Ever
have difficulty when drawing objects in Microsoft Office
applications? When shapes overlap each other, sometimes it's hard
to select the layers for revisions. This Trainer Tip
offers suggestions for you on arranging drawing
objects. These helpful hints will work whether you're in
Word, Excel or PowerPoint!
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Arranging Drawing Objects
In all of the Microsoft Office products, Drawing Objects
allow for the addition of graphics in the form of simple, basic
shapes such as lines, arrows, rectangles, ellipses and even text boxes.
 These shapes can overlap on each
other, much like a felt board allows various pieces of felt to lay on
top of each other. Using basic shapes, the artist in you can create
masterpieces to add to your projects! For example, using
rectangles and circles, even you can make an amazing truck graphic.
Arranging refers
to the placement of objects, front to back. The Office
applications automatically arrange objects as you draw them and place
each object on a unique graphic layer. You can arrange an unlimited
number of objects.
Drawing Objects
are arranged in the order in which they were created. As a result, the
first object drawn is at the back of the stack and the last object
drawn is at the front. For example, if you draw an oval to represent an
eye and then draw a circle to represent the eye's pupil in the same
location, the pupil appears in front of the eye.
You can change the
order of stacked objects so that a selected object moves in front of or
behind other objects. The Bring
to Front and Send
to Back buttons move a selected object to the front or
back of the entire stack. The Bring
Forward and Send
Backward options move a selected object forward or
backward, one layer at a time.
At times, an
object may be completely hidden in the stack which makes it impossible
to select. You can locate the desired object by selecting the top
object, and then pressing the [Tab]
key or the [Shift+Tab]
key combination to move through the objects in the stack one at a time.
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The classes below all make use of
Microsoft Drawing Objects--join us for an upcoming session to
learn more!
Click on the Course Title to view the Course Outline.
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here to register!
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Contact Full
Circle's instructors by email or by phone at
610-594-9510 if you'd like us to address a specific software challenge
in future Trainer Tip issues or if you'd like to share your own
"tip" with the Full Circle team. We look forward to
hearing from you.
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