You also can enhance a publication by drawing shapes using the Line, Arrow, Oval, Rectangle, and AutoShapes buttons on the Objects toolbar. For example, you might draw an arrow to point to an important piece of information or draw a banner AutoShape to layer behind headline text.

To draw the shape, click the desired button on the Objects toolbar. If you click the AutoShapes button, a menu appears. Click a shape category in the menu and then click the specific AutoShape you want to draw in the submenu that appears, as shown in Figure 31-20.

FIGURE 31-20
You can select an AutoShape to draw from the AutoShapes tool.

After you’ve selected the desired line or shape, drag on the publication page to draw the object. Keep these hints in mind when you draw and work with shapes:

• Drag in the desired direction to create a line or arrow. If you want to help the line snap to vertical, horizontal, or a 45-degreee angle, press the Shift key when your line is close to the desired angle.
• Drag diagonally to draw an oval, rectangle, or AutoShape. Press and hold Shift as you drag to constrain the shape to proportional dimensions; doing so results in a perfect circle or square, or an AutoShape that fits within a perfect circle or square.
• After you draw an AutoShape, you can change it to another AutoShape by selecting Arrange? Change AutoShape and then selecting the desired shape using the submenus that appear.
• Some AutoShapes include a special yellow handle when selected. You can use this handle to reshape the object, such as dragging to increase the 3-D angle of the shape.
• Right-click a shape and then select Format AutoShape to display the Format AutoShape dialog box, where you can change shape settings, as for a picture. One cool thing you can do is insert a picture within a shape or AutoShape. To do so, open the Color drop-down list in the Fill area of the Colors and Lines tab and then select Fill Effects. Click the Picture tab in the Fill Effects dialog box that appears and then use the Select Picture button to open the Select Picture dialog box. Navigate to and select the desired picture file, click Insert, and then click OK twice to fill the shape.

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