Use the Drawing Toolbar

The Drawing toolbar provides a palette of tools and features you can use to add impact. To display the Drawing toolbar, click Drawing (View menu, Toolbars submenu).

The Drawing toolbar is divided into three sections:

• General drawing controls   Use these tools to select and rotate objects and to determine their position and orientation.

• Object drawing tools   Use these tools to create objects.

• Object formatting tools   Use these tools to change the appearance of objects you create.

Try it out   Beneath the buttons of the Drawing toolbar lies a powerful graphic arsenal. The best way to find out what you can do is to draw a few objects and see what you can create.

Select successive objects   With one object selected, Press TAB to move the selection to each object on the screen in succession. This is handy when you need to select stacked objects that are close together. Scribble button Freeform button Draw curved lines and objects   On the Drawing toolbar, Click Lines (AutoShapes menu) and then click the Scribble or Freeform button to draw shapes with both straight and curved segments. Click the Scribble button to draw shapes that look like they were drawn with a pen.

Use Fancy Fills

You can apply special fill effects to a selected object by clicking the Fill Color arrow on the Drawing toolbar and then clicking Fill Effects.

The Fill Effects dialog box includes a number of special patterns and textures. You can create gradient fills with one or two colors, use special textures like wood and granite, and even fill objects with pictures.

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