For a scaled resizing, select one of the corner handles and keep the Shift key pressed while dragging the handle.įor more control of the size of the object, use the Position and Size dialog (see Picture context menu) to set the width and height independently. Select the object, click on one of the eight handles around it and drag it to its new size. Other tools and methods for modifying and positioning graphics are described in Positioning graphics. To change the properties for an existing drawing object, select the object and continue as described above. The defaults apply to all the drawing objects except text objects.ġ Line | 2 Arrow Style | 3 Line Style | 4 Line Width | 5 Line Color | 6 Area | 7 Area Style / Filling | 8 Rotate | 9 Change Anchor | 10 Bring to Front | 11 Send to Back | 12 To Foreground / To Background | 13 Alignment They are not retained when you close the document, and they do not apply to any other document. These default properties are applied only to the current document and session.
To display other icons, click the down-arrow at the right-hand end of the toolbar, selecting Visible Buttons, and then choose 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