Word 2016 Use a Table for That!

Lesson 4 – Working with Drawing Objects

Word 2016

When you selected the rectangle, the drawing canvas appeared because the rectangle is stored within the drawing canvas. Notice that selecting the line deselected the rectangle.

Click anywhere in the document to deselect the line. Close DRAW.DOCX.

D RAWING A L INE  D ISCUSSION

Use lines to separate areas of a document. For example, add a line between different items in a document. Draw lines at various angles and positions. Drawn lines, as opposed to borders, can be moved and sized as desired.

When you draw a line, the mouse pointer changes into a crosshair. The center of the crosshair is the point at which the line is drawn.  P ROCEDURES 1. Switch to Print Layout view.

2. Select the Insert tab

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3. Select the Shapes button in the Illustrations group. 4. Click the Line button under Lines in the Shapes gallery. 5. Drag from the beginning to the endpoint of the line.

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S TEP - BY -S TEP From the Student Data directory, open DRAWd.DOCX . Draw a line in a document.

If necessary, switch to Print Layout view.

Scroll as necessary, and position the insertion point in the empty line below the second paragraph.

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