The
next set of toolbars we’re going to look at is graphic toolbars. These
toolbars can help you create drawings, insert pictures, draw tables and
borders, create graphic text, and modify those objects.
Let’s
look at the drawing toolbar first.
This
toolbar is normally located at the bottom of your screen and contains
all the basic drawing commands. Here’s a list of what each icon does:
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This button is
actually a menu which contains basic drawing commands such as
grouping, flip, rotate, order, text wrapping, AutoShapes, and
nudge. |
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Allows you to
select objects. |
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This button is also
a menu which allows you to choose the type of AutoShape (such as
lines, stars, arrows, flowcharts, and basic shapes) you want to
insert. |
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Allows you to draw
a line. |
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Allows you to draw
an arrow. |
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Allows you to draw
a square |
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Allows you to draw
a circle. |
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Inserts a text box. |
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Opens the WordArt
gallery so you can create WordArt. |
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Opens the Diagram
gallery so you can insert a diagram. |
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Opens the ClipArt
gallery so you can insert ClipArt. |
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Opens a browse box
so you can insert a picture. |
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Opens a palette so
you can choose a fill colour. |
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Opens a palette so
you can choose a line colour. |
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Opens a palette so
you can choose a font colour. |
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Expands into a list
of line style choices. |
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Expands into a list
of dash style choices. |
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Expands into a list
of arrow style choices. |
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Expands into a list
of shadow styles. |
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Expands into a list
of 3D styles. |
The
next graphic toolbar is the picture toolbar.
This
toolbar contains all the basic commands for inserting and editing a
picture. Let’s take a look at each command.
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Opens a browse box
so you can insert a picture. |
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Opens a list of
colour styles. |
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Increases the
contrast level of the picture. |
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Decreases the
contrast level of the picture. |
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Increases the
brightness level of the picture. |
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Decreases the
brightness level of the picture. |
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Adds handles to the
picture for cropping. |
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Rotates the image
90 degrees to the left. |
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Expands into a list
of line style choices. |
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Compresses the
pictures in the document. |
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Opens a list of
text wrapping styles. |
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Opens the Format
Picture dialog. |
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Toggles the
transparency painter on and off. |
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Resets the picture,
erasing any changes you have made. |
The
third graphic toolbar is tables and borders.
This
toolbar lets you create and edit tables and borders. Let’s look at its
commands:
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Turns your pointer
into a pencil so you can draw a table. |
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Turns your pointer
into an eraser so you can erase a table (or part of it). |
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Expands into a menu
of line styles. |
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Expands into a menu
of line weights (thicknesses). |
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Expands into a
palette of line colours. |
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Allows you to
select what border or element you wish to modify. |
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Expands into a
palette of fill colours. |
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Expands into a menu
with options to insert cells, rows, and columns, and specify
AutoFit options. |
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Merges selected
cells. |
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Splits selected
cells. |
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Change cell, row,
or column alignment. |
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Distributes rows
evenly. |
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Distributes columns
evenly. |
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Opens the Table
AutoFormat dialog. |
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Changes text
direction. |
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Sorts in ascending
order. |
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Sorts in descending
order. |
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Performs AutoSum. |
The
last graphic toolbar is WordArt. WordArt is text that is also art!
Let’s
take a look at each of these commands.
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Inserts WordArt. |
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Opens the Edit
WordArt Text box. |
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Opens the WordArt
Gallery so you can change your style. |
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Opens the Format
WordArt dialog box. |
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Changes the shape
of WordArt. |
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Opens a menu so you
can select a text wrapping style. |
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Makes all letters
in the selected WordArt the same height. |
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Changes the text
direction to vertical. |
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Opens a menu so you
can select the alignment for WordArt. |
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Opens a menu so you
can select character spacing for WordArt. |
