Microsoft Office Word 2003 Advanced

SECTION 3

Using the Drawing Toolbar

We talked about the drawing toolbar way back in Section 1, but a lot has happened since then. Here’s a quick review of what it looks like and what its commands do:

Remember that his toolbar is normally located at the bottom of your screen. Here’s a list of what each icon does:

	This button is actually a menu which contains basic drawing commands such as grouping, flip, rotate, order, text wrapping, AutoShapes, and nudge.
	Allows you to select objects.
	This button is also a menu which allows you to choose the type of AutoShape (such as lines, stars, arrows, flowcharts, and basic shapes) you want to insert.
	Allows you to draw a line.
	Allows you to draw an arrow.
	Allows you to draw a square
	Allows you to draw a circle.
	Inserts a text box.
	Opens the WordArt gallery so you can create WordArt.
	Opens the Diagram gallery so you can insert a diagram.
	Opens the ClipArt gallery so you can insert ClipArt.
	Opens a browse box so you can insert a picture.
	Opens a palette so you can choose a fill colour.
	Opens a palette so you can choose a line colour.
	Opens a palette so you can choose a font colour.
	Expands into a list of line style choices.
	Expands into a list of dash style choices.
	Expands into a list of arrow style choices.
	Expands into a list of shadow styles.
	Expands into a list of 3D styles.

We’ve talked about some of these commands already, like the Diagram Gallery, WordArt, and ClipArt. We’re going to start this lesson by talking about how to create a basic drawing.