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Layering Text and Objects

In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, you can arrange or stack objects in any number of individual layers. You can use commands available from the Order submenu of the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar to select the layers on which text and drawing objects (such as ovals, rectangles, lines, and text boxes) appear. For example, if text is hidden behind one or more drawing objects, you can display it by selecting the object or the stack of objects and using the Send Behind Text command.

By default, when you draw an object, it is placed in the top layer of the stack.

Sending an object behind text


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

1. Open the Word document DRAW7.DOC by clicking the link above.Display the entire Standard toolbar, switch to Print Layout view, and display the rulers.
2. Click the Drawing button on the Standard toolbar to display the Drawing toolbar.
   The Drawing toolbar appears.
   
   
3. Scroll to the bottom of the document.
   The yellow oval appears.
   
   
4. Select the yellow oval.
   The drawing object is selected.
   
   
5. Select the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar.
   The Draw menu appears.
   
   
6. Point to the Order command.
   The Order submenu appears.
   
   
7. Click Send Behind Text.
   The yellow oval moves so that the text Worldwide Sporting Goods is now visible.
   
   
8. Move the oval so that it is centered behind the text.
   The text and the oval appear positioned as desired.
   
   
9. Click in any blank area of the document to deselect the object.
   The selection handles disappear.
   
   

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