Drawing Tools in MS-WORD
Category : 5th Class
The set of Word drawing tools is extensive, easy to use, and powerful. They enable anyone to create good quality images or designs for a multitude of practical applications. Microsoft Word offers many powerful drawing tools to let you control fill colour, line colour, line style, shadows, 3D effects, grouping, ordering, and more. The easiest way to access these features is through the drawing toolbar. Normally the drawing toolbar is at the bottom of your Word screen.
If it is not activated, you can turn it on by doing the following:
The toolbar will look like the image below. We will explore the function of each of the buttons.
Function of commonly used buttons of the Drawing Toolbar
Displays a pull down menu with several drawing options
Changes the pointer to a selection arrow
Rotates the selected object to any degree
Displays a pull down menu with several libraries of shapes
Draws a line where you ctick and drag. Hold the Shift key d to make the line straight
Inserts a line with an arrowhead where you click and drag
Draws a rectangle where you click and drag. Hold down shift to draw a square
Draws an oval where you click and drag. Hold down Shift to draw a circle
Draws a text box where you click and drag
Create text effects with Word Art
Adds, modifies, or removes fill colour from a selected object
Adds, modifies, or removes line colour
Formats the selected text with the colour you click
Changes the thickness of lines
Selects dash style for dashed lines
Selects arrow style, placement and shape of arrowhead
Displays a pull down menu which offers shadow choices
Adds 3-d effects to rectangles or ovals
The correct sequence for activating the Drawing toolbar in Word is
(A) Format-> Toolbars->Drawing
(B) Tools-> Toolbars->Drawing
(C) View-> Toolbars->Drawing
(D) None of these
(E) All of these
Answer (C)
Correct Option:
(C) View-> Toolbars->Drawing - The correct sequence for activating Drawing toolbar in Word is View-> Toolbars->Drawing.
Incorrect Options:
(A) Format -> Toolbars-> Drawing: This option is only partially correct
(B) Tools-> Toolbars-> Drawing: This option is only partially correct
(D) None of these - This option is invalid
Which of the following icons is/are used to create text effects with Word Art?
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Answer: (a)
Explanation
Correct Option:
(A) : This is the icon for Word Art which is used to create text effects.
Incorrect Options:
(B) : This adds' modifies, or removes line colour
(C) : This formats the selected text with the colour you click
(D) All of these: This is an invalid option
(E) None of these: This is an invalid option
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