Word Drawing Help Sheet:

There are two basic types of graphics that you can use to enhance your Microsoft Word documents:

1. drawing objects. Drawing objects include AutoShapes, diagrams, curves, lines, and WordArt drawing objects. These objects are part of your Word document. Use the Drawing toolbar to change and enhance these objects with colors, patterns, borders, and other effects. And:

2. Pictures are graphics that were created from another file. They include bitmaps, scanned pictures and photographs, and clip art. You can change and enhance pictures by using the options on the Picture toolbar and a limited number of options on the Drawing toolbar. In some cases, you must ungroup and convert a picture to a drawing object before you can use the Drawing toolbar options.

There are many Graphic features to help you Draw

1. Order: On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, point to Order, and then click Bring in Front of Text or Send Behind Text or other choices.

2. Grouping: use Shift Click all Objects or (Select Object > drag rectangle over objects) > Right Click > Grouping > Group

3. Grid Snaps: Go to Draw > Grid> Snaps should be on > Check Display Gridlines on Screen as necessary. Don’t change other settings.

4. Text Wrapping: To move pictures and Clip Art, Click on object>Click on Text Wrapping (on the Picture toolbar) > set it as necessary (How should it fit into any text) Through If you do not have text.

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Label the tools that you know see (examples)

		Grid Toolbar
	Drawing Toolbar
			Picture Toolbar
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