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In the Format Ribbon > Arrange Group, select Align to bring up the Align menu (Fig. 3.32) Land M the S A A A Fig. 3.32 The Align tool in the Arrange Group Select the option to Align Bottom, and notice how the three shapes are shifted to the bottom of the page Now select Align Right and notice how the selected objects are snapped to the right edge of the page Now on the rectangle-oval group and select Align center and notice how the selected objects are snapped to the center of the page Try this on your own now with the remaining objects and Align them in various ways until you are familiar with how the alignment options work End up by aligning the oval-rectangle group top and center, the hexagondiamond-parallelogram group middle and center, and the triangletrapezoid group bottom and center on the page 120
You can align all the objects at once, or you can align them one, two, or three at a time. It just depends on what you want to do. Rotating drawing objects In the Arrange Group of the Drawing Tools Format Ribbon, there also is a selection of rotation tools (Fig. 3.33). ayed & Shave Shape Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools Malings eine You Spe Outlin Spec Domenta On one can thietido ITTENXHEREN NO SE e Back Fig. 3.33 Rotation tools Click on each group of shapes in turn and rotate or flip them any way you want to familiarize yourself with these Rotation tools 121
Save the contents of the page (Practice Drawing 6) before proceeding with the next step in this exercise Ungrouping objects This is easy, too. You need a new name for this next drawing exercise, so name the file Practice Drawing 7, and Shit Save First, click anywhere off all the shapes so that none of them is selected Click on the oval-rectangle shape, right click on it and, from then context menu, select Grouping > Ungroup Look at the oval and rectangle shapes now and notice that all the handles for each shape have reappeared. Now Eclick anywhere off the oval-rectangle shapes so that neither of them is selected, then click on just the oval shape and notice that it is now independent of the rectangle shape Repeat this to ungroup all the other objects-be sure to ungroup them all for the sake of the following exercises; it'll also give you extra practice and, as you know so well, Practice makes perfect! Ordering the drawing objects The order of the shapes right now should still be the same as the order in which you created them. So the rectangle is in the back, the oval on top of the rectangle, and so forth. Think of the objects as layered one of top of the other even if they aren't actually touching. But because you've moved them all around, they may no longer all be touching each other. So let's slide them all back on top of each other in the middle of the page so you can see how the ordering function works. Rearrange all the shapes so they are overlapping each other in the center of the page (something like in Fig. 3.34) Fig. 3.34 Drawing objects layered on top of each other Notice how they are all still layered in the order that you originally created them, so the last object created (in Fig. 3.34 it happens to be the parallelogram) is on top. You can rearrange (re-order) objects backward (down) or forward (up) in the layers. To do this, you select the object you want to re-order and then select the appropriate option in the Draw menu. Time to try this out; then you'll see how it works. Click to select the top shape first, right click on it, then from the context 122
Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools menu, select Send to Back > Send Backward This drops the top shape back behind the immediate next shape in the pile of shapes (or deck, if you think of the shapes as a deck of cards). Select the new top shape again, right click on it then, from the context menu, select Send to Back > Send to Back Now the top shape is moved all the way to the bottom of the deck. You can bring objects forward or send them back, either one layer at a time, or all the way forward or all the way back in one go. Try this now with several of the objects, using each one of the Order options till you get the hang of it, then Save the document as Practice Drawing 7 when you're ready to move on 3.7 WORKING WITH TEXT AND WordArt It will be easiest to start over with a new Word document for this part of the tutorial. In the File menu select Close to close Practice Drawing 7, then in the File menu select New > Blank Document In the File menu select Save As.... Enavigate to your Desktop or your Zip drive and name the file Practice Drawing 8, then hit Save Using the Text Box tool In the Insert Ribbon > Illustrations Group click on the Text Box tool (Fig 3.35) File Home Insert Design Layout References Mailings Review SmartArt Chart Screenshot- Rece Used Shapes Pages Table Pictures Online Shapes Pictures Tables Text Box knes ( ) Add Online Links Comment ins- Video Comments AZZ22 22234 Rectangles the blank page, the cursor becomes a crosshair (+). A11933 Text Box tool 300000000 Basic Shapes Fig. 3.35 Text Box tool On 123 Hold down the left mouse button and drag to create a text box about 3" (3 inches) square (Fig. 3.36)