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The Drawing Tool Bar Lesson

Notice that the toolbar buttons will be described by a yellow box if you place the cursor over a button.

Use the Tools on the Drawing Tool Bar to create the following:

Using the Oval Tool

Open Microsoft Word and make the following shapes. If you can't find it go to>>View>>Toolbars>>Drawing.
Make sure that you put your name, class, and date at the top of the assignment.
Double Clicking in the object or border of the object will open the fill and line edit window for drawing objects only when you have the object selected.

Objectives:
All students will know and be able to:

1. Understand the use of different toolbars in MS Word (specifically, the Drawing Toolbar).
2. Change color, shape, and line weight within a shape.
3. Use text-boxes to insert text within a shape.
4. Save as they are working, and create a back-up of their work when they are finished.

Complete the following:

1) Oval with a green fill and no line.

2) Oval with a blue fill, red line, 1 pt weight and a shadow.

3) Circle (click the oval button, hold the shift key and drag...this will allow you to draw a perfect circle) with a purple fill, green line and 1 pt weight.

4) Copy and paste (Ctrl + c will copy, and Ctrl + V will paste) the #3 shape you just created--add a text box (Click on the text box button and drag out a rectangular text box). Center your name in the shape you just pasted.

Place the cursor on the edge of the text box . . .when it turns into an arrow you double click.
Select Line None and fill none from the Edit Drawing Window. It should look like the #4 shape below.

Samples:

#1	#2
#3	#4

The Rectangle Tool
1. Make a square (click the rectange tool, hold the shift key and drag...this will allow you to draw a perfect square), fill blue and no line.

2. Make a rectangle, teal fill, yellow line with 4 pt weight.

3. Make a square, red fill, rounded corners (AutoShapes>>Basic Shapes>>Rounded Rectangle), blue line with 1 pt weight.

4. Make a rectangle with blue fill, green line, 2 pt weight and a shadow.

5. Challenge (You need to do this):
Rectangle with a green fill, purple line with 2 pt weight, shadow and rounded corners. Place a text box in the center of the shape and select no line and no fill for the text box. Type Poland Regional High School in the text box. Center align the text using the align button. Change the color of the text to white. Thats it!

6. Congratulations! You just finished the first drawing toolbar assignment. Save a copy of your work to your disk as>>Draw1(first initial)(last initial).