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You can add one shape to your Microsoft Office 2010 file or combine multiple shapes to make a drawing or a
more complex shape. Available shapes include lines, basic geometric shapes, arrows, equation shapes,
After you add one or more shapes, you can add text, bullets, numbering, and Quick Styles to them.
NOTE For more information about using charts or SmartArt in your document, see When should I use a
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1. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Shapes.
2. Click the shape that you want, click anywhere in the workbook, and then drag to place the shape.
To create a perfect square or circle (or constrain the dimensions of other shapes), press and hold
TIP You can add individual shapes to a chart or add shapes on top of a SmartArt graphic to customize the
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2. Click the shape that you want, click anywhere on the slide, and then drag to place the shape.
To create a perfect square or circle (or constrain the dimensions of other shapes), press and hold
TIP You can add individual shapes to a chart or add shapes on top of a SmartArt graphic to customize the
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WORD
To create a perfect square or circle (or constrain the dimensions of other shapes), press and hold
TIP You can add individual shapes to a chart or add shapes on top of a SmartArt graphic to customize the
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Instead of adding individual shapes to create a drawing, you might want to create a SmartArt graphic. In a
SmartArt graphic, the arrangement of the shapes and the font size in those shapes is updated automatically as
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2. Right-click the shape that you want to add, and then click Lock Drawing Mode.
3. Click anywhere in the workbook, and then drag to place the shape. Repeat this for each shape that
4. After you add all the shapes that you want, press ESC.
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2. Right-click the shape that you want to add, and then click Lock Drawing Mode.
3. Click anywhere in the on the slide, and then drag to place the shape. Repeat this for each shape that
TIP To create a perfect square or circle (or constrain the dimensions of other shapes), press and hold
4. After you add all the shapes that you want, press ESC.
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2. Right-click the shape that you want to add, and then click Lock Drawing Mode.
3. Click anywhere in the document, and then drag to place the shape. Repeat this for each shape that
TIP To create a perfect square or circle (or constrain the dimensions of other shapes), press and hold
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Click the shape that you want to add text to, and then type your text.
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The text that you add becomes part of the shape — if you rotate or flip the shape, the text rotates or
flips also.
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1. Select the text in the shape that you want to add bullets or numbering to.
2. Right-click the selected text, and on the shortcut menu, point to Bullets, and then click Bullets and
Numbering.
To add bullets, click the Bulleted tab, and then choose the options that you want.
To add numbering, click the Numbered tab, and then choose the options that you want.
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1. Select the text in the shape that you want to add bullets or numbering to.
2. Right-click the selected text, and on the shortcut menu, do one of the following:
3.
o To add bullets, point to Bullets, and then choose the options that you want.
o To add numbering, point to Numbering, and then choose the options that you want.
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WORD
1. Select the text in the shape that you want to add bullets or numbering to.
2. Right-click the selected text, and on the shortcut menu, do one of the following:
3.
To add bullets, point to Bullets, and then choose the options that you want.
To add numbering, point to Numbering, and then choose the options that you want.
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Quick Styles are combinations of different formatting options that are displayed in a thumbnail in the Quick
Style gallery in the Shape Styles group. When you rest your pointer over a Quick Style thumbnail, you can see
how the Shape Style (or Quick Style) affects your shape.
1. Click the shape that you want to apply a new or different Quick Style to.
2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the Quick Style that you
want.
The Format tab under Drawing Tools.
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To change multiple shapes, press CTRL while you click the shapes that you want to change.
2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click Edit Shape , point
to Change Shape, and then click the new shape that you want.
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Click the shape that you want to delete, and then press DELETE.
To delete multiple shapes, press CTRL while you click the shapes that you want to delete, and then
press DELETE.
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