Getting Familiar with the Drawing Toolbar – Creating a Portrait in Microsoft Word
Created by Patricia Janann Nicholson
Lesson Plan
Grading Rubric
You are going to be using the drawing tools to create the portrait shown below:
Before creating the certificate, two terms need to be addressed. The first term is input device, which inputs data into the computer. The main input device you will be using is the keyboard, which inputs text by keying in the letters that appear on the screen. Another input device you will use is the mouse.
Start Word 2007:
To start your Table of Contents open Microsoft Word (Programs > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Word 2007.
Click the Office button in the top left corner of the document window
and select new from the drop down menu. Select new blank document:
Save Your Work:
Click the Office button again
Use the Landscape Orientation:
With the Page Setup Tab click Layout button the select Portrait:
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a Road:
With the Insert tab selected click on Shapes then select the rectangle shape located in the first row.
While holding down the left mouse button, drag it across the slide where you want your road to go.
With your rectangle still selected we want to add a texture fill. Click on the Format tab then drop down the Shape Fill menu and choose Texture then select a texture that might represent a road.
Next you will add lines on the road with the same steps we used above. Select the rectangle shape, draw out four or five small rectangles and place them on top of the road.
Grouping Objects:
Now that you have your road finished it is a good idea to group it so it is not five or six different parts. Click once on one of the separate shapes and while holding down the shift key select the rest of the shapes. All the separate shaped should appear with a blue outline with a small green circle above it as shown below:
Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Group, and then click Group.
Now your road is only one object and not five separate shapes. To ungroup the object simple select the object, follow the steps above but select ungroup from the dropdown list.
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a Sky Background:
Draw out a large rectangle for the sky background just above the road that covers the sky area.
Fill with Gradient – Light Variation – Linear Up.
If you have pictures stacked on top of each other, you can move objects or groups of objects up or down within the stack one layer at a time, or you can move them to the top or bottom of a stack in one move. You want to place the sky on the bottom of the stack, behind the road.
Click the sky to select it.
Under Picture Tools, click the Format tab.
In the Arrange group, click the arrow next to Send to Back, and then click Send to Back.
Use the reference below for moving the rest of your shapes you will create for you portrait :
To bring an object one step closer to the front, click the arrow next to Bring to Front, and then click Bring Forward.
To bring an object to the front, click the arrow next to Bring to Front, and then click Bring to Front.
To send an object one step toward the back, click the arrow next to Send to Back, and then click Send Backward.
To send an object to the back, click the arrow next to Send to Back, and then click Send to Back.
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a House:
Draw out large square for base of house
Fill with texture fill following the steps above for fill the road with texture.
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create Two Windows:
Draw out small squares for windows – line width 2.25 - fill color yellow following the directions below:
Select the rectangle tool and draw out a small square for the window
Select the fill tool on the Drawing Tools Format tab and select yellow
With the rectangle window still selected click on the down pointing arrow in the Size section of the Format Drawing Tools tab.
This opens the Format AutoShape dialog box. With the Colors and Lines tab selected in the Line section change the Weight to 2.25.
Draw two lines to create panes using the AutoShape Line Tool
. To make your lines perfectly straight, hold down the shift key as you pull out the line. The first line should appear vertical in the rectangle. When you complete the first line size the line to 2.25. Click off your line then create the second line, the horizontal line. Size it to 2.25. Your window should look like the graphic below:
Group Square and Lines:
Select both lines and the square as you did with the road you created above and follow those steps to group these three shapes into one shape, one window pane.
Duplicate the Window
Drag the window onto the house and size it to fit the house.
Now we need to duplicate the window so that both windows are the same. Click on the window and while holding down the Ctrl key and the left mouse button, drag the shape out on the canvas.
Group the two windows and the base of the house together.
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a Door:
Select the rectangle AutoShape and drag to draw out a rectangle
Fill with wood texture
Draw out small circle for door knob
Fill with gray color gradient fill
Group door rectangle and circle together
Place the door on the house – size it to fit the house
Group the door with the house
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a Roof :
Select the triangle Autoshape
and drag it out to create a roof for the house
Fill it with a pattern fill by clicking the fill button and selecting Pattern from the dropdown list.
At the Fill Effects dialog box with the Pattern tab selected set the Foreground to black and the Background to white and select the last pattern fill option shown below:
Place the roof on the house – size it to fit the house
Group the roof and the house
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a Stop Sign:
Under Basic Shapes choose Hexagon
Fill the hexagon with red
Add text to the hexagon autoshape
Click off your hexagon to deselect it.
With the Insert Tab selected click Text Box then Simple Text Box:
Drag over the sample text and type in Stop changing the font size, face and size on the home tab. Also center align the text in the box. Drag the box on top of your red hexagon shape.
Now you will need to get rid of the white background and the black outline on the text box. Select the text box by clicking on it. This activates the Text Box Tools at the top of your ribbon. Click on the Format tab located just below it:
Click on the Shape Fill icon and select No Fill:
Click on the Shape Outline and select No Outline:
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a Sign Post
Draw out a long rectangle for the sign post
Fill with wood texture fill
Group polygon, text box, and post
Move it to the end of the road
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a Sun
Drag out the sun AutoShape
Fill with orange
Move it to the top of the canvas
Use the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create Clouds
Drag our one of the star and banner AutoShapes to create a cloud
Fill with texture fill
Using the Ctrl – drag out another cloud
Using the Drawing Tools on the Insert Tab to Create a Text Box
Drag out a text box and type in “Created by Your Name”
When you are sure you have checked your rubric for all components, submit it for a grading.
Page Setup – Landscape
- Click File > Page Setup
- At the Page Setup dialog box select Landscape.
- Click OK to exit the Page Setup dialog box.
Use the Drawing Toolbar to Create a Road
- Draw out large rectangle, fill color black, for road at the bottom of the page.
- Draw out several small rectangle for lines on road and fill with yellow or white.
Group the road parts together
- Select all the road pieces by holding down the Shift key and clicking on each piece, then select group from the Draw drop down menu on the Drawing toolbar.
Here is what you should have so far:
Use the Drawing Toolbar to Create a Sky Background
- Draw out a large square for the sky background just above the road that covers the sky area
Fill with gradient fill – preset Daybreak – shading style – horizontal.
- Click on the fill bucket on the drawing toolbar and selecting fill effects.
- This open the Fill Effects dialog box. Make sure the Gradient tab is selected. Colors set to Preset. At the Preset colors drop down list select Daybreak and make sure Horizontal is selected for Shading styles. (See graphic below)
Your document should now look like this:
Order is important when using shapes in Word. We want the sky to be placed behind the road and the other items we will be adding to the document.
- Click on the Sky to select it.
- From the Draw drop down list, select Order > Send to Back.
Use the Drawing Toolbar to Create a House
- Draw out large square for base of house
- Fill with texture fill by clicking the fill bucket on the Drawing toolbar and select Fill Effects:
- At the Fill Effects dialog box select the Texture tab and select the texture shown below:
Create two windows
Draw out small squares for windows – line width 1.25 - fill color yellow
- Select the rectangle tool and draw out a small square for the window
- Select the fill tool and select yellow
Draw two lines to create panes with line width of 1.25
- Select the line tool from the Drawing Toolbar:
- Draw two lines to create panes. To make your lines perfectly straight, hold down the shift key as you pull out the line. Your window should look like the graphic below:
- Select both lines and the square drawn for the window. Click Format > AutoShape:
- At the Format AutoShape dialog box with the Colors and Lines tab selected, change the weight of the line to 1.25:
Group square and lines
- While you still have the three objects selected click Draw on the drawing toolbar and select group from the drop down list.
Duplicate the Window
- Drag the window onto the house and size it to fit the house.
- Now we need to duplicate the window so that both windows are the same. Click on the window and while holding down the Ctrl key and the left mouse button, drag the shape out on the canvas.
- Now group the two windows and the base of the house.
- Order of the house should be Send to Front.
Use the Drawing Toolbar to Create a Door
- Draw out a rectangle
Fill with wood texture - Draw out small circle for door knob
- Fill with two color gradient fill (black and white) with shading style – horizontal
- Group door rectangle and circle together
- Place the door on the house – size it to fit the house
- Group the door with the house
Use the Drawing Toolbar to Create a Roof
- Draw out a isosceles triangle
- Fill with pattern fill (black and white)
- Place the roof on the house – size it to fit the house
Use the Drawing Toolbar to Create a Stop Sign
- Draw out a six sided hexagon
- Fill the hexagon with red
Now we want to add text to the hexagon autoshape.
- On the Drawing toolbar select the text tool:
- Drag out a text box and type the word “Stop”
- Make the font Times New Roman – size 14 – Bold – Center Aligned
Format text box – No fill and no line
- Click on the hexagon to select it.
- Click Format on the Standard toolbar and select text box.
- At the Format Text Box dialog box select No Fill and No Line
Create a Sign Post
- Draw out a long rectangle for the sign post
- Fill with wood texture fill
- Group polygon, text box, and post
- Move it to the end of the road
Use the Drawing Toolbar to Create a Sun
- Drag out the sun AutoShape
- Fill with orange
- Move it to the top of the canvas
Use the Drawing Toolbar to Create Clouds
- Drag our one of the star and banner AutoShapes to create a cloud
- Fill with texture fill
- Using the Ctrl – drag out another cloud
Using the Drawing Toolbar to Create a Text Box
- Drag out a text box and type in “Created by Your Name”
When you are sure you have checked your rubric for all components, print it out for a grade. Once it is graded place in your portfolio in the order it appears in your Table of Contents.
