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Microsoft Word For Mac Insert Shape And Don%27t Snap To Grid

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Shapes are ready-made diagrams used to illustrate on a given topic. Different types of shapes such as circles, triangles, arrows etc. are used in different Offices suites such as Word documents, PowerPoint templates & Excel Spreadsheets.

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Mar 29, 2016  In this article, we’ll follow certain steps to know how to insert and edit Shapes in Microsoft Word 2016: Step 1: Type “word 2016” in the Windows Search Bar located next to the Start icon. Click on the first option provided. Step 2: Click on “Insert” tab located at the top left corner of the “Word” window. If the Snap objects to grid box is checked, you can draw in straight lines when you draw a freeform shape. Show or hide gridlines in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. Change the ruler units in PowerPoint from inches to centimeters. Nov 01, 2010  These settings let you enable snap-to grids, snap-to objects, adjust the size of the gridlines, and more. The most interesting to me, is the Use Margins option in the Grid Options section. To show the gridlines, in Excel, PowerPoint, or Word, click the View tab, and then check the Gridlines box. To hide the gridlines, clear the Gridlines check box. More about tools that help you align and place text and objects: Snap charts, pictures, and objects to a grid to align them in Word. Work with gridlines and use snap-to-grid in PowerPoint.

In this article, we’ll follow certain steps to know how to insert and edit Shapes in Microsoft Word 2016:

Step 1:

Type “word 2016” in the Windows Search Bar located next to the Start icon. Click on the first option provided.

Step 2:

Click on “Insert” tab located at the top left corner of the “Word” window. After clicking, a ribbon toolbar will appear providing numerous options like paging options, tables, illustrations, symbols etc.

In the “illustrations” section, click on “Shapes”.

Step 3:

Click to select any of your desired shape from the different categories of shapes such as Lines, Rectangles, Basic Shapes etc.

For instance, we’ve selected a “triangle” in Shapes.

Now, we’ll click anywhere on the screen & drag the cursor on the word page to make a triangle.

Step 4:

If you wish to change the size of the triangle, click & drag on the “circle” icon provided at sides and corners of the triangle. Dragging the icon towards the triangle will make it small and dragging away will make it appear larger.

You can also rotate the triangle 360° by using the “rotate” icon located at the top of the triangle. Click on the icon & drag the cursor in your desired direction to rotate the triangle.

Step 5:

If you wish to have some more shapes, repeat “Step 3”.

For instance, we’ve selected a “Flowchart: Process” shape.

Now, we’ll click anywhere on the screen & drag the cursor on the word page to make a process flowchart.

Step 6:

If you need different positioning of text and images, you can try out the “Layout options”. Layout options consists of features like positioning, text wrapping and size of shapes.

To use this option, click on the shape & then click on the “arc” icon located at the right side of the given shape.

Note: You can choose various layout options from the icons. If you wish to have a different layout rather than the pre-defined layouts, click on the “See more” button.

Step 7:

The “see more” button opens the layout properties window. You can create a custom layout having different horizontal and vertical alignments.

After defining all the alignments and other options, click on “OK” to complete the process.

Step 8:

If you wish to have a different color for a specific shape, click on the shape & then click on “Shape fill” positioned at the ribbon toolbar. Click on your desired color and the same will reflect on your selected shape.

Step 9:

If you wish to have a different outline for a specific shape, click on the shape & then click on “Shape outline” positioned at the ribbon toolbar. Click on any of the colors and the same will reflect on your selected shape. You can also change thickness of the outline from the weight section.

For instance, we’ve selected a black color outline with a weight of 4½ pt.

Step 10:

If you wish to change some effects on a specific shape, click on the shape & then click on “Shape Effects” positioned at the ribbon toolbar. Effects like 3-D, Shadow, Reflection etc. are available for use.

For instance, we’ve selected a “reflection variation” as a virtual effect on the shape.

Step 11:

If you do not wish to keep the current shape then in this case, click on the shape & then click on “Edit Shape” located at the ribbon toolbar.

In this section, click on “Change Shape” & click on any of your desired shape. For instance, we’ve selected a “7-Point Star” shape in place of the current “Process: Flowchart” shape.

Now, the existing shape will be formed into a new shape as given in the screenshot:

That’s it!

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 This page applies only to version 2011 for Mac of Microsoft Office.

For conceptual information on the Ribbon and this reference, see Ribbon Overview.

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac also utilizes a main menu bar and a palette called the Toolbox.

On this page you’ll find a concise overview of every button on Microsoft Word’s Ribbon. Controls may be hyperlinked to pages that discuss their functions in more detail. A short description may also be given after the name of the control.Contextual ribbon: in this case, accessed by Insert>Equation.The Home Tab[edit]Font Category[edit]

*Font Pop-up Menu — A pop-up menu that lets you choose the font of the selected text.

*Size Pop-up Menu — A pop-up menu that lets you choose the point size of the selected text. You can also type in a custom value by clicking on the number displayed.

*Increase Font Size, Decrease Font Size — Increases or decreases the point size of the selected text.

*Convert Case — Opens a menu that lets you change the case of the selected text.

*Clear Formatting — Removes any custom formatting applied to the selected text.

*Bold, Italic, Underline, Small Caps, Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript — Buttons that toggle the respective formatting attribute when clicked.

*Font Color, Highlight Color — Changes the color of the selected text, or of the background behind the text.

*Text Effects — Allows you to add shadow, reflection, glow, or outline effects to the selected text.Paragraph Category[edit]

*List Styles — Three pop-up menus that let you choose a list style (bulleted, numbered, or hierarchical) to use with the selected text.

*Indent, Unindent — Adds or removes indentation from the selected text (pushing it to the right or the left, respectively).

*Columns — Allows you to make a multi-column page layout.

*Left, Center, Right, Justify — Allows you to specify the horizontal alignment of the selected text.

*Line Spacing — Allows you to change how closely spaced the lines in the selection are.

*Borders — Allows you to show or hide borders of a paragraph or table cell.

*SortStyles Category[edit]

*Quick Style List — A scrolling list of some of the most commonly used styles.

*Change Quick Styles Settings — This button opens a menu that lets you select from twelve predesigned sets of Quick Styles that share common design characteristics.

*Manage Styles — Opens the Styles pane of the Toolbox.Insert Category[edit]

*Text Box — Click this button and drag to create a new text box.

*Shape — Click this button to open a menu of many kinds of predrawn shapes you can drag to insert.

*Picture — Click this button to insert a picture or clip art image.Themes Category[edit]

*Themes — Click this button to open a list of predefined font/font size/color scheme sets called themes.The Layout Tab[edit]Microsoft Word For Mac Insert Shape And Don 27t Snap To Grid DownloadPage Setup Category[edit]

*Orientation — Click this button to choose whether your document will be printed in portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) orientation.

*Size — Click this button to open a list of common paper sizes.

*Break — Click this button to open a menu where you can insert different kinds of page or section breaks.Margins Category[edit]

*Margins — Click this button to open a list of common margin sizes.

*Top, Bottom, Left, Right — Use these text fields to create a custom margin size.Text Layout Category[edit]

*Direction — Click this button to change which direction the text is printed in (horizontally, vertically down, or vertically up).

*Columns — This button is identical to the Columns button on the Home tab. It allows you to make a multi-column page layout.

*Line Numbers — This button opens a menu of options that tells Word to number each line in the left margin.

*Hyphenation — This button opens a dialog box that allows you to change automatic hyphenation settings.Page Background Category[edit]

*Watermark — Click this button to open a dialog box where you can print a watermark behind the text on each page.

*Color — Click this button to open a menu allowing you to choose a background color for each page.

*Borders — Click this button to open a dialog box allowing you to place a border around the text on each page.Grid Category[edit]Microsoft Word For Mac Insert Shape And Don 27t Snap To Grid Video

*Options — Click this button to open a dialog box containing options relating to an alignment grid.

*Gridlines — Check this box to display a light grid behind the text on the page.

*Snap Objects to Others — Check this box to “snap” objects (such as a shape) to the edges of other objects.

*Snap Objects to Grid — Check this box to “snap” objects to intersections of the alignment grid lines.Microsoft Word For Mac Insert Shape And Don 27t Snap To Grid FreeRetrieved from 'https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Office/Word_Ribbon_Reference_(OS_X)&oldid=3435410'

 

 

 

 

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