A Brief Summary of Draw Tools in MS Word with Examples! ( Page 1 )

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1 A Brif Summary of Draw Tools in MS Word with Exampls! ( Pag 1 ) Click Viw command at top of pag thn Click Toolbars thn Click Drawing! A chckmark appars in front of Drawing! A toolbar appars at bottom of pag. Th Drawing Toolbar dos not normally appar at th bottom of MS Word! Bfor w start, practic hiding & showing Draw Tools! Just complt th vry First Lin of ths Dirctions to Hid & Show Draw Tools. Good to Practic!!! Toggling On & Off: Click: Viw > Toolbars > Drawing to show & hid Toolbar! Not: If you ar using MS Word 2003 or XP thn a Draw Box (Canvas) appars aftr Clicking First Draw Tool (blow).g. Th Lin Tool. Whn th Draw Box appars, crat a small lin in th Draw Box thn continu with othr Draw Tools. Us Mous to Click & Drag (xpand) Draw Box down to th bottom of Word pag. Lt s try th Lin Tool! (Each tim using any tool you must click on it.) To crat a lin, Click & Drag thn (small whit squars) handl bars will appar and allow for modification or changing of th cratd lin. Us Lin Tool to crat a lin laning to th right thn to th lft ( X )! Somtims lins ar jaggd or crookd and thy nd to b straightnd! To smooth thm, prss down on th Shift Ky bfor rlasing Mous. Notic th lin is a vry narrow lin & has no uniqu charactr or attribut. Lin is slctd whn small handl bars appar. (To Slct: Click on it!) Click Lin Styl, Dash Styl, or Arrow Styl to chang a varity of ways. Ths Styls ar locatd at th right nd of Toolbar! To th right of A! Thy provid many thick or dashd or arrow lins, invstigat th styls! Not: Practic crating and/or modifying th apparanc of cratd lins. Lt s try th Arrow Tool! (Each tim using any tool you must click on it.) To crat a arrow, Click & Drag thn (small whit squars) handl bars appar and allow for modification or changing of th cratd arrow. Us Arrow Tool to crat a arrow laning to th right thn to th lft ( X )! Somtims arrows ar jaggd or crookd and thy nd to b straightnd. To smooth thm, prss down on th Shift Ky bfor rlasing Mous. Notic thr is only on arrow on th on nd of th cratd arrow lin. With th arrow slctd or handl bars showing, (To Slct: Click on it!) Click Lin Styl, Dash Styl, or Arrow Styl to chang a varity of ways. Chang th arrows by using th Arrow Styl at th right nd of Toolbar. Styls provid many thick or dashd or arrow lins, invstigat th styls! Not: Practic crating and dlting by slcting and hitting backspac! Tom Lov School of Education * Malon Collg 2007/2008

2 A Brif Summary Draw Tools in MS Word ( Pag 2 ) Lt s try th Rctangl Tool! (Each tim using any tool you must click on it.) To crat a rctangl, Click & Drag thn handl bars (small whit squars) appar and allow for modification or changing of th cratd rctangl. Us Rctangl Tool to crat a Horizontal thn a Vrtical rctangl. Try changing th apparanc or siz of th rctangl using handlbars! Also a Math intgration ida is to chang from H to V or vic vrsa. Notic th rctangl is rathr plain and spcially with skinny lins. With rctangl slctd or handl bars showing, (Just click on it!) th rctangl apparanc can b changd in a varity of uniqu ways. With th cratd rctangl slctd, at th right nd of th Draw Toolbar, click th button with many thick and/or dashd lins. Quit a varity! Wow! Practic crating or modifying th apparanc of th rctangl. Lt s try th Oval Tool! (Each tim using any tool you must click on it.) To crat a Oval, Click & Drag thn handl bars (small whit squars) appar and allow for modification or changing of th cratd oval. Us Oval Tool to crat a Horizontal thn a Vrtical apparanc. Try changing th apparanc or siz of th oval using handl bars! Also a Math intgration ida is to chang from H to V vic vrsa. Notic th oval is rathr plain and spcially with skinny lins. With oval slctd or handl bars showing, (Just click on it!) th oval apparanc can b changd in a varity of uniqu ways. With th cratd oval slctd, at th right nd of th Draw Toolbar, click th button with many thick and/or dashd lins. Awsom varity! OK! Practic crating and dlting by slcting and hitting backspac! Lt s try th Txt Tool! (Each tim using any tool you must click on it.) To crat a Txt Box, Click & Drag thn handl bars (small whit squars) appar and allow for modification or changing of th cratd Txt Box. Us Txt Tool to crat a Horizontal thn a Vrtical txt box. Try it!!! Try changing th apparanc or siz of th oval using handl bars! A Math intgrating ida is to chang from H to V or vic vrsa. Now try typing in th txt box and changing th apparanc of th txt. This is don in th traditional way of changing txt in a word procssor. B sur you try changing siz, styl, color and font of th txt in th box. Also, try changing justifications ( L, C, R ) and various styls ( B, I, U ). Hopfully, you still hav a rctangl or oval visibl on th pag to us! If not thn crat ithr or both would vn b bttr for th nxt tool. Tom Lov School of Education * Malon Collg 2007/2008

3 A Brif Summary of Draw Tools in MS Word ( Pag 3 ) Lt s try th Fill Tool! (Each tim using any tool you must click on it.) It is th Buckt that allows an objct to b filld with a spcific color. Slct ithr th cratd rctangl or cratd oval (Just click on it!), B carful and click on th tiny drop down arrow on th right of th buckt. This will allow you to viw and slct a varity of Colors and Fill Effcts such as Gradints, Txturs, Pattrns, and Picturs What a slction!!! Try filling ithr or both rctangl and/or oval. B sur to try Fill Effcts! Also, mak sur to try out changing lin thicknss and apparanc (dashd)! Lt s try th Shadow Tool! (Each tim using any tool you must click on it.) Slct ithr th cratd rctangl or cratd oval (Just click on it!), and click on th grn squar at th far right of th Draw Toolbar. Thr ar a varity of shadow ffcts that can b includd into drawings. Try as many of thm as you want and chang shap of objct and try mor. Rmmbr to chang th shap of a cratd objcts using th handl bars. Lt s try th 3D Tool! (Each tim using any tool you must click on it.) Slct ithr th cratd rctangl or cratd oval (Just click on it!), and click on th grn facd cub at th far right of th Draw Toolbar. Thr ar a varity of 3-D ffcts that can b usd to chang drawings. Try as many of thm as you want and chang shap of objct and try mor. Rmmbr to chang th shap of a cratd objcts us th handl bars. Lt s invstigat th Autoshaps at th far Lft of th Draw Toolbar. Rmmbr to chang th shap of a cratd objcts us th handl bars. Lt s us a Invstigativ Approach to using ths Autoshaps! Hav Fun! This Invstigativ Approach is also calld a Discovry Approach. This is an xcllnt Discovry Activity for Studnts and Tachrs alik! Finally, and probably on of th most xciting tools is th Word Art Tool. ( Crat a Nw MS Word Documnt, to try th Word Art Tool! ) It is a dark Blu A laning to th right and in th middl of Draw Toolbar. Click on it and slct a spcific dsign from WordArt Gallry thn click OK! An Edit WordArt Txt appars, Hit Dlt, thn typ First & Last Nam thn click th OK button B patint!!! Wow! Wondrful Word Art!!! Click on th Word Art and chang apparanc by using th handl bars. Also, position cursor in th middl and mov th ntir imag on th pag. Not: Yllow Handl Bars allow for a diffrnc in apparanc and siz. I hop it was fun playing with th Draw Tools. Studnts will njoy! Tom Lov School of Education * Malon Collg 2007/2008

4 Dtails & Rquirmnts for Draw Tool Projcts in MS Word ( Pag 4 ) Now to Apply th Larning acquird from th Draw Tools Activity ( Pags 1-3 ) Opn a MS Word Documnt and mak sur th Draw Toolbar is visibl at bottom. #1 Projct dmonstrat knowldg of Draw Tools! (Viw xampl on pag blow!) ALL Draw Tools in submittd projct must b rprsntd in #1 First Projct! Crat a Titl for first Draw Projct on Top of a NEW MS Word with your Full Nam! Now, using ach Draw Tool as practicd and/or larnd from th abov activity, crat an objct and/or imag using ach of th Draw Tools. Mak it Uniqu & Crativ! Also, involv a fw itms that might b of a map natur for intrst. At bottom of Submittd: First & Last Nam * School of Education * Malon Collg Arrang ach Draw Tool imags athistically displayd on th pag for crativity. #2 Projct with a varity of Draw Tools ( Viw xampl on pag blow! ) Dmonstrat artistic knowldg using a varity of Draw Tools! Using th Tools calld th Draw Tools b vry crativ and usful, Crat a Full Pag of Word Art using nough tools to b crativ & artistical! At bottom of Submittd: First & Last Nam * School of Education * Malon Collg Mak sur you do nough objcts to show Draw, Autoshaps, Tool usag! This will dmonstart your ability to us MS Draw Tools in MS Word! Arrang th objcts in appropriat sttings around th canvas drawing. Good Luck! ( Try a Background, Try Format > Background > Only a Light Color > Changs!!! ) Ths activitis ar to b sav: DrawToolActivity1fl & DrawToolActivity2fl No Spacs in Nam: ( fl ) mans First & Last initals Submittd via Drop Box as attachmnt in Productivity Assignmnt as sparat pags. Tom Lov School of Education * Malon Collg 2007/2008

5 Th xampl blow is how to us Dirctional Arrows in MS Draw to provid a visual rprsntation (map) of how to gt from on location to anothr location. N How to gt from my Hom ( th Strt NW) to Kmpthorn Motors (1449 Clvland Av NW)! W E S Blu Dot is th ST NW C l v l a n d A v n u Pink Dot is 1449 Clvland Av. M a r k t A v n u A somwhat crud map drawing of som strt locations in Canton, Ohio! Tom Lov School of Education * Malon Collg 2007/2008

6 This is crtainly not a vry artistic drawing but w all hav to start at th bottom! I am trying to show with an xampl a varity of MS Draw Tools for simpl drawings. ============== A slction of MS Draw Tools! Not Grat, but a start! Tom Lov School of Education * Malon Collg 2007/2008