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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)
Fig. 5.36 Drag to describe (create) an empty text box on the page Type into the text box the following text The beauty of the drawing tools is that they give you lots of control over your art work and make it relatively easy for you to create sophisticated designs. You won't be an expert by the time you're done with this lesson, but you will probably have a much better idea of what you're doing. It's up to you to use the tools A LOT till you become an expert. Use the handles to stretch the Text box up and down and from side to side and notice that you can make the Text Box any shape you want as long as it fits the contents you have put inside it Bear in mind that the text box is a drawing object, so it can be manipulated using any of the tools in the Drawing Tools > Format Ribbon. If necessary, position the tip of the mouse pointer anywhere on the outside border of the text box and click once to select the Text Box (you can see the handles around it) With the tip of the mouse pointer on the outside border (but NOT on one of the handles) hold down the left mouse button and drag the text box to the right or left or up or down-you decide where you want its final position on the page to be Now, in the Drawing Tools Format Group select Shape Fill and, in the drop down menu of Theme Colors, Live Preview any of the colors and watch as the Text Box is transformed Notice that, for the sake of readability, the text is automatically adjusted from black to white depending on how dark the background color is. Next, in the Drawing Tools Format Group select Shape Outline and, in the drop down menu of Theme Colors, select No Outline then, in the Home Ribbon > Paragraph Group, select Right Aligned for the text 124
Fig. 37 illustrates how such a text box can be integrated into a handout. All the objects-pictures and Text Boxes can be arranged anywhere on the page as independent objects that can be grouped or ungrouped, moved forward or backward, depending on how you want the page to look. Lesson 3: The Offer Drawing Tools Fig. 3.37 A simple handout Page layout skills such as this, where you have a piece of writing in a text box and where you need to lay it out as part of a page, are the kind of thing teachers need to know how to do. You will undoubtedly be putting together handouts for your students. Maybe you'll produce a class magazine or, even better, maybe you'll supervise students when they produce a class magazine under your direction. The text box is a useful tool for explaining the contents of diagrams, as illustrated in Fig. 3.38 Sade the crossha tool to select colon across the spectrum BIBLI www Side the sider up and down for lighter o daker colom Fig. 3.38 Using text boxes to explain components of a handout or illustration Using the WordArt tool WordArt is a set of graphic fonts that add a touch of flair or pizzazz to your text. The best way to see what this involves is to try it for yourself. Click to put the cursor at the beginning of the text in the Text Box you created for the last exercise (before the words The beauty of these drawing tools...), then align the text back to the left margin and change the Shape Fill color back to White 125
Hit Enter twice to move the text down two lines, then click at the top left just inside the text box to put the cursor there Doing this may push the last line or two of your text below the edge of the Text Box, so... ...if necessary, grab any one of the handles at the bottom of the text box and drag down to make the box big enough to accommodate all of the text in the text box (the cursor should still be in the top left corner of the Text Box) Now, in the Insert Ribbon > Text Group, click on the WordArt tool (see Fig. 3.39) Fig. 3.39 The WordArt Gallery This brings up the WordArt Gallery from which you can choose whichever style of font graphics appeals to you. AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA Take a look at the various word art styles in the WordArt Gallery, then select one that you like by double clicking on it (you can easily change it later if you change your mind) A WordArt Text box appears on the screen where you positioned the cursor (Fig. 3.40). Your text here. The beauty of the drawing tools is that they give you lots of control over pour a it relatively easy for you to create sophica designs. You won't be an expert by the time you're done with this lesson, but you will probably have a much better idea of what you'r doing Its to use the tools A LOT Fig. 3.40 WordArt text box 126
Type your First and Last name then, with the tip of the mouse pointer. click on the edge of the WordArt box, hold down the left mouse button, and drag your name so that it's centered in the box over the paragraph of text Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools There are a couple of other things you can do with the WordArt tools. Let's try some of them now. Click again on the edge of the WordArt text box that has your name, then, in the Drawing Tools Format Ribbon > WordArt Styles Group, click on Text Fill, then Live Preview the various colors for the text of your name Do the same for the Text Outline and Text Effects tools-Use the Text Fill, Text Outline, and Text Effects tools to edit your WordArt name, Echange the style, color, or size of the WordArt Fig. 3.41 shows how your name might look when you are done. John Smith They often Fig. 3.41 WordArt example Save the final version of this exercise (Practice Drawing 8) CONFORTOIME commd ever your art w yay you to c You be a p with bary Using the Word Art tools, and with very little effort on your part, you can create class handouts, banners, certificates, and other visual materials which can be eye-catching, tasteful, and instructive, too. 8 3.8 WORKING WITH SmartArt Word's drawing tools include a tool called SmartArt, for creating different types of diagrams, lists and charts, including the traditional hierarchy chart. Fig. 3.42 illustrates the various diagram types. 6-8-0 127
Fig. 3.42 Converging Radial Relationship Diagram available as SmartArt It is beyond the scope of these tutorials to teach you when to apply each of these tools in actual projects. But, it will be useful for you to learn how to create such diagrams so that, when you need one of them, you will know what to do. Again, it will be easiest to document for this part of the tutorial. start over with a new Word select New > Blank select Save As...., then Name the file Practice In the File menu select Close, then in the File menu Document You need a new name for this next exercise, so Enavigate to your Desktop or your Zip drive. Drawing 9, then hit Save Let's start with a Relationship chart. In the Insert Ribbon > Illustrations Group click on the SmartArt tool then, in the SmartArt dialog box, click to select the Relationship set of diagrams In the center frame of the SmartArt dialog box, Escroll down to locate the Relationship > Converging Radial diagram template, and click on it to select it (Fig. 3.42 on previous page) Notice, in the right hand frame of the dialog box, that there is an illustration of the type of diagram you have selected, along with an explanation of the selected diagram type. Now, double click on the Converging Radial template to transfer the template onto the blank page you just opened On the screen/page you should now see a Converging Radial Diagram template with the basic components of the diagram set up ready for you to provide text to go with the shapes, as illustrated in Fig. 3.43. [Text] [Text] [Text] [Text] Fig. 3.43 Basic Converging Radial diagram template 128
Wherever you see the object [Text] in the diagram, you would type whatever you wanted to show a converging relationship between objects such as plant or animal species, or between personnel in an organization, or between any other kind of information and even between ideas. For example, Fig. 3.45 shows a converging relationship between Fruits and Veggies, Exercise, Relaxation, Good Relationships and Good Health. Type text •Good Health Fruit and veggies tion Good Frid Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools Click on this small arrow to bring up the Type your text here box Fruit and Veggies Exercise Relaxation Good Health Good Friendships Fig. 3.45 "A picture is worth a thousand words..." When you think about it, there are very few ideas or concepts that cannot be represented in diagrammatic form. The beauty of it is that concepts and ideas represented diagrammatically are easier to grasp and understand. As they say: "A picture is worth a thousand words." The best way to find out what you can do with diagrams like this is by discovery, so try the following exercises. Click on the small arrow on the left edge of the box surrounding the diagram (Fig. 3. 45) to bring up the Type your text here box, then go ahead and, in the text entry box, enter the data shown in Fig. 3.45 for this Good Health Relationship Diagram (to type the fourth item in the list-Good Friendships-just hit the Enter key after you type Relaxation) Notice, as you type the text it also appears in the appropriate box in the diagram itself. Clicking to the right or left of the diagram de-selects it (removes the border around it). This allows you to see how the diagram would look on an overhead display or in a handout. Clicking on the diagram restores the border so that you can continue to edit the diagram and make changes to it. Try this now. 129 Click to the right of the diagram-the box around the diagram is gone and the diagram is ready to display or to print out Click back on the diagram anywhere the box around the diagram and the accompanying text entry box are back, and you can make changes Let's make some changes now.
Click in the Type your text here box at the end of the last item in the list (at the end of the text Good Relationships), hit Enter, then type the new item Routine Medical Checkups Get the idea? You just added a 5th Good Health Relationship to the diagram. You can change the appearance of any of the shapes and fonts, too. Click to close the Type your text here box, then right click on the central shape in the Converging Relationship diagram (the Good Health circle) and, from the context menu, select Format Shape... (the last item in the pop up menu) This brings up the Format Shape frame on the right side of the screen (Fig. 3.46). Format Shape Exercise Fruit and Veggies Relaxation Good Health Good Friendships Routine Medical Checkups 130 -Se Fig. 3.46 The Fill tools in the Format Shape frame Use the tools in the Format Shape frame to create a different format (Fill, Line Color, Line Style, Shadow, and 3-D Format) for each of the six shapes in the Good Health Converging Relationship diagram-so each shape in the diagram will have a different format from the other shapes (Fig. 3.47)
Fruit and Veggies Lesson 3: The Offer Drawing Tools Good Health Good Relationships Fig. 3.47 Example of a Converging Relationship diagram Save the diagram (Practice Drawing 9) when you're done experimenting with each of the shapes Routine Medical Checkups As you do these exercises, you should be noticing how to build a chart from scratch, adding new shapes at the same or lower levels by either positioning the cursor in one of the bracketed items in the text entry box on the left and then hitting the Enter key, or by right clicking on a shape and, from the context menu selecting Add Shape.... Try this now. Right click on any box other than the Good Health circle, then in the context menu, select Add Shape > Add Shape After In the new box shape, type the text: Clean air Easily done. You also can delete shapes, of course. Try deleting a shape now. Click on any of the boxes in the Good Health Relationship diagram (but not on the text in the box) and, with the box selected, hit the Del(ete) key on the keyboard to remove it Simple. Notice that the SmartArt tool readjusts the objects in the diagram so they look balanced. To enter text into a shape, just click on the text in the shape and type away, just as you would do if you were working in a word processor-which, of course, you are! Adding a new Smart Art diagram We are going to create a SmartArt diagram on a new page. Let's do this now. Now in the Insert Ribbon > Pages Group page Click anywhere immediately to the right of the Good Health Relationship diagram to deselect it and at the same time position the cursor after the diagram select page break to go to a new In the Insert Ribbon > Illustrations Group click on the SmartArt tool, then, in the SmartArt Graphics gallery of diagrams, click in the left hand frame 131
Hit Enter twice to move the text down two lines, then click at the top left just inside the text box to put the cursor there Doing this may push the last line or two of your text below the edge of the Text Box, so... ...if necessary, grab any one of the handles at the bottom of the text box and drag down to make the box big enough to accommodate all of the text in the text box (the cursor should still be in the top left corner of the Text Box) Now, in the Insert Ribbon > Text Group, click on the WordArt tool (see Fig. 3.39) W Fig. 3.39 The WordArt Gallery This brings up the WordArt Gallery from which you can choose whichever style of font graphics appeals to you. Take a look at the various word art styles in the WordArt Gallery, then select one that you like by double clicking on it (you can easily change it later if you change your mind) A WordArt Text box appears on the screen where you positioned the cursor (Fig. 3.40). Your text here. The beauty of the drawing tool is that they gr you lots of control over at work and make it relatively easy for you to create sophisticated designs. You won't be an expert by the time you're done with this le but you will probably have a much better idea of what you're the tools A LOT sil doing Its up to you to you become an expert AAAAA Α ΑΛΛΑ AAAAA Fig. 3.40 WordArt text box 126