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Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools Manded Fig. 3.19 The Office 2016 Standard Colors palette Click on any The Standard Colors palette gives you a selection of 256 colors to choose from. color in the palette to check it out. You'll see the New color immediately displayed in the box in the lower right corner of the dialog box (see Fig. 3.19) so you can compare it to the Current color. Try this now. Click on any color you like in the palette, check the New and Current color box (Fig. 3.19 above) to verify your selection, then, if you like the new color you chose, click OK to see the new color displayed in the rectangle on the page In the Colors dialog box. you can also set the Transparency of the Fill Color (Fig. 3.20), thus allowing a drawing object that is hidden behind a shape to show through. Let's try this. From the Insert Ribbon > Illustrations > Shapes tools select the Oval tool and, on the page, Edraw an oval so that it overlaps the rectangle to some extent (Fig. 3.20) Fig. 3.20 Overlapping shapes Now click on the Shapes Fill tool to bring up the Theme Colors menu and, from the Shape Fill > Theme Colors dialog box, select the option for More Fill Colors... then, from the Standard Colors palette, fill the oval shape with any color you like and click OK Notice how the oval shape completely obscures the part of the rectangle that it overlaps. Select the Shape Fill tool to bring up the Theme Colors menu and, from the That's binary 2" colors 107
Shape Fill > Theme Colors dialog box, the Standard Fill Colors dialog box, about half way across so you have a then click on OK Colors Standard c peng select More Fill Colors..., then in drag the Transparency slider box 50% or so transparency (Fig. 3.21), Drag the slider to the right, halfway across the slider box, till you have a transparency of 50% Current Fig. 3.21 Making a shape transparent The oval shape now looks like a piece of glass or transparent plastic or sheer material, partially revealing the object that is behind it (Fig. 3.22). Neat, huh? 108 The oval shape is now semi- transparent Fig. 3.22 The oval shape is now semi-transparent Bear in mind that the purpose of this lesson is to show you the many drawing tools in Office 2016 and let you practice with them. It's up to you now to use them with creativity and skill to produce art work of all kinds for use in your profession. If the 256 colors of the Standard Colors palette aren't enough for you, you can use the Custom Colors palette instead (Fig. 3.23).
Colors Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools Standard Custom Color Color fra Green Slide the cross hair tool to select colors across the spectrum Dansparency Cancel Slide the slider up and down for lighter or darker colors Current Fig. 3.23 The Office 2016 Custom Colors palette The Custom Colors palette lets you to choose from any of over 16 million different colors! That's because the Custom colors palette uses 24 bits to store the colors in the computer memory. It's called 24-bit color. The computer uses a mix of 24 microscopic on-off switches to store the code for any one of 16+ billion different colors-hundreds of thousands of shades of green or blue or pink, for example. Let's try the Custom Colors palette now. Spend a couple of minutes in the Custom Colors palette illustrated in Fig. 3.23 above, using the color mixers (the cross hair and the slider) to practice mixing a few of the multitude of colors available to you Fill Effects There also are Fill Effects as well as Colors, to help you improve the appearance of the objects you draw. For example, there are different gradients you can use to fill shapes with smoothly graded shades of color, as well as different textures such as marble, slate, wood, cloth or canvas and different patterns. You also can fill shapes with any picture you want-pictures that you may have taken yourself or which you might find amongst collections of pictures and other art work that are freely available online. Let's check out Gradient effects first. 109 Gradients When we talk about "gradients" we mean the way you can fill drawing objects (rectangles, ovals, etc.) with graded shades of the same color. You'll quickly see what this means as you complete the following exercise. Click to select the rectangle shape on the page, then in the Drawing Tools > Format Ribbon bring up the Shape Fill> Theme Colors menu and select the option for Gradient This will bring up the pop up menu of Gradients (Fig. 3.22).
Colors Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools Standard Custom Color Color fra Green Slide the cross hair tool to select colors across the spectrum Dansparency Cancel Slide the slider up and down for lighter or darker colors Current Fig. 3.23 The Office 2016 Custom Colors palette The Custom Colors palette lets you to choose from any of over 16 million different colors! That's because the Custom colors palette uses 24 bits to store the colors in the computer memory. It's called 24-bit color. The computer uses a mix of 24 microscopic on-off switches to store the code for any one of 16+ billion different colors-hundreds of thousands of shades of green or blue or pink, for example. Let's try the Custom Colors palette now. Spend a couple of minutes in the Custom Colors palette illustrated in Fig. 3.23 above, using the color mixers (the cross hair and the slider) to practice mixing a few of the multitude of colors available to you Fill Effects There also are Fill Effects as well as Colors, to help you improve the appearance of the objects you draw. For example, there are different gradients you can use to fill shapes with smoothly graded shades of color, as well as different textures such as marble, slate, wood, cloth or canvas and different patterns. You also can fill shapes with any picture you want-pictures that you may have taken yourself or which you might find amongst collections of pictures and other art work that are freely available online. Let's check out Gradient effects first. 109 Gradients When we talk about "gradients" we mean the way you can fill drawing objects (rectangles, ovals, etc.) with graded shades of the same color. You'll quickly see what this means as you complete the following exercise. Click to select the rectangle shape on the page, then in the Drawing Tools > Format Ribbon bring up the Shape Fill> Theme Colors menu and select the option for Gradient This will bring up the pop up menu of Gradients (Fig. 3.22).
Dringt Lesson 3: The Offer Drawing Tools Try out some of the different Types of gradients Format Shape A Click on the down arrow in the icon next to Color to bring up the Theme Colors palette 444 Fig. 3.23 The Format Shape dialog box With the Rectangle shape still selected, in the Format Shape frame, make sure the radio button next to Gradient Fill is selected (which it should be by default-Fig. 3.23) Now Eclick on the down arrow in the icon next to Color to bring up the Theme Colors palette (Fig. 3.23 again) and select any color you like, then click on OK Notice that this gives you a mix of two colors in the gradient. Try out some of the gradients Types when you combine two colors like this: play around with all the tools in the Format Shape frame to check them out Close (x out of) the Format Shape Frame when you are done 111 The more artistic you are, the more skillfully you will be able to apply these effects. Even if you don't think you are artistic, you'll be surprised what you can come up with. Textures This time, click on the oval shape to select it, bring up the Shape Fill> Theme Colors menu again, and select the Texture option Live Preview the textures in the oval shape and then click to select a texture for your oval shape (Fig. 3.24)
Dringt Lesson 3: The Offer Drawing Tools Try out some of the different Types of gradients Format Shape A Click on the down arrow in the icon next to Color to bring up the Theme Colors palette 444 Fig. 3.23 The Format Shape dialog box With the Rectangle shape still selected, in the Format Shape frame, make sure the radio button next to Gradient Fill is selected (which it should be by default-Fig. 3.23) Now Eclick on the down arrow in the icon next to Color to bring up the Theme Colors palette (Fig. 3.23 again) and select any color you like, then click on OK Notice that this gives you a mix of two colors in the gradient. Try out some of the gradients Types when you combine two colors like this: play around with all the tools in the Format Shape frame to check them out Close (x out of) the Format Shape Frame when you are done 111 The more artistic you are, the more skillfully you will be able to apply these effects. Even if you don't think you are artistic, you'll be surprised what you can come up with. Textures This time, click on the oval shape to select it, bring up the Shape Fill> Theme Colors menu again, and select the Texture option Live Preview the textures in the oval shape and then click to select a texture for your oval shape (Fig. 3.24)
Home And Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools E-E-- 55 N ABC ABCD AalbC hege Signin Select Format Picture ShOp Test Options 113 Im the 0 Dibuit, Share Oding P Fig. 3.25 Filling a shape with a picture In the Format Picture frame, click on the Fille... button then, in the Insert Picture dialog box, navigate to your Desktop or Zip to locate yhe file named Benji to Insert it into the Oval shape If the picture of Benji looks distorted, grab one of the Oval's corner handles and adjust the shape so that it successfully accommodates the picture Picture Borders and Effects Notice that there are two Format Ribbons at the top of the window-one for Drawing Tools and the other for Picture Tools because of the Picture that you just inserted in the oval (Fig. 3.26).
Conction Cater A D Shape Effects Maileg OF fam Format Picture 114 A AM *Se CH Fig. 3.26 The Two Format Ribbons-one for Drawing Tools and the other for Picture tools Click on Picture Tools > Format Ribbon > Picture Styles and try out the Picture Border and Picture Effects tools-try and reproduce something similar to Fig. 3.27-if you select something you don't like, just do Ctrl+z to undo and try again; have fun Ⓒ Fig. 3.27 Using the Picture Border and Picture Effects tools O A Shak