MICROSOFT WORD SHAPES LESSON IN COMPUTER 8

MICROSOFT WORD SHAPES LESSON IN COMPUTER 8

1. WORK WITH SHAPES LESSON 1 (COMPUTER)

2. WHAT IS SHAPES? MANDATORY PAGE LESSON 1 (COMPUTER)

3. SHAPES A SHAPE field is the Drawing Canvas and is similar to a placeholder, which is automatically created for any drawn picture.

4. Shape Insertion To insert a shape from document, we: 1. Select the Insert tab, then choose Shapes in the Illustrations Group.

5. Shape Insertion 2. Select the desired shape in the menu for the different shapes

6. Shape Insertion 3. Drag the selected shape to the document. The shape will appear in the document.

7. Shape Formatting We use the Drawing Tools Contextual Format tab to format a shape.

8. Shape Formatting 1. Select the shape in the document. 2. Select the Drawing tools Contextual Format tab to display the formatting commands. 3. Choose the tool needed to format the shape.

9. The Drawing Tools Contextual Format tab is divided into four (6) groups 1. Insert Shapes group To add and edit a shape and draw a text box, we use the tools in the Insert Shapes group

10. 2. Shape Styles group We use these tools to apply styles to a shape.

11. 2. Shape Styles group We use these tools to apply styles to a shape.

12. 3. WordArt Styles group This group is not related to formatting shapes. With the exception of Text Effects, the whole area remains grayed out until text is typed.

13. 4. Text tools To add text in the shape, we: a. Right click the shape, then choose Add Text from the options.

14. b. Type the text inside the shape

15. c. Use the Font group commands on the Home tab to format the text. To change the direction and alignment of the text in the shape, we use Text tools.

16. c. Use the Font group commands on the Home tab to format the text. To change the direction and alignment of the text in the shape, we use Text tools.

17. 5. Arrange group To arrange the shape, we use the Arrange tools.

18. 6. Size group To format the size of the shape, we use the Size tools.

19. ACTIVITY 1