Graphics in Word 2000

Creating Graphics

If you wish to create your own graphics, the Drawing toolbar can assist you in doing so. The Drawing button under the Standard toolbar will open the Drawing toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

Descriptions for the buttons are shown below:

	DRAW-gives you options to group images, move items forward or back in the slide, move or rotate images, and set AutoShape defaults
	ROTATE-places green rotate handles at the corners of an image, allowing you to rotate it <click here for a video demo> (646K)
	AUTOSHAPES-a series of premade shapes you can use in your presentation
	LINE-draws a line when you click-and-drag (use the [SHIFT] button while dragging to lock the angle of the line
	ARROW-draws a line when you click-and-drag
	RECTANGLE-draws a rectangle when you click-and-drag (use the [SHIFT] button while dragging to create a square
	OVAL-draws an oval when you click-and-drag (use the [SHIFT] button while dragging to create a circle
	TEXT BOX-draw a text box anywhere on the screen
	WORDART-allows you to make text into fancy graphics
	CLIPART-insert ClipArt images into your presentation
	FILL COLOR-fills in the drawn image with the color selected
	LINE COLOR-determines the color of a line or the border around an image
	TEXT COLOR-determines the color of text
	LINE STYLE-lets you choose the thickness and style of the line
	DASH STYLE-lets you make various dashed line styles
	ARROW STYLE-determines the look and type of arrows
	SHADOW-allows you to give images a shadow and format that shadow
	3D-allows you to give images a 3D look and format it

Here are some sample images:

Here are some samples from the AutoShapes button, Basic Shapes section. You can use the Fill Color button to fill in the shapes. <Click here for a video demo.> (500K)