

## Ofolla

Qoolu aana dooramino uduunnichi bayicho badde wori.

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.

### Ofolla X

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

### Ofolla Y

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

### Hanafote naxiwe

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.

## Hala'linye

Specify the size of the selected object.

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

### Baqo

Dooramino uduunnichira baqo eessi.

### Hojja

Dooramono uduunnichira hojja eessi.

### Resho agari

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

Only for shapes.

### Dagacho

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.

#### Qoolu widira

Anchors the selection to the current page.

#### Borgufote widira

Anchors the selection to the current paragraph.

#### Fikiimi widira

Anchors the selection to a character.

#### Fikiimu gede

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.

### Hanafote naxiwe

Hanafote naxiwe karrate giddo qiphisi, qolteno dooramino uduunnichira haaruu baqo waate eessi Baqo nna Hojja saaxine giddo eessi.

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

## Gargara

### Ofolla

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

### Hala'linye

Uduunnicho qole halashatenni hoolannohe.

### Ofollo

Xaa qooli aana dooramino uduunnichi ofollo/darga badi.

#### Haawiittaamma

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

#### ...nni

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.

#### ...widira

Select the reference point for the selected horizontal alignment option.

Balaxi-illachu saaxine giddo doorootto dirammete doorshita gumasi la"a dandaatto.

#### Wo'ma kiiro noo qooli aani hincilaallo

Reverses the current horizontal alignment settings on even pages.

#### Hossichaho

Select the vertical alignment option for the object.

Uduunnicho soorrantannokki hojja xiyyora dagaadittoro, horontanni "Lekkaalli" nna "Mereeri" diramme doorshi callu afamanno.

#### ...nni

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.

#### ...widira

Select the reference point for the selected vertical alignment option.

#### 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).

## Maddisa

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

### Borrote baqo qixxisi

Uduunnichu baqo borrote baqora uduunnichu borrotenni shimiro halashshi.

### Hojja borrote qixxisi

Uduunnichu borrotenni shiima ikkiro halashshi Uduunnichu hojja borrote hojjara.

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.

Fiixoo'mino umo

Positioning Objects

Rotating Objects

Rotation