Working with Objects

As you learn to use Word, you'll want to enhance your documents beyond just text. You can insert many different types of objects. An object is a picture or graphic image you can create with a drawing program or insert from an existing file of another program. Once you have an object in your document, you can resize or move it. Use an objects' handles (the little circle that appear on the edges of the selected object) to move the object. The remaining sections of this chapter discuss how to insert objects into your documents.

Select and Deselect an Object

• Click an object to display its handles.

• To select more than one object at a time, hold down Shift as you click each object. You can also drag a selection rectangle around the objects, and then release the mouse button.

• Click elsewhere within the document window to deselect a selected object.

  

Move an Object

Click an object to select it.

Drag the object to a new location indicated by the dotted outline of the object.

Release the mouse button to drop the object in the new location.

Delete an Object

Click the object you want to delete.

Press Delete.

For Your Information

Grouping Objects

You can insert multiple objects in a drawing canvas. If one or more objects in a drawing canvas are related (such as a circle and a text box), you can group them in order to move, resize, or copy them as a single unit. To group objects together, hold down the Shift key while you click the objects that you want to group, click the Draw button on the Drawing toolbar, and then click Group .