


(Some tools have other requirements see the Help or the Draw Guide for details.) The selected drawing function remains active, so you can draw another object of the same type. Move the cross-hair pointer to the place in the document where you want the graphic to appear and then click-and-drag to create the drawing object.The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair pointer. Select the tool from the Drawing toolbar (Figure 10).You can change the anchor later, if necessary. Click in the document where you want the drawing to be anchored.

If support for Asian languages has been enabled (in Tools > Options > Language Settings > Languages), two more tools can be added to the Drawing toolbar: Vertical Text and Vertical Callouts. To draw an ellipse segment, hold down Shift while you drag. To draw a circle pie, hold down Shift while you drag.ĭraws a filled shape that is defined by the arc of a circle and a diameter line in the current document. Hold down the Shift key to position new points at 45 degree angles.ĭraws a filled shape that is defined by the arc of an oval and two radius lines in the current document. In addition to the default icons, you can display others by clicking the down-arrow at the right-hand end of the toolbar, selecting Visible Buttons, and then choosing the tools you want to appear on the toolbar.ĭraws a line composed of a series of straight line segments. Opens the 3-D Setting toolbar and converts the selected shape (if any) to 3-D. Inserts a picture using the Insert Picture dialog. Opens the Block Arrows toolbar of shapes.Īllows editing of the points of a selected polygon. To draw a circle, hold down Shift while you drag.ĭraws a line that ends in a rectangular callout. To draw a square, hold down Shift while you drag.ĭraws an ellipse. Table 4: Drawing toolbar functions (from left to right) Iconĭraws a rectangle. The Drawing toolbar showing default icons
