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The video shows ″How to draw a Trapezoid″ in LibreOffice, and links to this page here for more information and details.

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Link to the Video (in German [DE]):

Ein Trapez zeichnen

Draw a trapezoid
You can draw a trapezoid in the Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw and Base modules.

In this example, you will work with Draw.

Choose from the menu.

On the Draw toolbar, for Basic Shapes, select the Trapezoid icon and draw a trapezoid.

The trapezoid is inserted in as a drawing object.

In the sidebar at "Properties" you can enter the desired dimensions for the trapezoid at "Position and Size".

For example, enter 6 cm for the width of the trapezoid (this corresponds to the top line).

For the height, enter 5 cm.

Now, to determine the lower parallel line, select the trapezoid.

The marked trapezoid has a point in the lower left corner.

This sets the lower line width.

But to get an exact measure for the lower line a dimension line in the desired width is drawn as a help.

In our example 4 cm.

Select the trapezoid and the measurement line.

Right-click and choose from the context menu.

Now select the trapezoid.

Hold the point of the lower left corner with the left mouse button and drag it to the left or right.

The two ends of the lower trapezoid line move outward or inward.

Increase the zoom level to adjust more precisely.

Move the point until the bottom line of the trapezoid corresponds to the given dimension line of 4 cm.

Example files
[[Media:Ein symmetrisches Trapez zeichnen.odg|"Drawing a symmetrical trapezoid.odg (DE)"]]

[[Media:Trapez.pdf|"Trapez.pdf"]] With formula representation.

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Drawing Trapezoid with both width measurement

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