Drawing AutoShapes

You can choose from many different AutoShapes, ranging from hearts to lightening bolts, to draw on your worksheets. The two most common AutoShapes, the oval and the rectangle, are available directly on the Drawing toolbar. The rest of the AutoShapes are organized into categories that you can view and select from the AutoShapes button on the Drawing toolbar. Once you have placed an AutoShape on a worksheet, you can resize it using the sizing handles (small white circles). Many AutoShapes have an adjustment handle , a small yellow diamond located near a resize handle, which you can drag to alter the shape of the AutoShape.

Draw an Oval or Rectangle

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Click the Oval or Rectangle button on the Drawing toolbar.

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Drag over the worksheet where you want to place the oval or rectangle. Press and hold Shift as you drag to draw a circle or square.

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The shape you drew takes on the line color and fill color defined by the presentation's color scheme.

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Draw an AutoShape

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Click the AutoShapes button on the Drawing toolbar, and then point to the AutoShape category you want to use.

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Click the symbol you want.

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Drag the pointer across the worksheet until the drawing object is the shape and size that you want.

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Adjust an AutoShape

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Click the AutoShape you want to adjust.

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Click the adjustment handle (yellow diamond), and then drag the handle to alter the form of the AutoShape.

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Did You Know?

You can replace an AutoShape . Replace one AutoShape with another, while retaining the size, color, and orientation of the AutoShape. Click the AutoShape you want replace, click Draw on the Drawing toolbar, point to Change AutoShape, and then select the new AutoShape you want.

Resize an AutoShape

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Click the AutoShape you want to resize.

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Click one of the sizing handles (white circles), and then drag the handle to change the size of the AutoShape.

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See Also

See " Resize an Embedded Chart " on page 179 for information on resizing objects.



Show Me Microsoft Office Excel 2003
Show Me Microsoft Office Excel 2003
ISBN: 0789730057
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 291

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