With buttons on the Drawing toolbar, you can draw a variety of shapes such as circles, squares, rectangles, ovals, as well as straight lines, free form lines, lines with arrowheads, and much more. The Drawing toolbar is usually housed at the bottom of the text area screen. If you don't see this toolbar, click View on the Standard Toolbar, select Toolbars, and click on Drawing Toolbar. If a check mark appears beside the words "Drawing Toolbar," then the toolbar is already open somewhere in your program.

Drawing Toolbar Button Description

Click this Button	Named	To do this
	Draw	Display a pop-up menu with options for grouping and positioning drawings.
	Select Objects	Selects text or objects.
	Free Rotate	Rotate selected object to any degree by dragging a corner of the object in the desired direction.
	AutoShape	Display a palette of shapes that can be drawn in a document. (To draw a shape circumscribed within a perfect square, hold down the Shift key while drawing the shape.
	Line	Draw a line in a document.
	Arrow	Insert a line with an arrowhead. (To draw at 15-degree angles, hold down the Shift key.)
	Rectangle	Draw a rectangle in a document. To draw a perfect square, hold down the Shift key while drawing the shape.)
	Oval	Draw an oval in a document. (To draw a perfect circle, hold down the Shift key while drawing the shape.)
	Text Box	Draw a box for a text table.
	Insert WordArt	Insert a Microsoft Office drawing object.
	ClipArt	Inserts ClipArt image from the ClipArt Gallery.
	Fill Color	Fill selected object with a color, pattern, texture, or shaded fill.
	Line Color	Change color of selected line.
	Font Color	Format selected text with a color.
	Line Style	Change thickness of selected line or change it to a compound line. Change style of selected line, arc, or border to dashed.
	Dash Style	Add arrowheads to a selected line, arc, or open freeform.
	Arrow Style	Add arrowheads to a selected line, arc. or open freeform.
	Shadow	Add or remove an object shadow.
	3-D	Add or remove a 3-D effect.

• Select Insert from Menu toolbar, picture, and then Clip Art (of click the ClipArt icon on the drawing toolbar.
• The Insert ClipArt dialog box will open.
• To find an image, click in the white box following Search for clips. Delete the words "Type one or more words. . ." and enter keywords describing the image you want to use. - OR - Click one of the category icons.
• Click once on the image you want to add to the document and the following popup menu will appear:

• Insert Clip to add the image to the document.
• Preview Clip to view the image full-size before adding it to the document. Drag the bottom, right corner of the preview window to resize the image and click the "x" close button to end the preview.
• Add Clip to Favorites will add the selected image to your favorites directory that can be chosen from the Insert ClipArt dialog box.
• Find Similar Clips will retrieve images similar to the one you have chosen.
• Continue selecting images to add to the document and click the Close button in the top, right corner of the Insert ClipArt window to stop adding clip art to the document.

Do you want to make your Microsoft WORD 2000 documents more interesting? Try using an AutoShape (like the Cloud Callout) with a picture inserted to spice up your flyer.

Here are the simple steps to create such a callout with an inserted picture:

• Create a new document and hit the [Enter] key several times. (Sets up where you'll begin the typing later.)
• Move the cursor back to the top of the document and select a shape from the AutoShapes button on the Drawing toolbar.

• The Cloud Callout is on the top right side of the cascading Callout menu under AutoShapes.
• Click on the Cloud Callout shape then return to the top of the document. Your cursor will become a thin black cross. Click once on the upper left side of your paper then drag the cursor diagonally to the lower right side. This will result in a box with a drawing of a Cloud Callout inside, during the dragging you will begin to see how the cloud takes shape. You may need to adjust the shape to fit your needs before you go on.
• Choose Format from the Main Menu, and then click Format AutoShape...

• Click the Colors and Lines tab.

• Under Fill, click Color, and then click Fill Effects...
• Click the Picture tab, and then click Select Picture. Switch to the folder that contains your pictures, and then click the picture you want.

• You may wish to experiment with several pictures until you find the perfect one for the AutoShape. Don't forget any AutoShape will work, not just the Cloud Callout.

• Click Insert on the Menu Toolbar, then Select Picture, then WordArt (or click on the Insert WordArt button on the Drawing toolbar.
• The WordArt Gallery dialog box opens.

• Select a WordArt style to apply in your document from the above samples.
• Click OK.
• The Edit WordArt Text dialog box, shown below, will open for you to enter the text that will take on the look you have chosen.

• You must enter the text with the font style and size at this time. Just click where it says Your Text Here and begin typing your own text for the WordArt.
• Click OK when you are done.
• The WordArt should now appear in your document.
• You can move and size the WordArt drawing object with the mouse just as you would with any other drawing object.
• You can edit a selected WordArt object by clicking the WordArt command on the Format menu or by right-clicking the WordArt object and then clicking Format WordArt.
• You may also double-click a WordArt object to redisplay the Edit WordArt Text dialog box.

  Editing WordArt

• You may at any time edit your WordArt object to add or change the words from the original. Just double-click the object to reopen the dialog box, place your mouse cursor at the point in the text that has to be changed. When finished click on the OK button.
• Reposition the object attractively on your document if necessary.
• When you click on the WordArt, you are selecting it. When you select the WordArt, the WordArt toolbar will appear:

• The Shape button on the WordArt toolbar says ABC on the face of the icon. When you click on it, a grid of 40 different shapes appears.

• You can select a different shape for your WordArt object by clicking on the shape you wish to change your WordArt to.
• Click the WordArt object to make it active and then click the icon with the paint can and brush. See that the first tab is selected that says Colors and Lines. The next step is to drop down the arrow next to the color box in the Fill portion of the dialog box (upper-third). As you can easily see, this format box controls just about everything you would want to do with this object.

• Choose a Preset color arrangement from the Gradient tab of the dialog box. Experiment with several until you find one that suits you.

• Choose the Texture tab. Choose a texture from the list. There are 24 different textures for you to try.

• The Patterns tab of the Fill Effects dialog box allows you to play not only with color for the foreground and background, but pattern lines as well.
• The last dialog box is for Pictures to be used as fills.
• You can change the Shadow shape, color and line color very easily.
• On the Drawing toolbar you'll see on the far right end two icons that deal with Shadow and 3-D . Select your WordArt object then choose the shadow icon.
• The pop-up menu (below), will appear for you to select a shadow type to suit your need.

• If you select the Shadow Settings... button at the bottom you will be given more choices to use and a lot more control. There may be times when your shadow color would be more appropriate if it matched the color used in the background instead of the silver color that is defaulted. More Shadow Colors... gives you more colors to work with than you'll ever be able to use!

• Choose More Shadow Colors... to pick a different shade if you choose.

• The 3-D feature will change the look of your work and allows you to be a little more creative.
• Be sure to select the WordArt object then click on the 3-D button on the Drawing toolbar .
• Next choose the direction and amount of extrusion desired for your object.

• You may wish to experiment with the lighting (angle of direct light to create the 3-D effect) by clicking on the blue lamp icon from the 3-D Settings toolbar.

• There are 8 angles to choose from, each will be demonstrated on the center cube. You may also choose Bright, Normal or Dim lighting. (The ways to tweak this puppy are almost endless; so don't get too carried away.) You may choose a color for your extruded portion as well as the face of the object, more fun for you!