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Creating a Drawing Object
A drawing object such as a rectangle, oval, line, arrow, or polygon can be drawn directly in a document to enhance it. For example, arrows can be used to point to important items, rectangles or ovals can be used to draw attention to specific items, and lines can be used to divide different items in a document. Drawing objects are created using the buttons on the Drawing toolbar.
Enclosed drawing objects, such as rectangles or ovals, are filled by default. Filled objects are opaque and contain patterns and/or colors. If filled objects are drawn on top of text in a document, the text is hidden. You can, however, remove an object’s fill. Unfilled objects enable text to be seen.
When you are drawing an object, the mouse pointer changes into a crosshair. The center of the crosshair represents the outer border of the object.
Word automatically switches to Print Layout view when you create a drawing object. Drawing objects can be moved or copied to any location in a document. Once drawn, objects can be modified to change their shape, size, color, fill, pattern, and a number of other attributes.
Drawing Tips:
Hold the [Shift] key as you drag the mouse pointer to draw a square using the Rectangle button or a circle using the Oval button
To draw more than one object of the same type, double-click the applicable drawing object button. After you have drawn the desired number of objects, you can press the [Esc] key or click the applicable drawing object button to return to normal editing mode.
Creating a Drawing Object
link to document
Read through the steps:. If you would like to complete these steps in an actual Office file, please click on the link and move between the Office file and Web windows until you are satisfied you have mastered the skill. (If a dialog box appears while you are trying to open the exercise, click Open It.)
Practice the Skill
- Open the Word document DRAW.DOC by clicking the link above.Display the entire Standard toolbar, switch to Print Layout view, and display the rulers.
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Click the Drawing button
on
the Standard toolbar to display the Drawing toolbar.
The Drawing toolbar appears. -
Click the rectangle drawing object button
.
The mouse pointer changes into a crosshair when positioned in the document. -
Drag down from the top margin on the vertical ruler and
the 1.5" tick mark on the horizontal ruler to the 1"
tick mark on the vertical ruler and the 4" tick mark on the
horizontal ruler.
An outline of the rectangle appears as you drag. The rectangle appears in the document filled with a default fill color and surrounded by small squares called selection handles which indicate that the rectangle is presently selected. -
Click anywhere in the document to deselect the object.
The selection handles around the rectangle disappear. -
Move to the end of the document. Draw an oval around the text Worldwide
Sporting Goods.
Notice that you can no longer see the text.
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