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Microsoft Word

Getting Started

Start → All Programs → Microsoft Office → Word

Drawing in Word

This is how the drawing toolbar looks like:

·        To View the Drawing Toolbar: Click the Drawing button on

the Standard toolbar or select View → Toolbars → Drawing from the

menu.

·        To Insert a Clip Art Graphic: Select Insert → Picture → Clip

Art from the menu, select a clip art category, select the art, and click OK.

·        To Insert a Picture: Select Insert → Picture → From File from

the menu, select the file, and click OK.

·        To Draw an Object: Click the object you want to draw on the drawing

toolbar and draw your shape by clicking on the document with the pointer

and dragging until the shape reaches the desired size.

·        To Move an Object: Click and drag the object using the mouse.

·        To Resize an Object: Click the object to select it and drag the object's

sizing handles until the shape reaches the desired size.

·        To Draw a curve

  1. On the Drawing Toolbar, click AutoShapes, point to Lines, and then click Curve .
  2. Click where you want the curve to start, and then continue to move the mouse and click wherever you want to add a curve.
  3. To end the curve, double-click at any time.

·        Draw a freeform shape

  1. On the Drawing Toolbar, click AutoShapes, and then point to Lines.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Click Freeform to draw an object with both curved and straight segments. Drag to draw freehand shapes; click and move the mouse to draw straight lines.

Do one of the following:

      • To end a shape and leave it open, double-click at any time.

§         To close a shape, click near its starting point.

o        Click Scribble  and drag to draw a shape that looks more like it was drawn with a pen or to create smooth curves.

·        To create a drawing:

Go to the Insert menu, point to Picture, and click New Drawing.

A drawing canvas is inserted into your document. You can add any shapes or pictures that you want.