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You may distribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU General Public License  \n([http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)), version 3 or later, or the Creative Commons Attribution  \nLicense ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)), version 3.0 or later. All trademarks within this guide belong to their legitimate owners.  \nContributors  \nMartin Fox John Cleland Jean Hollis Weber  \nFeedback  \nPlease direct any comments or suggestions about this document to:  \n[documentation@global.libreoffice.org](documentation@global.libreoffice.org)  \nAcknowledgments  \nThis chapter is based on an original French document written [for OpenOffice.org](for OpenOffice.org) 1.x by Michel Pinquier (translated into English by Alex Thurgood) and previous content revised by Jim Taylor. The chapter was revised [for OpenOffice.org](for OpenOffice.org) 2.0 by Linda Worthington, Daniel Carrera, Jean Hollis Weber, and Agnes Belzunce, and later translated into German by Wolfgang Uhlig. The German revisions were then translated into English and revised [for OpenOffice.org](for OpenOffice.org) 3.3 and LibreOffice 3.3 by Martin Fox. Other contributors included Peter Hillier-Brook, Hazel Russman, Gary Schnabl, and Claire Wood.  \nPublication date and software version  \nPublished 31 July 2011. Based on LibreOffice 3.3.3.  \nNote for Mac users  \nSome keystrokes and menu items are different on a Mac from those used in Windows and Linux. The table below gives some common substitutions for the instructions in this chapter. For a more detailed list, see the application Help.  \n\n| Windows/Linux | Mac equivalent | Effect |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Tools > Options menu selection | LibreOffice > Preferences | Access setup options |\n| Right-click | Control+click | Open context menu |\n| Ctrl (Control) | z (Command) | Used with other keys |\n| F5 | Shift+z+F5 | Open the Navigator |\n| F11 | z+T | Open Styles and Formatting window |\n\n[Documentation for LibreOffice is available at](Documentation for LibreOffice is available at www.libreoffice.org)[ www.libreoffice.org](Documentation for LibreOffice is available at www.libreoffice.org)  \nCopyright......................................................................................................................................... 2  \nNote for Mac users........................................................................................................................... 2  \nDrawing an organization chart.......................................................................................................... 4  \nDrawing a flow diagram.................................................................................................................... 6  \nGlue points and connectors............................................................................................................. 8  \nThe Connector toolbar................................................................................................................. 8  \nDrawing connectors—basics....................................................................................................... 9  \nEditing glue points..................................................................................................................... 10  \nAdding text to connectors............................................................................................................... 11  \nAdjusting text to suit the connecting line.................................................................................... 13  \nEven though Draw does not have an organization chart toolbar, you can draw these charts by drawing rectangles and connector lines (see Figure 1) . 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